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Emilia-Romagna (, ,
both also ; ; egl, Emégglia-Rumâgna or ''Emîlia-Rumâgna''; rgn, Emélia-Rumâgna) is one of the 20
administrative regions of
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, situated in the
north of the country, comprising the historical regions of
Emilia and
Romagna. Its capital is
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 na ...
. It has an area of , and about 4.4 million inhabitants.
Emilia-Romagna is one of the wealthiest and most developed regions in Europe, with the third highest
gross domestic product per capita in Italy.
[Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27: GDP per inhabitant in 2005 ranged from 24% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est Romania to 303% in Inner London](_blank)
European Commission, Eurostat. 12 February 2008. Bologna, its capital, has one of Italy's highest
quality of life indices and advanced social services. Emilia-Romagna is also a cultural, economic, and tourist center, being the home of the
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in contin ...
, the oldest university in the world; containing Romanesque and
Renaissance cities, such as
Modena,
Parma and
Ferrara, and the once
Western Roman Empire's capital city,
Ravenna; encompassing eleven
UNESCO
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heritage sites; being a center for
food and
automobile production (home of automotive companies such as
Ferrari,
Lamborghini,
Maserati,
Pagani,
De Tomaso,
Dallara
Dallara is an Italian race car manufacturer, founded by its current President, Gian Paolo Dallara. After working for Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and De Tomaso, in 1972 in his native village of Varano de' Melegari ( Parma), Italy he create ...
, and
Ducati); and having popular coastal resorts such as
Cervia
Cervia ( rgn, Zirvia) is a seaside resort town in the province of Ravenna, located in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.
Cervia is a major seaside resort in Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Its population was 28,700 at the 2018 census.
...
,
Cesenatico,
Rimini and
Riccione.
In 2018, the
Lonely Planet guide named Emilia-Romagna as the best place to see in Europe. The region is also home to the third largest community of foreign residents in the country, after Lombardy and Lazio.
Etymology
The name ''Emilia-Romagna'' is a legacy of
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom ...
. ''Emilia'' derives from the ''
via Aemilia'', the Roman road connecting
Piacenza to
Rimini, completed in 187 BC and named after the consul
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. ''Romagna'' derives from ''Romània'', the name of the
Eastern Roman Empire applied to
Ravenna by the
Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 an ...
when the
western Empire had ceased to exist and Ravenna was
an outpost of the east (540–751).
History
Prehistory and antiquity
Before the Romans took control of present-day Emilia-Romagna, it had been part of the
Etruscan world and subsequently that of the
Gauls. During the first thousand years of Christianity, trade flourished, as did culture and religion, thanks to the region's numerous
monasteries.
Early origins
The history of Emilia-Romagna dates back to Roman times when the region of Emilia was ruled by imperial judges linked to the nearby regions of either
Liguria or
Tuscany. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 6th century, the Lombards, a Germanic tribe, founded the
kingdom of Lombardy in northern and central Italy. This kingdom, which included the region known as Emilia, flourished until the Lombard dynasty was overthrown by the Frankish king Charlemagne in 774. From the 6th to 8th centuries, the region of Romagna was under Byzantine rule and Ravenna was the capital of the Exarchate of Italy within the Eastern Roman Empire. In the 8th century, this region became a province of the
Papal States when Pepin, the son of Charlemagne, donated the land to the Pope in 754.
Middle Ages to early modern period
During the 10th century, northern Italy became part of the Holy Roman Empire under the control of the Germanic leader Otto I. The Holy Roman emperors had varying degrees of control over northern Italy until the close of the Middle Ages. In the 12th century, the papacy extended its political influence and city states began to form in opposition to the Holy Roman emperors.
The northern cities, supported by the Pope, formed the
Lombard League and reduced the influence of the ruling Hohenstaufen dynasty over their lands. Division between imperial partisans and their opponents created factions called the Guelphs and the Ghibelines which would divide the cities for centuries. For the next few centuries both Emilia and Romagna were ruled by papal legates or representatives of the Pope.
The
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in contin ...
—arguably the oldest university in Europe, established in AD 1088—and its bustling towns kept trade and intellectual life alive. Local nobility like the
Este of Ferrara, the
Malatesta of Rimini, the
Popes of Rome, the
Farnese of Parma and Piacenza, and the
Duchy of Modena and Reggio, jostled for power and influence.
The
House of Este gained a notable profile for its political and military might and its patronage of the arts: it left behind a vast heritage of splendid Renaissance palaces, precious paintings and literary masterpieces, such as the works of
Ludovico Ariosto,
Torquato Tasso and
Matteo Maria Boiardo
Matteo Maria Boiardo (, ; 144019/20 December 1494) was an Italian Renaissance poet, best known for his epic poem ''Orlando innamorato''.
Early life
Boiardo was born in 1440, .
Following the rise of
Napoleon, the region of Emilia came under French control.
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, there was a growing movement for Italian national unity and independence. In 1848, a revolution in Vienna initiated uprisings against Austrian rule. The following decades saw uprisings in several regions and, in 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was established. During this
Italian Unification, the territories of Emilia and Romagna would be incorporated into the new nation.
Late modern and contemporary
In the 16th century, most of what would become Emilia-Romagna had been seized by the Papal States, but the territories of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena remained independent until Emilia-Romagna became part of the
Italian kingdom between 1859 and 1861.
After the First world war, Emilia-Romagna was at the centre of the so-called
Biennio Rosso, a period of left-wing agitations that paved the way for
Benito Mussolini's coup d'état in 1922 and the birth of the Fascist regime in Italy. Mussolini, a native of Emilia-Romagna, sponsored the rise of many hierarchs coming from his same region, such as
Italo Balbo,
Dino Grandi and
Edmondo Rossoni.
Towards the end of the
Second World War, Emilia-Romagna was
occupied by Germany and has been the theatre of numerous
Nazi war crimes, such as the
Marzabotto massacre in which 770 innocent civilians were brutally executed by German troops.
During the
Cold war era, Bologna, traditionally a
left-wing city, was particularly hit by political street violence and
terrorism; in 1980 a
far-right terrorist group
detonated a bomb at the city's main railway station, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
After the referendum of 2006, seven municipalities of
Montefeltro
Montefeltro is a historical and geographical region in Marche, which was historically part of Romagna. It gave its name to the Montefeltro family, who ruled in the area during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Regions of Italy
Overview
Monte ...
were detached from the
Province of Pesaro and Urbino
The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( it, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and E ...
(
Marche) to join that of
Rimini on 15 August 2009. The municipalities are
Casteldelci
Casteldelci ( rgn, Castèl) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini.
History
After the referendum of 17 and 18 December 2006 ...
,
Maiolo
Maiolo ( rgn, Maiul) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 807 and an area of ...
,
Novafeltria
Novafeltria is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna.
Geography
The town is located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini. It is the main center of the Montefeltro tradition ...
,
Pennabilli,
San Leo
San Leo ( rgn, San Lé) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Rimini.
Geography
San Leo borders the following municipalities: ...
,
Sant'Agata Feltria and
Talamello
Talamello ( rgn, Talamèl) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini.
Geography
Talamello borders the following municipalities: M ...
.
On 20 and 29 May 2012 two
powerful earthquakes struck the central area of the region, killing 27 people and causing substantial damages to the region's artistic heritage as well as to numerous manufacturing facilities. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake left 14,000 people temporarily homeless.
Geography
The region of Emilia-Romagna consists of nine provinces and covers an area of 22,446 km
2 (8,666 sq. mi.), ranking sixth in Italy. Nearly half of the region (48%) consists of plains while 27% is hilly and 25% mountainous. The region's section of the
Apennines is marked by areas of
flysch,
badland erosion (
calanques) and
caves. The mountains stretch for more than from the north to the south-east, with only three peaks above 2,000 m –
Monte Cimone (2,165 m),
Monte Cusna (2,121 m) and
Alpe di Succiso (2,017 m).
The plain was formed by the gradual retreat of the sea from the
Po basin and by the detritus deposited by the rivers. Almost entirely
marshland in ancient times, its history is characterised by the hard work of its people to reclaim and reshape the land in order to achieve a better standard of living.
The
geology varies, with
lagoons and saline areas in the north and many
thermal springs throughout the rest of the region as a result of groundwater rising towards the surface at different periods of history. All the rivers rise locally in the Apennines except for the Po, which has its source in the
Alps in
Piedmont. The northern border of Emilia-Romagna follows the path of the river for .
The region has a temperate broadleaved and mixed forests and the vegetation may be divided into belts: the
Common oak-
European hornbeam
''Carpinus betulus'', the European or common hornbeam, is a species of tree in the birch family Betulaceae, native to Western Asia and central, eastern, and southern Europe, including southern England. It requires a warm climate for good growth, ...
belt (
Padan plain and adriatic coast) which is now covered (apart from the Mesóla forest in
Province of Ferrara) with fruit orchards and fields of
wheat and
sugar beet, the
Pubescent oak-
European hop-hornbeam belt on the lower slopes up to 900 m, the
European beech-
Silver fir belt between 1,000 and 1,500 m and the final mountain
heath belt. Emilia-Romagna has two Italian National Parks, the
Foreste Casentinesi National Park and the
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park.
Land use
Emilia-Romagna has been a highly populated area since ancient times. Inhabitants over the centuries have radically altered the
landscape, building cities, reclaiming wetlands, and establishing large agricultural areas. All these transformations in past centuries changed the aspect of the region, converting large natural areas to cultivation, up until the 1960s. The trend then changed, and agricultural lands began giving way to residential and industrial areas. The increase of urban-industrial areas continued at very high rates until the end of the 2010s. In the same period, hilly and mountainous areas saw an increase in the registration of semi-natural areas, because of the abandonment of agricultural lands.
Land use changes can have strong effects on ecological functions. Human interactions such as agriculture, forestation and deforestation affect
soil function, e.g. food and other biomass production, storing, filtering and transformation, habitat and gene pool.
In the Emilia-Romagna plain, which represents half of the region and where three quarters of the population of the region live, the agricultural land area has been reduced by 157 km
2 while urban and industrial areas have increased to over 130 km
2 between 2003 and 2008. The impact of
land use and particularly of the urbanisation of the Emilia-Romagna plain during this period has had some strong consequences in the economical and ecological assessment of the region. The loss of arable land is equivalent to a permanent loss of the capacity to feed 440,000 persons per year from resources grown within the region. The increased
water runoff due to
soil sealing requires adaptation measures for river and irrigation canals such as the building of retention basins, at a total cost estimated in the order of billions of euros.
In 2000 there were 103,700 farm holdings and in 2010 there were 73,470, or a -29.2% loss in holdings for the region. The total utilised agricultural area (UAA) was in 2000 and in 2014 for a loss of 4.5%, indicating a downturn of smaller farm ownership. During this same timeframe there was a 14.5% decrease in the farm labor workforce.
File:Alta Val Trebbia - panoramio.jpg, Val Trebbia, near Piacenza
Badlands - Canossa, Reggio Emilia, Italy - December 21, 2014 02.jpg, Badlands of Canossa
Canossa ( Reggiano: ) is a '' comune'' and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is where Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077 and stood three days bare-headed in the snow to reverse his ...
File:Monte Cimone - Orobie.JPG, Cimone Mount, in the Apennines
File:Colline bolognesi.JPG, Hills around 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 na ...
File:Sentieri tra le foreste casentinesi.jpg, Casentinesi Forests
File:I fenicotteri rosa prendono il volo - panoramio.jpg, Delta of the Po river
Government and politics
The Regional Government (''Giunta Regionale'') is presided by the President of the Region (''Presidente della Regione''), who is elected for a five-year term. The Regional Government is composed of the President and the Ministers (''Assessori''), of which there are currently twelve including the Vice President and the Under-Secretary for the President's office.
Apart from the
province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna was historically a stronghold of the
Italian Communist Party, forming the Italian "Red Quadrilateral" or sometimes "
Red Belt" called with
Tuscany,
Umbria and
Marche. This is probably due to the strength of the anti-fascist resistance around the time of World War II as well as a strong tradition of
anti-clericalism dating from the 19th century, when part of the region belonged to the
Papal States. The strength of the anti-fascist resistance is one of the main factors, along with the effectiveness of trade-unionism, that led to the dominance of the PCI in the region.
Emilia-Romagna has since World War II been a left-wing stronghold, nowadays led by the
Democratic Party, since its creation in 2007.
Administrative divisions
Emilia-Romagna is divided into nine provinces. Apart from the creation of the
Metropolitan City of Bologna, plans to reduce the number of provinces from nine to four have been dropped.
Demographics
ISTAT estimates the population of Emilia-Romagna was 4,459,577 on 1 January 2019.
The population density, which was equal to 200 inhabitants per km
2 in 2019, is close to the national average. The population of this region is traditionally evenly distributed, with no dominant metropolis but rather a line of medium-sized cities along the
Via Emilia
The ( it, Via Emilia; en, Aemilian Way) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from ''Ariminum'' (Rimini), on the Adriatic coast, to ''Placentia'' (Piacenza) on the river ''Padus'' ( Po). It was completed in 187 BC. The ' ...
, where two thirds of the population and the majority of the industrial production are concentrated. The coast of
Romagna is also densely populated due to the booming seaside tourism in recent decades. In the peripheral areas of the Apennine Mountains and the agricultural plains around Ferrara and Piacenza, the population is less dense.
Cities, towns and metropolitan areas
The region has nine cities with populations exceeding one hundred thousand: Bologna, Parma, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Ravenna, Rimini, Ferrara, Forlì and Piacenza. These cities rank among the 50 most populous in Italy. The regional capital, Bologna, has about 400,000 inhabitants and lies at the heart of a
metropolitan area of about one million residents.
Immigration and ethnicity
Between 1876 and 1976, about 1.2 million people emigrated from Emilia-Romagna to other countries. , there were 119,369 people from this region living outside Italy, particularly in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...
and
Brazil. , the Italian National Institute of Statistics (
ISTAT) estimated that 365,687 foreign-born immigrants lived in Emilia-Romagna, equal to 8.5% of the total regional population.
Language
Apart from standard
Italian,
Emilian and
Romagnolo, two closely related languages that are part of the
Emiliano-Romagnolo language family, are the local languages of Emilia-Romagna. They are
Romance languages spoken in the region, in Northern Marche and other nearby areas such as parts of
Massa-Carrara
The province of Massa-Carrara ( it, provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province.
History
The province of " ...
,
Mantua,
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the ...
and
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and '' comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest ...
provinces and in
San Marino. The
Sillaro river ( egl, Séllar in Emilian), near the town of
Castel San Pietro Terme, is the border between Emilia and Romagna. They belong to the
Northern Italian group within Romance languages (like
Piedmontese,
Lombard,
Ligurian and
Venetian
Venetian often means from or related to:
* Venice, a city in Italy
* Veneto, a region of Italy
* Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area
Venetian and the like may also refer to:
* Venetian language, a Romance language s ...
), which is included in the wider group of western Romance languages (including
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
Occitan and
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
). They are considered minority languages, structurally separated from Italian by the
Ethnologue and by the ''
Red Book of Endangered Languages
The UNESCO ''Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger'' is an online publication containing a comprehensive list of the world's endangered languages. It originally replaced the ''Red Book of Endangered Languages'' as a title in print after ...
'' of
UNESCO
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.
Economy
Emilia-Romagna today is considered one of the richest European regions and the third wealthiest Italian region by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
These results have been achieved by developing a very well balanced economy that comprises Italy's biggest agricultural sector as well as a long-standing tradition in automobile, motor and mechanics manufacturing and a strong banking and insurance industry.
Agriculture
In spite of the depth and variety of industrial activities in the region, agriculture has not been eclipsed. Emilia-Romagna is among the leading regions in the country, with farming contributing 5.8% of the gross regional product. The agricultural sector has aimed for increased competitiveness by means of structural reorganisation and high-quality products, and this has led to the success of marketed brands.
Cereals,
potatoes,
maize
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American English, North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous ...
,
tomatoes and
onions are the most important products, along with
fruit and
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...
s for the production of
wine (of which the best known are Emilia's
Lambrusco, Bologna's , Romagna's
Sangiovese
Sangiovese (, also , , ) is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin ''sanguis Jovis'', "the blood of Jupiter". Though it is the grape of most of central Italy from Romagna down to Lazio (the most widespread grap ...
and white
Albana). Alongside cereals, which for centuries remained the first local product, the cultivation of fruit trees has developed (especially peaches, but also apricots, plums, apples and pears).
Cattle and
pig breeding are also highly developed. Farm
cooperatives have been working along these lines in recent years. With their long tradition in the region there are now about 8,100 cooperatives, generally in the agricultural sector and mainly located in the provinces 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 na ...
(2,160) and
Forlì-Cesena (1,300).
Industry
The regional economy is more geared to export markets than other regions in the country: the main exports are from mechanical engineering (53%), the extraction of non-metallic minerals (13%) and the
clothing industry (10%).
Industry in the region presents a varied and complex picture and is located along the Via Emilia.
The food industry (e.g.
Barilla,
Parmalat,
Granarolo,
Zanetti, Grandi Salumifici Italiani, Cremonini, Fini, Conserve Italia) is particularly concentrated in
Parma,
Modena and
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 na ...
. Very important is production of
Parma ham,
Parmesan and
Grana Padano cheeses,
Modena balsamic vinegar,
Mortadella sausages. It is not restricted to these famous products, but also include production of sausages, other cheese, dairy products, coffee, sugar, fruit and vegetable conserves and
stuffed pasta.
Automotive industry produce a sport cars (
Ferrari,
Lamborghini,
Maserati,
Pagani), trucks (
Astra), buses (
Menarinibus) and motorcycles (
Ducati,
Bimota).
Machine building is well-developed and represented with fork-lifts (
OM Still, FMTH Fantuzzi),
skid-steer loader (
CNH Industrial
CNH Industrial N.V. is an Italian-American multinational corporation with global headquarters in Basildon, United Kingdom, but controlled and mostly owned by the multinational investment company Exor, which in turn is controlled by the Agnel ...
), tractors (
Argo,
Goldoni,
Arbos), motors (
VM Motori
VM Motori S.p.A. is an Italian diesel engine manufacturing company which is wholly owned by Stellantis. VM headquarters and main production facilities are located in Cento, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
VM Motori was founded by two entrep ...
,
Lombardini), vehicle gas-fuel equipment (
Landi Renzo
Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe with the third largest nominal GDP in the Eurozone and the eighth largest in the world. As an advanced economy the country also has the sixth worldwide national wealth and it is ranked third fo ...
), undercarriages (
ThyssenKrupp Berco), ceramic machine (
SACMI), packaging machine (,
SACMI,
IMA), pumps (
Interpump), wood-working machine tools (SCM Group), home appliance (
Smeg,
Saeco),
automatic data capture equipment (
Datalogic) etc.
There is a in
Ferrara, where different companies manufacturing
polyethylene,
polypropylene,
synthetic rubber and
nitrogenous fertilizers. Other industrial park is
Mirandola Biomedical District. In
Parma there is pharmaceutical manufacturing from
Chiesi Farmaceutici.
Sport and fitness articles is manufacturing by
Technogym in
Cesena.
The
ceramic sector is concentrated in
Faenza and
Sassuolo.
Footwear industry is well developed and located in 2 industrial districts
San Mauro Pascoli
San Mauro Pascoli ( rgn, San Mevar) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. It is at some from the sea, the ''fraz ...
and between
Fusignano
Fusignano ( rgn, Fusgnàn) is a '' comune'' in the province of Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna) in Italy. It is located on the river Senio.
History
The city was created in 1250 by count Bernardino of Cunio after a flood which had destroyed his castle at ...
and
Bagnacavallo.
Tourism
Tourism is increasingly important, especially along the Adriatic coastline and the cities of art. The most popular location for seaside tourism is
Rimini.
Transport
The region of Emilia-Romagna has a very good system of transport, with 574 km of motorways, 1,053 km of railways and airports in Bologna, Forlì, Parma and Rimini. The main motorway crosses the region from north-west (Piacenza) to the south-east (Adriatic coast), connecting the main cities of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, and from here further to Ravenna, Rimini and the Adriatic coast.
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate stood at 5.7% in 2020 and was lower than the national average of 9.2%.
Culture
Cinema
Emilia-Romagna has given birth to a number of important filmmakers and actors and was the main setting for numerous important movies.
Bernardo Bertolucci was a native from Parma and his 1976 masterpiece, ''
1900'', was partially set in Emilia-Romagna.
Federico Fellini, a native of Rimini, shot many movies in the region, among them ''
Amarcord''.
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...
, a native from Bologna, in addition to being a film director, was a poet, writer, and intellectual, who also distinguished himself as an actor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and political figure.
Michelangelo Antonioni, a native of Ferrara, shot his 1964 movie ''
Red Desert'' in Ravenna.
Florestano Vancini, also from Ferrara, shot there his 1960 film ''
Long Night in 1943''.
Pupi Avati, a native of Bologna, shot numerous movies in the region, including the 1976 horror-trhiller ''
The House with Laughing Windows
''The House with Laughing Windows'' ( it, La casa dalle finestre che ridono) is a 1976 Italian ''giallo'' film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati. The film was shot in Lido degli Scacchi in the Ferrara province of the Emilia-Romagna region i ...
''.
Marco Bellocchio, a native of Bobbio, near Piacenza, directed many award-winning movies, such as his 2009 biopic ''
Vincere''. Liliana Cavani, a native of Carpi, near Modena, became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature film ''
The Night Porter''. In addition, actor and filmmaker Vittorio De Sica shot in Ferrara his 1970 movie ''
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''. Other actors from Emilia-Romagna include
Gino Cervi, who played
Peppone in the ''
Don Camillo'' 1950s-1960s movie series;
Rossano Brazzi, who acted in numerous English-language films, including the 1954 drama film ''
The Barefoot Contessa''; and the 1980s comedy duo
Gigi e Andrea.
Cuisine and gastronomy
Emilia-Romagna is considered one of the richest regions of Italy with regard to its gastronomic and wine-making tradition. The region is known for its egg and filled pasta made with soft wheat flour.
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 na ...
is notable for pasta dishes like ''
tortellini'', ''
lasagne'', ''
gramigna'' and ''
tagliatelle'' which are found also in many other parts of the region in different declinations. The
Romagna subregion is known as well for pasta dishes like ''
garganelli'', ''
strozzapreti
Strozzapreti (; "priest choker" or "priest strangler" in Italian language, Italian) are an elongated form of cavatelli, or hand-rolled pasta typical of the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche and Umbria regions of Italy as well as in the state of Sa ...
'', ''
sfoglia lorda'' and ''
tortelli alla lastra''. In the
Emilia subregion, except
Piacenza which is heavily influenced by the cuisines of
Lombardy, rice is eaten to a lesser extent. ''
Polenta'', a maize-based dish, is common both in Emilia and Romagna. The celebrated
balsamic vinegar is made only in the Emilian cities of
Modena and
Reggio Emilia, following legally binding traditional procedures.
Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan Cheese) is produced in Reggio Emilia, Parma, Modena and Bologna and is much used in cooking, while
Grana Padano variety is produced in the rest of the region.
Although the Adriatic coast is a major fishing area which produces eels and clams, the region produces more meat products, especially pork-based, including Parma's ''
prosciutto'', ''
culatello'' and ''
Salame Felino'', Piacenza's ''
pancetta'', ''
coppa'' and salami, Bologna's ''
mortadella'' and ''
salame rosa'', Modena's ''
zampone'', ''
cotechino'' and ''
cappello del prete'' and
Ferrara's ''
salama da sugo
Salama da sugo, also known as salamina da sugo, is a particular salami made of pork typical of the province of Ferrara consumed after cooking. It is recognized with the IGP and DOP designations of origin.
History
Cristoforo di Messisbugo, ste ...
''.
Reggio Emilia is the origin of the fresh egg-made pasta ''
cappelletti'' (similar to Bologna's tortellini but differing in size), the typical ''
erbazzone'' a spinach and ''
Parmigiano Reggiano'' salted cake, and ''
Gnocco Fritto
The () or () is a bread in Italian cuisine from the Emilia region of Italy, prepared using flour, water and lard as primary ingredients. Cracklings are sometimes used in its preparation as well. In Emilia-Romagna, it is typically sliced int ...
'', mixed flour stripes fried in boiling oil, eaten in combination with ham or salami. ''
Crescentina'' is a thin round bread that originates in the Apennines around Modena, and is usually filled with ''cunza'' (a spread made from pork lard and flavoured with garlic and rosemary) or with cold cuts, cheese and salty dressings or sweet spreads. Piacenza and Ferrara are also known for some dishes prepared with horse and donkey meat. Regional desserts include ''
zuppa inglese'' (custard-based dessert made with sponge cake and
Alchermes liqueur) and ''
panpepato'' (Christmas cake made with pepper, chocolate, spices, and almonds). An exhaustive list of the most important regional wines should include
Sangiovese
Sangiovese (, also , , ) is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin ''sanguis Jovis'', "the blood of Jupiter". Though it is the grape of most of central Italy from Romagna down to Lazio (the most widespread grap ...
from Romagna,
Lambrusco from
Reggio Emilia or
Modena,
Cagnina di Romagna Cagnina di Romagna was an Italian wine-producing zone in Emilia-Romagna region, in northeastern Italy. In 2011 it was incorporated into the Romagna Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) alongside the denominations of Pagadebit di Romagna, Roma ...
,
Gutturnio and
Trebbiano from
Piacenza.
Music
Emilia-Romagna gave birth to one of the most important composers in the history of music,
Giuseppe Verdi, as well as
Arturo Toscanini, one of the most acclaimed conductors of the 20th century, and the operatic tenor
Luciano Pavarotti.
