Have you ever wondered where Lasagna comes from?
EMILIA ROMAGNA
The
dash divide the region into two distinct areas with Bologna, the chief
town, marking more or less the dividing line. Emilia occupies the
western sector, while Romagna lies at the east side of Bologna and
stretches all the way to the Adriatic Sea.
The fertility of the regional plains have made of Emilia-Romagna a rich and strong area which nowadays boasts cities like Modena and Reggio Emilia considered the wealthiest Italian cities.
ART AND CULTURE
Bologna is the oldest European university city and its medical school still recall the best students from all over the world. The Modena Military Academy (www.esercito.difesa.it/siti_scuole/Modena/index.html) was founded in 1669 by Duke Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy and it became the most renowned Institute for Military Training in the world in 1678. the school still attracts head of States and military officers from all over the world and if you visit Modena it is quite common to meet a “cadetto” - cadet dressed in the traditional and resplendent uniform.
Romagna is famous since the early 20th century and Rimini and Riccione are the touristic resorts par excellence populated in summer with thousands of youngsters that spend the day on the sandy beaches and the night in one of the dozens of clubs scattered on the Adriatic shores.
This region is not only fertile in its land but even in its people as it has given to Italy many remarkable artists and professionals such as the opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, the composer Giuseppe Verdi, the stylist Giorgio Armani, the painter Ligabue, film directors such as Federico Fellini and Pupi Avati, famous singers like Zucchero Fornaciari (Sugar), Laura Pausini and Lucio Dalla, milestones of the Italian literature and cars makers such as the great Enzo Ferrari and Ferruccio Lamborghini.