Premilcuore () is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Forlì-Cesena
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in the
Italian
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region
Emilia-Romagna
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, located about southeast of
Bologna
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and about southwest of
Forlì
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.
History
Following a local tradition, the town was founded in the year 215 by a
Roman
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centurion
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named "Marcelliano", who took refuge with some soldiers in the valley of
Rabbi
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river. First mentioned in 1124, it was part of the
Province of Florence
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, in
Tuscany
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, until 1923.
Geography
Located at the borders of
Romagna
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Etymology
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with Tuscany, Premilcuore is a little hill town of the
Apennine Mountains
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, below the
Alpe di San Benedetto and
Falterona mountains.
[Premilcuore at the Office of Tourism of the Province of Forlì-Cesena]
/ref> It borders the municipalities of Galeata
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Galeata borders the following municipalities: Civitella di Romag ...
, Portico e San Benedetto
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It is formed by three main distinct settlements:
*''Portico di Romagna'', f ...
, Rocca San Casciano
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Geography
Rocca San Casciano borders the following ...
, San Godenzo
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San Godenzo borders the following municipalities: Dicomano, Lo ...
( FI), and Santa Sofia. It counts the hamlet (''frazione
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'') of Ponte Fantella.
Demographics
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Main sights
Main sights of Premilcuore include the medieval old town with its fortress (''Rocca di Premilcuore''), palaces and churches. The town is also part of the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park
The Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna is a list of national parks in Italy, national park in Italy. Created in 1993, it covers an area of about , on the two sides of the Apennine watershed between Romagna and T ...
.[Territory of Foreste Casentinesi National Park]
/ref>
Personalities
*Pietro Leoni
Pietro Leoni (1 January 1909 – 26 July 1995) was an Italian priest of the Society of Jesus and the Russian Greek Catholic Church. His memoir of surviving the Gulag, ''"Spia del Vaticano!"'', was published after his return to the West.
Early l ...
(1909–1995), Jesuit priest
References
External links
Premilcuore official website
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Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna