Portico e San Benedetto () is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

province of Forlì-Cesena The Province of Forlì-Cesena () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capitals are the cities of Forlì and Cesena. The province has a population of 394,273 as of 2016 over an area of . It contains 30 '' comuni'' (: ''comu ...

, in the Italian region of

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

, located about southeast 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 ...

. It is formed by three main distinct settlements: *''Portico di Romagna'', from Forlì *''San Benedetto in Alpe'', from Forlì *''Bocconi'', midway the two former localities

Main sights

In Bocconi: * Ponte della Brusia, an 18th-century three arch bridgeRomangaToscana Tourismo
/ref> In Portico di Romagna: *Palazzo Portinari, which, according to tradition, belonged to Folco Portinari's large, extensive family, father of the Beatrice Portinari described by

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...

*Palazzo Traversari. The theologian Ambrogio Traversari was born here. *Ponte della Maestà ("Majesty Bridge", 17th–18th centuries) In San Benedetto in Alpe: * Acquacheta water fall on the river of the same name, also described by

in his ''

Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poetry, narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of ...

'' ('' Inferno'', Canto XVI, 100–101) * Monastery of St. Benedict, of medieval origins

References

External links

Official website

RomagnaToscana tourism website
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub