San Lazzaro di Savena

Coordinates: 44°28′15″N 11°24′30″E / 44.47083°N 11.40833°E / 44.47083; 11.40833
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San Lazzaro di Savena
Comune
Comune di San Lazzaro di Savena
Town hall.
Town hall.
Coat of arms of San Lazzaro di Savena
Coat of arms
Location of San Lazzaro di Savena
Map
Lazarus
Saint dayDecember 17
WebsiteOfficial website

San Lazzaro di Savena (Bolognese: San Lâzer) is an Italian comune (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.

Geography

The town is located on the

Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, 6 kilometres (4 mi) from the city centre of Bologna
towards the southeast.

The territory of the municipality extends towards the plain and at the foot of the first hills around Bologna. Some watercourses such as the Zena (creek), the Idice and the Savena, after which the town was named, flow through the town.

Within the territory of the municipality we can find the Spipola Cave with its

hypogeous stream), protected by the Parco dei Gessi Bolognesi e Calanchi dell'Abbadessa
(Natural park of Bologna's chalky rocks and the Abbess's gully).

History

The area of San Lazzar has been inhabited since ancient times, as testified by findings from the

Villanovian civilization
.

Documents state the site for the town once housed a lazzaretto or

leprosarium
. These were often located outside of cities where people could be segregated from the population.

The town was autonomous municipality in the Napoleonic Era (1810). It was afterwards readmitted to Bologna and gained back autonomy with the help of Carlo Berti Pichat after 1827.

Nowadays, after the building expansion of the 1970s, San Lazzaro is one of the most populated towns in the province of Bologna and is the main seat of a large number of factories.

Main sights

In San Lazzaro the museum of prehistory "Luigi Donini" gathering findings of ancient times has been recently opened.

Sports

The town's

Serie C2
after the 2006–07 season.

The former World Cup alpine ski racer Alberto Tomba was born in San Lazzaro di Savena.

External links

Media related to San Lazzaro di Savena at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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