Ferrara (ita)

Ferrara

Ferrara ranks 355th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nagasaki Prefecture, Edo, and Newcastle upon Tyne. Memorable people born in Ferrara include Girolamo Savonarola, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Girolamo Frescobaldi. Memorable people who died in Ferrara include Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Lucrezia d'Este. Ferrara has been the birth place of many noblemen, and politicians and the death place of many noblemen, and painters. Ferrara is located in Italy.

Ferrara is a city and comune (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. As of 2016, it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated 44 kilometres northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Read more on Wikipedia