Molinella (
Bolognese
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: or ) is a ''
comune'' (municipality) part of
Metropolitan City of Bologna
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in the
Italian region
Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of
Bologna.
Molinella borders the following municipalities:
Argenta Argenta may refer to:
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* Argenta (surname)
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* Argenta, Emilia–Romagna, Italy, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ferrara
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Baricella
Baricella ( Bolognese: , locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna.
Baricella borders the following municipalities: Argenta, Budrio, Ferr ...
,
Budrio
Budrio ( Eastern Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is east of Bologna.
Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his pseudonym of Quirico Filopanti, an I ...
,
Medicina.
Molinella is situated in a rural area on the old ''San Donato Road'' (which in the past connected Bologna with Argenta and its port on the
Po di Primaro Po or PO may refer to:
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* Po (Kung Fu Panda), the protagonist of the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise
* Po, one of the titular ''Teletubbies''
* Po, a character in the novel ''Graceling'' by Kristin Cashore
M ...
). The municipality is crossed on the northern side by the
Reno River and it is surrounded by several marshes and canals.
The town has a railway station on the
Bologna-Portomaggiore Railway.
History
The name ''Molinella'' comes from the Italian word for mill, ''molino''; That is because during the Middle Ages there was a large number of
watermills in this area.
The village was created before the 14th century on a hillock between the ''marshes of Marmorta and Marrara'' and just south of the
Po di Primaro Po or PO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Po (Kung Fu Panda), the protagonist of the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise
* Po, one of the titular ''Teletubbies''
* Po, a character in the novel ''Graceling'' by Kristin Cashore
M ...
river. The village was a "Customs place" on the border between ''Bologna Territory'' and ''
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
Territory'' until the 18th century. It was also one of the few accesses to the ferries which crossed the Po di Primaro.
It remained for long time one of the most isolated village in the
province of Bologna. The construction of the railway in the 19th century was the first step for the development of the village, which is nowadays a little town with high standards of living.
Climate
On 12 January 1985, the official weather station of San Pietro Capofiume recorded the absolute low temperature of Italy for a lowland place: .
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna
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