Poggio Berni (''E Pôz'' or ''E Puz'' in Romagnolo dialect) is a

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

and former

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of the

Province of Rimini The province of Rimini ( it, provincia di Rimini) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The provincial capital is the eponymous city of Rimini. The province borders the independent Republic of San Marino. As of 2019, the prov ...

, in

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. Wine and oil are its leading products – with the

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" wines and an olive. Poggio Berni is home to the ''Palio dei Somari'', a donkey race. Main sights include the remains of a castle held by the

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family, and the Palazzo Marcosanti, a former fortress in the countryside, turned today into a tourist resort. On January 1, 2014, Poggio Berni merged with

Torriana Torriana is a frazione and former ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Rimini. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,312 and ...

, forming a new municipality called Poggio Torriana

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