Emilia-Romagna[1] is a region of Italy. It is the union of two other regions: Emilia, so called because it was the one through which the Roman Emilia passed; Y Romagna, which is where the descendants of the Roman Empire were established once it had already fallen at the hands of the barbarian invasions.
Regions
Apart from the already mentioned historical regions of Emilia Y Romagna, the Emilia-Romagna region is administratively composed of 9 provinces: Piacenza, Parma, Reggio emilia, Modena, Ferrara, Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini and of Forlì - Cesena.
| Sponda emiliana del Po In Emilia. |
| Pianura padana emiliana In Emilia. |
| Appennino Emiliano In Emilia. |
| Valli e lidi di Comacchio In Emilia. |
| Pianura romagnola In Romagna. |
| Appennino romagnolo tosco-marchigiano In Romagna. |
| Riviera romagnola In Romagna. |
Cities
The most important are the capitals of each province, but especially the capital of the region, Bologna. Other relevant cities are Parma, origin of the famous Parmesan cheese; Modena, whose Romanesque-style cathedral is a World Heritage Site; Ravenna, former capital of the Italian territories of the Byzantine Empire, and where important samples of his art have remained; Ferrara, whose historic center is also recognized as a world heritage site.
Other destinations
Context
Talk
In Emilia-Romagna, mostly Italian is spoken, but there are also a multitude of dialects, as in the rest of Italy, in each region or even in each small town. Normally Italians use these dialects in a rather familiar environment, so with a standard Italian you should not have problems.
To get
By train
Getting to the capital, Bologna, by train is very easy, as it is an important railway communications hub. Trains come from almost anywhere, but especially from Florence, Milan Y Venice. Anyway, it is advisable to take a look at the page of Trenitalia.
Take a walk
Watch
Itineraries
Do
To eat
To drink
A typical drink of this area and almost all of northern Italy is the spritz. They use it a lot in appetizers, where with a drink to drink you have the right to eat everything you want from the sources set for this purpose.
Security
Where to go next?
Being so central and so well connected by train, the best and most common is to visit one of the adjacent Italian regions:
External links
Wikipedia has an article on Emilia-Romagna.w: Emilia-Romagna
Wikimedia Commons houses multimedia content about Emilia-RomagnaCommons.
