Borgo Panigale (Bolognese dialect: ''Al Båurg'', ''Båurg Panighèl'') was a district of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
, northern Italy. Located in the city's western part, between the rivers
Lavino and
Reno
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, it had a population of 24,935 in 2009. Since 2016 it has been part of the Borgo Panigale-Reno district.
Until 1937 it was an autonomous municipality, but was annexed to Bologna under the
Fascist government. It is home to motorbike manufacturer
Ducati, and
Bologna Airport
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. Other industries in the district include Panigal (soap), Santa Rosa (fruit marmalades), Sabiem (elevators) and Fabbri (sweets).
The name stems from the ancient Latin toponym ''Vicus Panicalis'', and by the fact that later the area was used for cultivation of the
foxtail millet
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cereal, called ''panìco'' in Italian.
Elisabetta Sirani
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painted an altarpiece for the parish church of Borgo Panigale.
Bologna
Former municipalities of Emilia-Romagna
Populated places disestablished in 1937
Neighbourhoods in Italy
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