Budrio ( Eastern Bolognese: ) is a town and ''

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'' in the

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, in

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; it is east of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= 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 150 different nat ...

. Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his

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Quirico Filopanti Giuseppe Barilli (20 April 1812 – 18 December 1894), also known under his pseudonym Quirico Filopanti, was an Italian mathematician and politician. Biography Barilli was born in Budrio, near Bologna, Italy, on 20 April 1812. He graduated in 1 ...

, an Italian mathematician and politician.

History

Budrio's area was a

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, whose territory was divided between veteran legionaries. The current town was however founded in the 10th-11th centuries AD. The church of ''San Lorenzo'' was already active in 1146. In the 14th century Cardinal

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rebuilt it as a castle, of which the two large towers (1376) can still be seen, while of the walls only a small section remains.

Main sights

The most notable attraction are the Bentivoglio castle (16th century) and the Villa Ranuzzi Cospi at Bagnarola. The town also houses the Pinacoteca (painting gallery) Domenico Inzaghi and the churches of San Domenico del Rosario,

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, and

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Notable people

Giuseppe Donati Giuseppe Donati (2 December 1836 – 14 February 1925) was the inventor of the classical ocarina, a ceramic wind instrument based on the principle of a Helmholtz resonator. Donati was born in Budrio. Legend has it that he created his first ...

, inventor of the

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Pierpaolo Donati Pierpaolo Donati (born September 30, 1946) is an Italian sociologist and philosopher of social science, who is considered one of the main exponents of relational sociology and a prominent thinker in relational theory. Biography Donati was born ...

, sociologist and philosopher of social science *

, mathematician and politician *

Gustavo Fiorini Gustavo Fiorini (born April 7, 1919 in Budrio) was an Italian professional football player. 1919 births Year of death missing Italian footballers Serie A players A.C. Ancona players U.C. Sampdoria players Inter Milan players Associati ...

, retired footballer *

Marcello Massarenti Don Marcello Massarenti ( Budrio, 1817 — 1905), a Vatican official who helped Pope Pius IX escape from Rome at the time of the Roman republican uprising of 1849, rose to become Almoner of the Pope. In his official position he traveled extensive ...

, papal

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(Vatican official)

Sister cities

* Gyula,

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, since 1965 *

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, since 1991

References

External links

Official website

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