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Ferrara, Italy

Ferrara
Comune
Comune di Ferrara
The Castle Estense
The Castle Estense
Coat of arms of Ferrara
Coat of arms
Location in the Province of Ferrara
Location in the Province of Ferrara
Ferrara is located in Italy
Ferrara
Ferrara
Location of Ferrara in Italy
Coordinates: 44°50′N 11°37′E / 44.833°N 11.617°E / 44.833; 11.617Coordinates: 44°50′N 11°37′E / 44.833°N 11.617°E / 44.833; 11.617
Country Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province / Metropolitan city Ferrara (FE)
Frazioni Aguscello, Albarea, Baura, Boara, Borgo Scoline, Bova, Casaglia, Cassana, Castel Trivellino, Chiesuol del Fosso, Cocomaro di Cona, Cocomaro di Focomorto, Codrea, Cona, Contrapò, Corlo, Correggio, Denore, Focomorto, Francolino, Gaibana, Gaibanella, Sant'Egidio, Malborghetto di Boara, Malborghetto di Correggio, Marrara, Mezzavia, Monestirolo, Montalbano, Parasacco, Pescara, Pontegradella, Pontelagoscuro, Ponte Travagli, Porotto, Porporana, Quartesana, Ravalle, Sabbioni, San Bartolomeo in Bosco, San Martino, Spinazzino, Torre della Fossa, Uccellino, Viconovo, Villanova
Government
 • Mayor Tiziano Tagliani (PD)
Area
 • Total 404.36 km2 (156.12 sq mi)
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
Population (31 December 2014)
 • Total 133,485
 • Density 330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ferraresi, Estensi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 44121 to 44124
Dialing code 0532
Patron saint St. George
Saint day April 23
Website Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Ballons vista aerea.jpg
Location Italy
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, iv, v, vi
Reference 733
UNESCO region Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1995 (19th Session)
Extensions 1999

Ferrara ([ferˈraːra] About this sound listen ) (Emilian: Frara) is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 kilometres (31 miles) north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km (3 miles) north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance it has been qualified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Modern times have brought a renewal of industrial activity. Ferrara is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Venice, and has branches to Ravenna, Poggio Rusco (for Suzzara) and Codigoro.

Ferrara was probably settled by the inhabitants of the lagoons at the mouth of Po river; there are two early centers of settlement, one round the cathedral, the other, the castrum bizantino, on the opposite shore, where the Primaro empties into the Volano channel. Ferrara appears first in a document of the Lombard king Desiderius of 753 AD, as a city forming part of the Exarchate of Ravenna. Desiderius pledged a Lombard ducatus ferrariae ("Duchy of Ferrara") in 757 to Pope Stephen II.


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