Marzabotto | |
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Comune di Marzabotto | |
Marzabotto acropolis | |
Coordinates: 44°20′20″N 11°12′20″E / 44.33889°N 11.20556°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Emilia-Romagna |
Province | Bologna (BO) |
Frazioni | see leet |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Edoardo Masetti (syne Juin 2004) |
Area | |
• Total | 74 km2 (29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
Population (31 January 2010) | |
• Total | 6,754 |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Marzabottesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 52100 |
Diallin code | 051 |
Patron saunt | Saunt Joseph an Saunt Charles |
Saunt day | March 19 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Marzabotto is a smaw toun an comune in Italian region Emilia-Romagna, pairt o the province o Bologna. It is locatit 27 kilometre (17 mi) sooth-soothwast o Bologna bi rail, an lees in the valley o the Reno. A massacre o inhabitants teuk place thare in Warld War II.
In an belaw the grunds o the Villa Aria, close tae the ceety, are the remains o a Etruscan toun o the 5t hunderyear BC, Misa, protectit on the wast bi the muntains, on the east an sooth bi the river, which bi a chynge o course haes destroyed aboot hauf o it. The acropolis wis juist belaw the villa: here remains o temples wur foond.
The toun lay belaw the modren heich-road an wis laid oot on a rectangular plan dividit bi main streets intae aicht quairters, an these in turn intae blocks or insulae. Cemeteries wur foond on the east an north o the steid. The name o the place is unkent: it wis pairtially inhabitit later bi the Gauls, but wis no occupee'd bi the Romans.