Piazza Aurelio Saffi is located at the heart of

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and offers some of the most interesting town sights. It has a

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al shape and is about long and wide. In the middle of the square there stands the statue of

Aurelio Saffi Aurelio Saffi (August 13, 1819 – April 10, 1890: full name Marco Aurelio Saffi) was a Roman and Italian politician, active during the period of Italian unification. He was an important figure in the radical republican current within the Risorgi ...

which is surrounded by some of the most distinguished and ancient buildings of the town. On the southern side of the square there stands the

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. Next to the Abbey there is the Palazzo Paulucci de Calboli, built at the beginning of the 18th century. The eastern side of the square is taken up by the

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(Post Building), built in the early 1930s. The

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takes up the northern side of the square. It dates back to the year 1000 and it is now the seat of the Town Hall. On the west side, at the corner with Corso Diaz, there stands the Palazzo del Podestà, built in gothic style in 1460. On its right side there is

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, an elegant 15th-century building in

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External links

The video of an environmentalist demonstration at Piazza Saffi in Forlì by Forlì.tv
Piazzas in Forlì Buildings and structures in Forlì Tourist attractions in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub