| Dozza | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Emilia Romagna | |
| Territory | Imola | |
| Altitude | 190 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 24.23 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 6.440 (2011 census) | |
| Name inhabitants | Dozzesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0542 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 40060 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Madonna del Calanco (Dozza) Santa Maria del Carmine (Toscanella) | |
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Dozza is a city ofEmilia Romagna.
To know
Ancient village still intact, with a famous fortress and houses whose external walls have been frescoed by the artists participating in the "Biennale del Muro Dipinto", which has been held since 1960. Dozza is included in the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy .
Geographical notes
Located between the plain and the first Imola hills, Dozza is 8 km from Imola, 34 from Bologna.
Background
Dozza is a toponym linked to water (shower was one of the many forms of the toponym) and recalls the existence of an ancient aqueduct that brought water from Monte del Re. It was inhabited by Gallic populations who were succeeded by the Romans. Around the year 1000 the Bolognese fortified it with walls and in 1086 they built the rocchetta at the entrance to the town. It became castrum after 1100 and was contested for control of the Via Emilia. With the lordship of Caterina Sforza the Rocca was rebuilt; it became a fief of the Malvezzi-Campeggi who accompanied the events up to the Unification and maintained possession of the Rocca until 1960.
How to orient yourself
Dozza: full screen map.Neighborhoods
At the foot of the Rocca di Dozza there is the other inhabited area of the municipal area, Toscanella
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bologna airport (G.Marconi), Via Triumvirato 84, ☎ 39 051 6479615.
- 2 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 3 Rimini Airport (F. Fellini).
By car
- Toll booth of Castel San Pietro Terme on the Adriatic Highway from the north
- Toll booth of Imola on the Adriatic motorway from the south
It is not far from the Via Emilia
It is not far from the Via EmiliaOn the train
Station a Imola, on the most important north-south connection routes
Station a By bus
Line 147 of the Bologna ATC - Connects Dozza with Toscanella, How to get around
What see
Tower of the Rocca
The Rocca's kitchen environment
Courtyard
- 1 Rocca Sforzesca. The position of Dozza, between Bologna and the lands of Romagna, made it strategic in the Middle Ages. Built in the 13th century, the Rocca saw the hegemony of the Bolognese, then of Ricciardo Manfredi, of the papal legate Albornoz, again of the Bentivoglio of Bologna. In the Renaissance Dozza enters the possessions of the Riario - Sforza, when the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, Girolamo Riario, marries the daughter of the Duke of Milan, Caterina Sforza, obtaining Imola and Forlì. The restructuring of many castles of the fiefdom, including Dozza, dates back to this period.
- In the sixteenth century, Pope Clement VII ceded the castle to Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggi who intervened on the Rocca to transform it from a military structure into a prestigious residence. The Campeggi family, which over time became Malvezzi-Campeggi, maintained possession of the castle until 1960. The current structure of the fortress has a hexagonal plan and extends over a perimeter of about 200 meters. The courtyard has a double loggia, whose columns end in highly decorated capitals. From here you can access the various living areas of the castle. There main hall on the first floor is the most important room: it leads to the patrol walkways, and has twenty portraits of the Malvezzi family all around in the upper part of the walls, starting with Pirro, first Earl. Other full-length portraits appear on the walls. The Malvezzi and Campeggi coats of arms are reproduced in a large tapestry from the mid-seventeenth century. Other rooms preserve other family portraits. There Pius VII's room Barnaba Chiaramonti preserves the furnishings that belonged to the Pope when he was bishop of Imola, with the picture Madonna and Child seventeenth-century work by Alessandro Tiarini.
Through the streets of the village
- There Chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Madonna, it is carved into the thickness of the wall (3.30 meters deep) and has an altar and confessional in Baroque style; in front of a razor well discovered and unearthed in the 1970s. After bedroom and the guest room a staircase leads to the Torrione dei Bolognesi, then to the Torresino through the walkways, to descend to the loggia courtyard from which inside the towers you can visit the torture rooms, the prisons (with prisoners' writings) and finally the service rooms, the laundry room and a large and fully equipped kitchen with period utensils.
Porch in the urban center of Dozza
- Town Hall. It is the ancient Palazzo Pretorio, of which the sixteenth-century loggia at the entrance remains. It preserves the historical archive of the town which boasts ancient documents and parchments dating back to the 10th century.
- Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Piscina. The building was built on the site of a Romanesque church. Its current appearance can be traced back to the interventions of 1780-1490 during which the presbytery was built. The baptismal basin is in sandstone and shows bas-relief sculptures of the sixteenth century; the Tabernacle of the late fifteenth century is attributed to Formigine; of the Romanesque temple it preserves a lunette and a capital; it has valuable paintings, as well as a museum of sacred art housed in the rectory.
- Murals. They are due to Biennial of the Painted Wall, an event born in the sixties, the frescoed works on the walls of Dozza by the artists invited to the event. In this way the center was transformed into an outdoor art gallery, with frescoes that dress the walls of the houses inspired by themes related to the atmosphere of the historic center and obtaining a unique result in the panorama of contemporary art.
Events and parties
- Biennial of the Painted Wall. It was born in 1960, and since then it has brought numerous artists to Dozza (about 200 in the first fifty years) who have made the village a real open-air museum. The event has expanded over time, also extending to the modern center of Toscanella, where the paintings on the walls are inspired by more modern themes. In the Rocca Sforzesca are preserved the works that have been torn from the houses for conservation reasons, as well as over two hundred sketches of the mural works carried out.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- La Scuderia Bar Restaurant, Via XX Settembre 53, ☎ 39 0542 678103.
- Small Osteria del Borgo, Via XX Settembre n. 19, ☎ 39 0542 678200, @[email protected].
- Canè restaurant, Via XX Settembre n. 27, ☎ 39 0542 678120. Also hotel
- The Bay of Pinocchio, Via Granara n. 5, ☎ 39 0542 53854.
- I Matti 30's - Bruschetteria, Via Valsellustra n. 77, ☎ 39 347 1198787, @[email protected].
- Il Rivellino restaurant and pizzeria, Via Calanco n. 5, ☎ 39 0542 678206.
- The Locanda del Castello, Piazzale Rocca n. 4/6, ☎ 39 0542 679072.
Where stay
Safety
Pharmacies
- Pharmacy of Toscanella, Piazza Antonio Gramsci, 5 (in Toscanella), ☎ 39 0542 672348.
- Lanzoni Pharmacy, Via G. Pascoli, 1/3, ☎ 39 0542 678228.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- via Calanco 17, ☎ 39 0542 678132, fax: 39 0542 678442.
Around
Useful information
- [link not working]Pro Loco, Via XX Settembre 51, ☎ 39 0542 678052.
