Imola
Imola | ||
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| Comune di Imola | ||
 Rocca Sforzesca of Imola | ||
 Flag  Coat of arms | ||
Location of Imola  | ||
ISTAT code 037032 | | |
| Patron saint | St. Cassian | |
| Saint day | August 13 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Imola (Italian: Romagnol: Jômla or Jemula) is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical region Romagna.
The city is best-known as the home of the
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari which hosts the Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and formerly hosted the San Marino Grand Prix (the race was named after the independent nation of San Marino which is around 100 km to the south), and the deaths of Formula One drivers Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the circuit during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. The death of Senna
(three-times world champion) was an event that shocked the sporting world and led to heightened Formula One safety standards.
History
The city was anciently called Forum Cornelii, after the
ceramics
.
The name Imola was first used in the 7th century by the
Byzantines
and barbarians.
With the
Alidosi until 1424, when the condottiero Angelo della Pergola, "capitano" for Filippo Maria Visconti, gained the supremacy (see also Wars in Lombardy). In 1426 the city was restored to the Holy See, and the legate
(later Cardinal) Capranica inaugurated a new regime in public affairs.
Various
Julius II
. The last trace of these contests was a bitter enmity between the Vaini and Sassatelli families.
In 1797, the revolutionary French forces established a provisional government at Imola. In 1799, it was occupied by the Austrians, and in 1800, it was united to the Cisalpine Republic. After that, it shared the fortunes of the Romagna region.
Sport
The main sport venue in Imola is the
Formula 1 in the 1980 Italian Grand Prix, from 1981 to 2006 as part of the San Marino Grand Prix and from 2020 as part of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The city has dedicated multiple memorials and public spaces to Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, who lost their lives in the circuit during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix
.
The city has hosted multiple international and national cycling events like the 1968 UCI Road World Championships, 2020 UCI Road World Championships and 2021 Italian National Road Race Championships.
The city has two professional basket teams, Virtus Imola (born in 1936) and Andrea Costa Imola (born in 1967). Both of them play in the "PalaRuggi" sports hall.
The city's professional soccer team, Imolese Calcio 1919, plays in a stadium located inside the Circuit, "Stadio Romeo Galli".
The city has two swimming pools and from 2020 until 2024 will host the italian federal breaststroke swimming training center.[3]
Main sights
- Imola Circuit (Imola Circuit)
- Rocca Sforzesca (Sforza Castle), built under the reign of Girolamo Riario and Caterina Sforza. Now houses a Cinema d'Estate which shows films in July and August. It also is the location of the world-famous International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro", founded in 1989 by Franco Scala.
- Palazzo Tozzoni (Tozzoni's Mansion), built between 1726 and 1738 by the architect Domenico Trifogli, civic art museum since 1981.
- Duomo (cathedral), dedicated to San Cassiano. Erected from 1187 to 1271, it was repeatedly restored in the following centuries, until a large renovation was held in 1765–1781. The façade dates to 1850.
- Convento dell'Osservanza, including the church of San Michele from 1472, to which later a convent with two cloisters was added. It houses a sarcophagus of Lucrezia Landriani (1496), mother of Caterina Sforza. The interior has a nave and an aisles, finished in 1942; it houses a fresco attributed to Guidaccio da Imola (1472). In the apse is a Byzantine-style crucifix from the 15th century. The first cloister, dating to 1590, had originally 35 frescoes of stories of St. Francis, 15 of which went lost. In the garden annexed to the church is a precious Pietà in terracotta of late-15th century Bolognese or Faenza school.
- Santuario della Beata Vergine del Piratello and Cimitero del Piratello. On 27 March 1483 a pilgrim named Stefano Manganelli witnessed a miracle at Piratello in which a vision of the Madonna requested that the people of Imola build her a shrine,[4] leading to the establishment of a monastery and the Santuario della Beata Vergine. The monastery was dissolved during the Napoleonic suppressions of the early 1800s[5] The Cimitero del Piratello was authorized in 1817 and opened several years later, occupying the former convent cloisters adjacent to the Santuario[6] (designated a Basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1954). The cemetery was further developed in 1916 with the addition of the Campo Monumentale.[7]
Other buildings include the Farsetti and the Communal palaces. In the latter is a fresco representing
Clement VII and Charles V (1535) passing through the city. The public library was established in 1747 by the Conventual
priest Setti. In the 16th century, the Accademia degli Industriosi flourished.
Green areas
- The Acque Minerali Park, located next to Santerno river, on the hills of the city. The park was created in the beginning of the 20th century; the discovery of the mineral water occurred in 1830
- The Tozzoni Park, located on a big hilly area on the side of the city; it became a public area in 1978. The Tozzoni family bought the park in 1882 and used it as a hunting reserve, naming it "Parco del Monte" (Italian: "Park of the Mountain").
People
- Pope Honorius II (1124–1130), born Lamberto Scannabecchi
- Antonio Maria Valsalva, anatomist who founded the anatomy and physiology of the ear
- Dante at the University of Bolognain the 14th century
- Gedaliah ibn Yahya ben Joseph (c. 1515 – c. 1587) (Hebrew: גדליה בן יוסף אבן יחייא), a talmudist born at Imola
- Luca Ghini, scientist of the 16th century who founded the first botanical garden (Orto botanico) at the University of Pisa and the Bologna.
- Giuseppe Scarabelli, 19th century geologist, palaeontologist and politician
- Mozart
- Cosimo Morelli, the architect who designed the sacristy of St. Peter's, Rome
- Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola, painter, a pupil of Francia and Gaspare Sacchi, distinguished painters, nicknamed after his birthplace
- Saint Hippolytus of Rome, author
- According to tradition, Julian the Apostatein the 4th century.
- Saint Peter Chrysologus, who was a deacon there
- Andrea Costa, politician, considered to be among the founders of the Italian Socialist Party.
- MotoGPteam
- Stefano Domenicali, former Team Principal of Ferrari Formula One Racing Team and current CEO of the Formula One Group.
- Quinto Cenni, painter and illustrator
- Cincinnato Baruzzi, sculptor
- Gabriele Lancieri, racing driver
Medals and awards
- On 12 June 1984, Imola was awarded the Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare (Gold Purple Heart) for the role of the city in the Italian resistance movement
- On 2 June 1971, the city was awarded the Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scuola della cultura e dell'arte (Gold Merit Badge of the Art and Culture School).
Twin towns – sister cities
- Colchester, England, United Kingdom
Gennevilliers, France
Piła, Poland
Pula, Croatia
Weinheim, Germany
Ardakan, Iran
Zalău, Romania
See also
- Bishopric of Imola
Notes
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Casadio, Giacomo (2019-09-19). "Imolanuoto centro tecnico federale. È tutto vero!". Il Nuovo Diario Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Imola, Italy: The Shrine of Our Lady of Piratello". Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ISBN 978-1884465130.
- ^ Orsini, Luigi (1907). Imola e la Valle del Santerno, Issue 30. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arte Grafiche. p. 65.
- ^ "Santuario della Beata Vergine del Piratello - Cimitero". Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Relazioni internazionali" (in Italian). Imola. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Imola". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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