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FAENZA

FAENZA. FAENZA IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 56 THOUSAND INHABITANTS. IT IS SITUATED IN NORTHERN ITALY,. ABOUT 50 KM. FAR FROM BOLOGNA. AND ABOUT 35 KM FAR FROM RAVENNA. IT IS ABOUT 100 KM. FAR FROM FLORENCE. IT IS SURROUNDED BY A NICE HILLY LANDSCAPE.

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FAENZA

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  1. FAENZA

  2. FAENZA IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 56 THOUSAND INHABITANTS.

  3. IT IS SITUATED IN NORTHERN ITALY,

  4. ABOUT 50 KM. FAR FROM BOLOGNA

  5. AND ABOUT 35 KM FAR FROM RAVENNA.

  6. IT IS ABOUT 100 KM. FAR FROM FLORENCE.

  7. IT IS SURROUNDED BY A NICE HILLY LANDSCAPE.

  8. FAENZA ENJOYS A FINE LOCATION AND EVOCATIVE AGRARIAN SURROUNDINGS:

  9. VINEYARDS IN THE HILLS,

  10. CULTIVATED LAND WITH TRACES OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN LAND-DIVISION SYSTEM,

  11. AND FERTILE MARKET GARDENS IN THE PLAINS.

  12. IT IS NOT DISTANT FROM THE SEASIDE AND THE ADRIATIC SEA.

  13. FAENZA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS CERAMICS.

  14. ACTUALLY, FAENZA'S GLORY IS THE ART OF MAJOLICA, KNOWN, FROM THE NAME OF THE TOWN, AS “FAIENCE”.

  15. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF FAENZA MAJOLICA IS THE SO-CALLED “GAROFANO” (=CARNATION) STYLE.

  16. THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CERAMICS, SHOWING EXHIBITS FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN PERIODS.

  17. ITS NAME IS “MIC”, WHICH MEANS INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CERAMICS.

  18. IT INCLUDES PIECES DATING BACK TO DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIODS, FROM ANCIENT GREECE

  19. TO RENAISSANCE.

  20. IT ALSO PRESENTS A MODERN SECTION WITH WORKS BY PICASSO,

  21. MATISSE,

  22. CHAGALL,

  23. ARMAN

  24. AND BAJ.

  25. FAENZA'S ARCHITECTURAL ATTRACTIONS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE TWO MAIN SQUARES IN THE CITY CENTRE:

  26. “PIAZZA DEL POPOLO”, LINED WITH ARCADES

  27. AND “PIAZZA DELLA LIBERTA'”.

  28. THE TOWN HALL, OF MEDIAEVAL ORIGIN, STANDS IN PIAZZA DEL POPOLO.

  29. ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF PIAZZA DELLA LIBERTA', THERE IS THE CATHEDRAL.

  30. INFLUENCED BY THE TUSCAN STYLE, IT IS ONE OF THE BEST EXPRESSIONS OF RENAISSANCE ART IN THIS AREA.

  31. ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN 1511, EVEN IF ITS MARBLE FRONT REMAINED UNFINISHED.

  32. INSIDE THERE ARE THREE AISLES.

  33. THIS IS THE CHAPEL DEDICATED TO THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY PATRON OF THE TOWN.

  34. NEAR THE CATHEDRAL, THERE IS THE MONUMENTAL FOUNTAIN, WHOSE BRONZES DATE TO THE 17th CENTURY.

  35. THE CLOCK TOWER IN THE SQUARE IS A POSTWAR REBUILDING OF THE ORIGINAL 17th CENTURY TOWER.

  36. IN THE CITY CENTRE, THERE IS “PALAZZO MILZETTI”, WHICH IS THE RICHEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT NEOCLASSICAL BUILDING IN THE REGION.

  37. PALAZZO MILZETTI:DECORATION OF THE LOVE CABINET,

  38. THE FEAST ROOM

  39. THE MAIN THEATRE IN TOWN IS “TEATRO MASINI” (1780-1787).

  40. IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST THEATRES IN ITALY.

  41. “PALIO DEL NIBALLO” IS A HORSE RACE HELD EVERY YEAR IN JUNE.

  42. THE 'PALIO' IS THE SILK BANNER WHICH IS AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF THE RACE.

  43. IN JUNE THE TOWN IS DECORATED WITH EMBLEMS AND FLAGS OF 5 DIFFERENT COLOURS, CORRESPONDING TO THE AREAS IN WHICH FAENZA IS DIVIDED.

  44. IN JUNE THE 5 AREAS, AFTER PARADING IN MEDIEVAL COSTUMES ALONG THE STREETS OF THE TOWN, CHALLENGE EACH OTHER IN A TOURNAMENT OF FLAGS

  45. AND IN A HORSE COMPETITION

  46. EMBLEMS OF THE 5 AREAS IN TOWN:

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