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Portico e San Benedetto
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Portico e San Benedetto (Forlì-Cesena)
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 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Bologna.
It is formed by three main distinct settlements:
Portico di Romagna, 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Forlì.
San Benedetto in Alpe, 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Forlì.
Bocconi, midway the two former localities.
Main sights
In Portico di Romagna:
Palazzo Portinari, which, according to tradition, belonged to Folco Portinari's large, extensive family, father of the Beatrice Portinari described by Dante Alighieri.
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.
External links
Official website
