Portico e San Benedetto

Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Location of Portico e San Benedetto

44°2′N 11°47′E / 44.033°N 11.783°E / 44.033; 11.783CountryItalyRegionEmilia-RomagnaProvinceForlì-Cesena (FC)FrazioniBocconi, Portico di Romagna, San Benedetto in AlpeGovernment

• MayorMaurizio MontiArea

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• Total60.8 km² (23.5 sq mi)Elevation

456 m (1,496 ft)Population

(Dec. 2019)Dato Istat - Resident population.

• Total734 • Density12/km² (31/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

47010

Dialing code0543WebsiteOfficial website

Portico e San Benedetto (Romagnol: Pôrtic e San Bandét) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Italian region of 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 Bocconi:

Ponte della Brusia, an 18th-century three arch bridge^[2]

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)

In San Benedetto in Alpe:

Acquacheta water fall on the river of the same name, also described by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XVI, 100–101)
Monastery of St. Benedict, of medieval origins

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ RomangaToscana Tourismo