Emilia-Romagna - 79 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is a top European tourism destination, welcoming more than 11.5 million visitors annually and generating 50 million overnight stays. Its unique attractions – historical, cultural, artistic, social, industrial and economic – provide visitors with an authentic, all-round experience of the Italian lifestyle.

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List of Attractions in Emilia-Romagna

Mirabeach

Mirabeach

Theme Parks

Mirabeach, known as Mirabilandia Beach until 2011, is an aquatic park, a section of the largest Italian theme park Mirabilandia, near Ravenna, within which it is located. Built-in 2003, resulting in a significant extension of Mirabilandia to the north-west, it covers an area of 100,000 m² and consists of beaches, swimming pools, waterslides, green spaces, bars, restaurants, and shops, resembling a paradise island tropical, comparable to a beach in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, the Hawaii or Polyne

Mirabilandia

Mirabilandia

Theme Parks

A beautiful theme park which was located in the Savio, a frazione of Ravenna. It was one of the biggest park in Italy. It has an area of 30 hectares, with an additional waterworld area of 10 hectares, called Mirabilandia Beach. The most notable attractions are the Katun inverted roller coaster and the iSpeed launched coaster. It has the world's tallest Watercoaster, the "Divertical" with a height of 60 m.

Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli

Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli

Man-made Structures- Other

The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is a motorcycle circuit located in the municipality of Misano Adriatico, in the province of Rimini, precisely in the hamlet of Santa Monica and near the basin of the Conca. It is named in memory of Marco Simoncelli, an Italian motorcyclist who died in 2011. exceptionally in 2020 it also hosts the Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna and the Rimini Riviera, also valid for the world championship.

Monte Cimone

Monte Cimone

Skiing Spots

1 Day Treks

Mountain Peaks

Mount Cimone is the largest relief of the northern Apennines, with a height of 2,165 meters above sea level. It is a popular ski resort in the winter. There are 31 ski slopes with a total length of more than 50 km. It is also frequented by snowboarders as it houses a fairly large snow park in the Passo del Lupo area and two other smaller parks in the areas of Lake Ninfa and Polle. The mountain extends through the municipalities of Fiumalbo, Sestola, Fanano, and Riolunato.

Monte Cusna

Monte Cusna

Mountain Peaks

The upstream Cusna, with its 2121 meters above sea level, is the highest peak of the ' Reggiano Apennines and the second of the entire Northern Apennines after the Monte Cimone. It extends over the territories of the municipalities of Villa Minozzo and Ventasso in the province of Reggio Emilia, about 3 km from the border with the Tuscany region. One of the nice trekking destination and also a picturesque spot.

Monte Falterona

Monte Falterona

1 Day Treks

Mountain Peaks

It is located in the heart of the Casentinesi Forests and is part of the National Park of the Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona, and Campigna . Its peak is crossed by the border between the provinces of Florence and that of Arezzo; the nearby Mount Falco, whose summit is located on the Apennine watershed, instead of marks the border between the province of Florence, that of Arezzo, and that of Forlì-Cesena on the border between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna.

Mount Fumaiolo

Mount Fumaiolo

1 Day Treks

Mountain Peaks

Mount Fumaiolo is a peak of the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines, located between Romagna and Tuscany. It is known for being near its peak, a1 268 m a.s.l. , the source of the Tiber river is located. The Fumaiolo is famous for its imposing beech forests, the so-called beech woods, which can be covered thanks to a network of comfortable paths that can be traveled on foot and by mountain bike.

Museo Civico Archeologico

The Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna is housed in the fifteenth-century Palazzo Galvani, in Via dell'Archiginnasio 2, 40124 Bologna, the ancient "Hospital of Death". Inaugurated in September 1881, it was born from the merger of two museums: the University - heir to the "Room of Antiquities" of the Academy of Sciences founded by Luigi Ferdinando Marsili - and the Comunale

Museo Ferrari

The Ferrari Museum, called Galleria Ferrari until April 2011, is an automobile museum located about 300 meters from the Ferrari factories in Maranello, near Modena. It is dedicated to the car manufacturer of the prancing horse. It not only collects cars but also exhibits prizes , photographs, and other historical objects relating to the history of Italian motoring. The exhibition also introduces technological innovations, many of which are the transition between racing cars and road models.

Museo Ferruccio Lamborghini

The Lamborghini Museum, also called MUDETEC, is a museum based in Sant'Agata Bolognese in Italy. The museum, owned and managed by the Lamborghini company, is made up of a vast collection of cars produced throughout the history of the Italian manufacturer. The museum exhibits a family tree showing all the models produced by the company. The current exhibition gallery contains iconic sports cars such as the 350 GT and the Sesto Element and concepts such as the Veneno and Miura Concept.

Palazzo d'Accursio

Palazzo d'Accursio

Iconic Buildings

The Palazzo d'Accursio , also called Town Hall [1] (in Bolognese dialect PALAZ without the article) is a building that overlooks the Piazza Maggiore and is currently home to the City Hall of Bologna. Today's palace is a collection of buildings that have been united over the centuries. The original nucleus, purchased by the Municipality at the end of the 13th century, included the home of Accursio , a jurist and teacher of law in the Bologna studio.

Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna

Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna

Iconic Buildings

Palaces

The Palazzo del Podestà in Bologna overlooks Piazza Maggiore, in the heart of the city, together with the Palazzo Comunale and the Basilica of San Petronio. It was built around 1200, together with Piazza Maggiore as a building to carry out public functions and therefore the seat of the podestà and his officials. The current layout is very different from the original one also because the Palazzo Re Enzo was built later, between 1244 and 1246.

Palazzo della Pilotta

The Palazzo Della Pilotta, also called simply la Pilotta, is a vast complex of buildings located in the historic center of Parma, located between Piazzale della Pace and the Lungoparma. The name derives from the game of Basque pelota, played by Spanish soldiers in the courtyard of the Guazzatoio, originally called the pelota. It currently houses the National Archaeological Museum, the National Gallery, the Palatine Library, and the Bodonian Museum. In 2016, the complex attracted 89,478 visitors

Palazzo Re Enzo

The Re Enzo Palace is a historic building in Bologna dating from the thirteenth century. It was built between 1244 and 1246 at the behest of the podestà Filippo Ugoni as an extension of the municipal buildings of the Palazzo del Podestà and for this reason, called Palatium Novum, but its historical events have made it always linked to the figure of King Enzo of Sardinia.

Palazzo Schifanoia

The museum of Palazzo Schifanoia is housed in an Estense Delight in via Scandiana 23, in Ferrara. The palace was built in 1385 and the name was chosen was intended to underline its function at the Este court, that is, a building intended for rest and recreation. The palace was built for Alberto V d'Este in 1385. Borso d'Este transformed it and had it enlarged. Built on a quadrangular base, without the side wings, it was designed as a small place to rest and relax.

Parco della Montagnola

Parco della Montagnola

Monuments

Botanical Gardens

The Montagnola garden is one of the oldest and most central green areas in the city of Bologna, which opened for the first time in the 17th century. In the garden of the Montagnola the bodies of Luigi Zamboni and Giovanni Battista De Rolandis were solemnly buried on the direct order of Napoleon, who in 1794 led an attempted revolt to Bologna during which Italian tricolor cockades were used; in 1799, with the arrival of the Austrians, the bodies were dispersed.

Parco Regionale Veneto del Delta del Po

Parco Regionale Veneto del Delta del Po

Lake/ River/ Ponds

Outdoors- Other

The regional park of the Po Delta of Emilia-Romagna is a protected natural area established in 1988 of about 54,000 hectares located in the Emilia-Romagna region. The Po Delta park has the largest extension of protected wetlands in Italy. The flora is extremely varied and includes about a thousand different species. The presence of birds and of truffles is also interesting, especially in correspondence with the cordons of fossil dunes.

Piazza Cavour

Piazza Cavour

Town Squares

Piazza Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, commonly known as Piazza Cavour is a square in the historic center of Naples, located between the Stella and San Lorenzo districts. The square, in which via Foria and via Costantinopoli open between the various streets and a short distance from the National Archaeological Museum, is made up for the most part of gardens that occupy the entire central part in length, incorporating the two underground stations located at the lateral limits square and the Trito

Piazza Maggiore

Piazza Maggiore

Town Squares

Piazza Maggiore is the main square of Bologna, measuring 115 meters in length and 60 meters in width, and surrounded by the most important buildings of the medieval city. The oldest building facing the square is the Palazzo del Podestà, which closes the square to the north; it dates back to the 13th century and is surmounted by the Torre dell'Arengo, which by ringing its bell called the people to gather. The Palazzo Re Enzo was soon added to this, under which the cross vault of a pedestrian cro

Piazza Santo Stefano

Piazza Santo Stefano is one of the most characteristic sights of Bologna. Actually it is more than a square, a widening that originates from via Santo Stefano and leads to the Two Towers. The monumental complex dominating the square is the Basilica of Santo Stefano, commonly known as “seven churches“. It is articulated on seven sacred buildings constructed and reworked in different eras, mainly by the work of the patron saint of Bologna, San Petronio.

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