The region is well known in Italy for its
rock and
folk musicians, such as
Laura Pausini,
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model.
She was well known in Europe and Latin America as a result of her many ...
,
Samuele Bersani
Samuele Bersani (born 1 October 1970, in Rimini, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He received the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2000 and in 2012, with the songs "Replay" and "Un pallone", respectively.
His b ...
,
Luciano Ligabue,
Lucio Dalla,
Francesco Guccini,
Vasco Rossi and
Zucchero. "
Romagna mia", a song written in 1954 by
Secondo Casadei, is considered by many as the unofficial anthem of
Romagna.
Sport
Motorsports
Ferrari's motorsports division
Scuderia Ferrari is also run out of
Maranello
Maranello ( Modenese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy, 18 km from Modena, with a population of 17,504 as of 2017. It is known worldwide as the home of Ferrari and the Formula 1 ...
in the
Province of Modena, the teams' colours being red. Ferrari's Formula One team has won 15
Drivers' titles and 16
Constructors' titles. The team has also won multiple
Le Mans 24 Hours in sports car racing. The most successful Ferrari driver is German racer
Michael Schumacher, who won five consecutive Formula One titles between and with Ferrari, being the first Formula One driver to achieve that milestone. Among other legendary Ferrari drivers include pre-Formula One era
Tazio Nuvolari, and in the Formula One era
Alberto Ascari,
Juan Manuel Fangio,
John Surtees,
Niki Lauda and
Kimi Räikkönen include among drivers to have won the title in a Ferrari car. Another Formula 1 team is based here,
AlphaTauri AlphaTauri or ''variant'', may refer to:
*Aldebaran, also known as Alpha Tauri (α Tau)
*AlphaTauri (fashion brand), fashion brand
* Scuderia AlphaTauri, Formula One team since 2020; formerly Scuderia Toro Rosso
See also
*
*
*
*
* A Tauri
* ...
in Faenza, the heir of
Minardi and
Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Ducati Corse is the motorsports division of
Ducati's motorcycle company, being the predominant Italian constructor in
MotoGP and the
Superbike World Championship. Ducati has won one MotoGP title with Australian
Casey Stoner
Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a ti ...
in
2007. Stoner is also the most successful rider for the team in MotoGP, having won 23 Grands Prix in his four seasons. Ducati have had multiple World Champions
Valentino Rossi and
Jorge Lorenzo race for the team. In 2017, Emilia-Romagna native
Andrea Dovizioso
Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He raced with WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team for the 2022 season but announced his intended-retirement after the Misano round in September.
Dovizioso was t ...
finished second in the MotoGP championship for Ducati. The team has frequently had at least one Italian rider in its factory team since its entry into the premier class in 2003 at the beginning of the four-stroke engine era. Its first Grand Prix winner was Emilia-Romagna native
Loris Capirossi in the team's inaugural season. Ducati have also won multiple Superbike titles with riders such as
Carl Fogarty and
Troy Bayliss being among title winners.
Aside from Dovizioso and Capirossi, high-profile racers such as
Marco Melandri
Marco Melandri (born 7 August 1982) is an Italian retired motorcycle road racer who is a five-time premier class race winner. He is the 2002 250 cc World Champion and runner-up in 125 cc, MotoGP and Superbike World Championship. He ...
and
Marco Simoncelli have also come out of Emilia-Romagna. Simoncelli died in an accident when he was run over on track in the
2011 Malaysian Grand Prix at the age of 24, and was honoured by having the
Misano World Circuit named after him.
Emilia-Romagna have two major international race circuits;
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in
Imola and the aforementioned
circuit in
Misano Adriatico. Imola used to host Formula One between 1980 and 2006, under the banner of
San Marino Grand Prix on all but one occasion; as well as hosting two non-championship races in
1963 and
1979. The track was the site for the
fatal crash of three-time world champion
Ayrton Senna on
1 May 1994, along with a fatal crash the day before of Austrian
Roland Ratzenberger. The track was rebuilt after the tragedies and returned to the calendar in a new guise already the following year. Imola was a happy hunting ground for Emilia-Romagna team Scuderia Ferrari during the era on the re-built track, with Michael Schumacher winning the race five times in front of the home crowd. In
2020, Imola returned to the calendar due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
and hosted the
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Football
Several clubs from Emilia-Romagna compete at a high level on the national stage.
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 na ...
,
Parma and
Sassuolo compete in the top-flight of
Italian football – in
Serie A. The region's two biggest clubs are the only two to win major honours:
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 na ...
, which has won seven
scudetti and two
Coppa Italia trophies, and
Parma, winners of four European trophies (two
Europa Leagues, one
Cup Winners' Cup and one
Super Cup) and three Coppe Italia.
The
Derby dell'Emilia
The Derby dell'Emilia (), is the name given in association football, football to any match between Bologna F.C. 1909 and Parma Calcio 1913 Emilia (region of Italy), Emilia is a region that approximately corresponds to the western and north-easter ...
features Bologna and Parma, whereas the
Derby dell'Enza
The Derby dell'Enza, also referred to as the Derby del Parmigiano Reggiano, is the local derby contested by Emilian association football clubs Parma F.C. and A.C. Reggiana 1919. The name derives from the Enza river, which forms the boundary of ...
features Parma and
Reggiana.
The region has hosted 42
Italy national football team home matches. With 11 professional clubs in 2022/2023 season, the region is only bettered in terms of number of professional clubs by
Lombardy. It also has 747 amateur clubs, 1,522 football pitches and 75,328 registered players.
Included in the table below are all sides in the top three tiers of Italian football (
Serie A,
Serie B and
Serie C), as well as any sides that have won major honours.
Other sports
Another popular sport in this region is
basketball. Three teams from Emilia-Romagna currently compete in the
Lega Basket Serie A:
Virtus Bologna, which with 16 ''scudetti'', 2
Euroleague championships and 8
Coppe Italia is one of the most important teams in Europe,
Fortitudo Bologna, which has also won two ''scudetti'', and
Reggiana from Reggio Emilia.
The region has a very strong tradition in
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
as well, with three clubs that are among the oldest, most winning and prestigious teams in Italy and Europe:
Parma,
Modena and
Porto Ravenna. These three clubs have won a combined 9
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A t ...
s, 4 won by Modena, 3 by Ravenna and 2 by Parma. There is not another comparable region in Europe with such a big presence of successful volleyball clubs. Another important volleyball club which has achieved important results both in Italy and in Europe during the last 15 years is
Copra Volley from
Piacenza.
Panthers Parma are one of four
American football teams that have participated in every edition of the
Italian Football League
Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980.
History
In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
.
Zebre
Zebre Parma (, meaning "Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the ...
compete professionally in the
United Rugby Championship, the combined
Irish,
Italian,
Scottish,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
n and
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
rugby union league. The club's home ground, the
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, previously known as Stadio XXV Aprile, is a sports stadium dedicated to rugby union, located in the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It replaced the original Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi which ...
, is located in
Parma.
Included in the table below are all sides in the top two tiers of Italian rugby.
See also
*
Emilian-Romagnol language
*
List of European regions by GDP
*
Emilia-Romagna luthiers
References
Further reading
* Alfani, Guido. "The famine of the 1590s in Northern Italy. An analysis of the greatest “system shock” of sixteenth century." ''Histoire & mesure'' 26.XXVI-1 (2011): 17-5
online
* Bayer, Andrea. ''North of the Apennines: sixteenth-century Italian painting in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003).
* Bianchi, Patrizio, and Maria Grazia Giordani. "Innovation policy at the local and national levels: The case of Emilia‐Romagna." ''European Planning Studies'' 1.1 (1993): 25–41.
* Cooke, Philip. "Building a twenty‐first century regional economy in Emilia‐Romagna." ''European Planning Studies'' 4.1 (1996): 53–62.
* Passarelli, Gianluca, and Dario Tuorto. "The Lega Nord goes south: The electoral advance in Emilia-Romagna: A new territorial model?." ''Political Geography'' 31.7 (2012): 419-42
online
* Rossi, Leonardo, Britta Holtschoppen, and Christoph Butenweg. "Official data on the economic consequences of the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake: a first analysis of database SFINGE." ''Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering'' 17.9 (2019): 4855–4884.
Guide books
* Facaros, Dana, and Michael Pauls. ''Northern Italy: Emilia-Romagna: including Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna and the Republic of San Marino'' (2018
excerpt* Macadam, Alta. ''Blue Guide Emilia Romagna'' (2017
excerpt
External links
Emilia-Romagna Region Official siteEmilia-Romagna Travel Guide VIDEO
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