Brisighella ( rgn, Brisighëla) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the province of Ravenna, region of Emilia-Romagna, in

Northeast The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ...

Italy.

Brisighella borders the following municipalities: Casola Valsenio,

Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole ( rgn, Castruchèira or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Forlì. The ''comune'' co ...

Faenza Faenza (, , ; rgn, Fènza or ; la, Faventia) is an Italian city and comune of 59,063 inhabitants in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated southeast of Bologna. Faenza is home to a historical manufacture of majolica-ware glazed eart ...

, Forlì, Marradi,

Modigliana Modigliana ( rgn, Mudgiâna) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Forlì. From 1850 until 1986 Modigliana Cathedral was t ...

, Palazzuolo sul Senio, Riolo Terme. It originates from a '' rocca'' castle ordered by Maghinardo Pagani and later expanded by

Francesco Manfredi Francesco I Manfredi (died May 29, 1343) was the lord of Faenza from 1313 until his death. He was the son of Alberghetto (or Alberghettino) Manfredi, one of the main Guelph leader of Romagna, from whom he inherited the lordships of Brisighella, Qu ...

, lord of Faenza. It is the birthplace of Dino Monduzzi (1922–2006), a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. The final part of the novel ''

The Gadfly ''The Gadfly'' is a novel by Irish-born British writer Ethel Voynich, published in 1897 (United States, June; Great Britain, September of the same year), set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and upris ...

'' by Ethel Lilian Voynich (1897) is set in Brisighella. This historical novel, now neglected in England or in the US, almost unknown in Italy, was popular in the second half of the 20th century, on the basis of a Marxist reconsideration of its plot, in the USSR, Communist countries in Eastern Europe, Mao Zedong's China, etc.

Main sights

*Via del Borgo or Via degli Asini ("Donkeys' Road"), an elevated road mostly covered by arches of different types. *Church of the Osservanza (1520). Its interior houses a ''Madonna with Child and Saints'' painted by Marco Palmezzano *'' Pieve'' (rural church) of S. Giovanni in Ottavo (11th century) * Rocca (castle), built in 1228. It has several cylindrical towers, the tallest of which was added in 1503. *Sanctuary of Monticino (18th century) *''Torre dell'Orologio'' ("Clock Tower"), rebuilt in the 19th century above a pre-existing defensive structure.

References

External links

Official website

Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub