Portico e San Benedetto ( rgn, Pôrtic e San Bandét) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Forlì-Cesena The province of Forlì-Cesena ( it, provincia di Forlì-Cesena) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Forlì. The province has a population of 394,273 as of 2016 over an area of . ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

, located about southeast 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 nat ...

. It is formed by three main distinct settlements: *''Portico di Romagna'', from

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

. *''San Benedetto in Alpe'', from Forlì. *''Bocconi'', midway the two former localities.

Main sights

In Bocconi: * ''Ponte della Brusia'', an 18th-century three arch bridge.RomangaToscana Tourismo
/ref> In Portico di Romagna: *''Palazzo Portinari'', which, according to tradition, belonged to

Folco Portinari Folco Portinari (died 31 December 1289) was an Italian banker and several times the prior of Florence. He was the father of Beatrice Portinari, the woman largely identified as the character loved by Dante Alighieri and mentioned in his works. Po ...

's large, extensive family, father of the

Beatrice Portinari Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari (; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's ''Vita Nuova'', and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as h ...

described by

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

. *''Palazzo Traversari''. The theologian Ambrogio Traversari was born here. *''Ponte della Maestà'' ("Majesty Bridge", 17th–18th centuries). In San Benedetto in Alpe: * ''

Acquacheta The Acquacheta is a stream in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Romagna, northern Italy. An affluent of the Montone in San Benedetto in Alpe, it is famous because it was mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy (''Inferno'', XVI, 94–102). ...

'' water fall on the river of the same name, also described by

in his

Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and ...

(

Inferno (Dante) ''Inferno'' (; Italian language, Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century Epic poetry, epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. It is followed by ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso (Dante), Paradiso''. The ''Infern ...

Canto XVI, 100–101). * Monastery of St. Benedict, of medieval origins.

References

External links

Official website

RomagnaToscana tourism website
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub