San Giovanni in Persiceto
| San Giovanni in Persiceto | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di San Giovanni in Persiceto | |
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 San Giovanni in Persiceto
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| Coordinates: 44°38′N 11°11′E / 44.633°N 11.183°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Bologna (BO) |
| Frazioni | Amola, Arginone, Biancolina, Castagnolo, Castelletto, La Villa, Le Budrie, Lorenzatico, San Matteo della Decima, Tivoli, Zenerigolo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lorenzo Pellegatti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 114.41 km2 (44.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2014) | |
| • Total | 27,857 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Persicetani |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 40017 |
| Dialing code | 051 |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist |
| Saint day | June 24 |
| Website | Official website |
San Giovanni in Persiceto (from 1912 to 1927: Persiceto for anticlerical spirit; Bolognese: San Žvan) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, northern Italy.
Located in north of its province, near the borders with the ones of Modena and Ferrara, San Giovanni in Persiceto is surrounded by the municipalities of Anzola dell'Emilia, Castelfranco Emilia (MO), Castello d'Argile, Cento (FE), Crevalcore, Sala Bolognese and Sant'Agata Bolognese.
The most ancestral records claim the town was first populated by Gauls, but later occupied by the Romans. The area appears to have been depopulated after the fall of the Roman Empire. The flooded plain remained uncultivated until under the rule of the Exarchate of Ravenna, when lands again were drained. The Byzantines also built a defensive line in the territory against the Lombards, but c. 727, under King Liutprand, the Lombards overran the Castrum Persiceta. In the 728 Liutprand created the duchy of Persiceto. It is likely that the village formed as the traditional Borgo Rotondo (Round Village) under this new rule. With the fall of the Lombard Kingdom in 774 the early-medieval district of Persiceto (later San Giovanni in Persiceto), that stretched up to stream Samoggia, fell under the rule of the County of Modena, then the Abbey of Nonantola exercised its power on the territory, and since the 9th century it was handed over to the County of Bologna. Likely that around the half of that century the parish church of San Giovanni was built by the Bishops of Bologna.
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