Portico e San Benedetto
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Portico e San Benedetto (Romagnolo dialect
: Pôrtic e San Bandet) is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena
in the Italian
region Emilia-Romagna
, located about 60 km southeast of Bologna
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It is formed by three main distinct settlements:
At San Benedetto in Alpe are the Acquacheta water fall, also described by Dante, and the Monastery of St. Benedict, of medieval origins.
Emiliano-Romagnolo
Emiliano-Romagnolo is a Romance language mostly spoken in Emilia-Romagna, Italy and San Marino. It belongs to the Northern Italian group within Romance languages , which is included in the wider group of western Romance languages...
: Pôrtic e San Bandet) is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena
Province of Forlì-Cesena
The Province of Forlì-Cesena is a province in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Forlì.It has an area of 2,377 km², and a total population of 371,318 . There are 30 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Forlì-Cesena...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
, located about 60 km southeast of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
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It is formed by three main distinct settlements:
- Portico di Romagna, 36 km from ForlìForlìForlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...
. - San Benedetto in Alpe, 48 km from Forlì.
- Bocconi, midway the two former localities.
Main sights
In Portico di Romagna:- Palazzo Portinari, which, according to tradition, belonged to Folco PortinariFolco PortinariFolco Portinari was an Italian banker.Born at Portico di Romagna, near Forlì, he was later prior of Florence in 1282. He was the father of Beatrice Portinari, the woman largely identified as the character loved by Dante and mentioned in several of his works...
's large, extensive family, father of the Beatrice PortinariBeatrice PortinariBeatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari was a Florentine woman known as the muse of the poet Dante Alighieri. Beatrice was the principal inspiration for Dante's Vita Nuova, and also appears as his guide in the Divine Comedy in the last book, Paradiso, and in the last four canti of Purgatorio...
described by Dante AlighieriDante AlighieriDurante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
. - Palazzo Traversari. The theologian Ambrogio Traversari was born here.
- Ponte della Maestà ("Majesty Bridge", 17th–18th centuries)
At San Benedetto in Alpe are the Acquacheta water fall, also described by Dante, and the Monastery of St. Benedict, of medieval origins.