Borgo Panigale

Borgo Panigale ( or ) is a district of

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

Emilia–Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 million. Emilia-Romagna is one of ...

, northern Italy. Located in the city's western part, between the rivers Lavino and

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, it had a population of 24,935 . Since 2016 it has been part of the Borgo Panigale–Reno district. Until 1937, Borgo Panigale was an autonomous municipality, but was annexed to Bologna under the Fascist government. It is home to motorbike manufacturer

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and

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. Other industries in the district include Panigal (soap), Santa Rosa (fruit jams), Sabiem (elevators) and Fabbri (sweets). The name stems from the ancient Latin toponym , after the fact that the area was used for cultivation of the

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cereal, called in Latin.

Elisabetta Sirani Elisabetta Sirani (8 January 1638 – 28 August 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in unexplained circumstances at the age of 27. She was one of the first women artists in early modern Bologna, who became a successful p ...

painted an altarpiece for the parish church of Borgo Panigale. Bologna Former municipalities of Emilia-Romagna Populated places disestablished in 1937 Neighbourhoods in Italy {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub