Bagnacavallo ( rgn, Bagnacavàl) is a town and ''

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'' in the

province of Ravenna The province of Ravenna ( it, provincia di Ravenna; ) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ravenna. As of 2015, it has a population of 391,997 inhabitants over an area of , giving it a population density ...

, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The

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painter

Bartolomeo Ramenghi Bartolomeo Ramenghi (1484–1542), also called ''Bagnacavallo'', ''il Bagnacavallo'' or ''il Baruffaldi'', was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active in Emilia-Romagna. He received the nickname, Bagnacavallo, from the village Bagnacavallo ...

bore the nickname of his native city.

Main sights

*''Castellaccio'' (15th century) *

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*Podere Pantaleone, a natural preserve *''

Pieve In the Middle Ages, a pieve (, ; la, plebe, link=no; plural ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. The Italian word ''pieve'' is descended from Latin ''plebs'' which, after th ...

of San Pietro in Sylvis'' (7th century), some west of town *Piazza della Libertà, the town's main square

Twin towns and sister cities

Bagnacavallo's twin towns and sister cities are: *

Neresheim Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated northeast of Heidenheim, and southeast of Aalen. It's the home of the Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was '' Reichsfrei'' until the Germa ...

, Germany, since 1994 *

Strzyżów Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, along the Wisłok river valley. Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located south-east of Kraków and 30 km from Rzesz ...

, Poland, since 2006 *

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, United Kingdom (friendship), since 2004 * Aix-en-Othe, France, since 2012 * Pollutri, since 2019 (friendship)

References

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