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EMILIA ROMAGNA |
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- This region has 9 provinces: Bologna, Ferrara, Forlė-Cesena, Modena,
Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio nell'Emilia, Rimini Chief town - Bologna Surface - kmq 22123 National Parks - National Park of Monte Falterona, Campigna and of Foreste Casentinesi (1990)
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Reliefs - Passes - Coasts -
Islands:
In the southern part of the Region there are
the Appenninichemountains which are not very tall and are formed by friable
rocks that are easily eroded by water which cause frequent landslides and rains
plough through the rock. The line of the Appennino Ligure confines the
Maggioresca Mountain (1799 ms. ). The Appennino Tosco-Emiliano is a faded
mountainous chain, in which a lot of furrows and inlets depart in direction of
the Po. The most important tops are of the Cimone Mountain and the Cusna
Mountains that stretch over a few the 2000 ms. The varied sections of Appennino
take the name of the bordering provincies such as Appennino Piacentino, Parmense,
Reggiano Modenese, Bolognese, Romagnolo. Some passes connect Emilia
Romagna with Tuscany and Liguria. Between those Tuscans we remember the Footstep
of the Cisa, the Footstep Cerretto, the Footstep of the Abetone, the Footstep of
the Futa; the most important footstep that brings in Liguria is Footstep of One
hundred Crosses. The lowland, is formed by the southern part of the Lowland
Padana. From west toward the east the lowland widens more and more,
arriving to the adriatic coast with a great width of the Venetian lombardo. The
earths of this lowland are very fertile.
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| The conformation of the Region is divided in two completely different sections from each other: the first one, situated in the southern part of the Region,is all mountainous and hilly; the second, the northern one is all level. The mountain is characterized by a feeling of abandonment and loneliness, putting each other in clear contrast with the nature that instead introduces other very inhabited parts rich with a variety of cultivations, and roads full of traffic and as well as different rivers and channels that irrigate the country. The orchards are cultivated as far as the eye can see and the fields with old farms adorn these colored landscapes. Also on the adriatic shore we find two conflicting aspects: the wild and silent valleys and of the lagoons and the the beaches overcrowded with lots of tourist structures along the coastal. |
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Agriculture -
Stock-farm - Fishing:
The agriculture of the Region is amoung the
most advanced of Italy. We find a big variety of products and a abundance
of some of them. This fertility is owed to the favorable geographical and
climatic position and also because modern techniques of cultivation and
organization of commerce are used. The Emilia Romagna prospers in the
crops of wheat and sugar beets; and also the production of rice, bowline, wine
and fruit. Only in this sector of the fruit big cultivations are those of plums,
ciliege, apricots and pears. In the sector vinicolos there are some wines that
are very important such as the Lambrusco, St. Giovese, the Albana. Within the
vegetable catagorie are notable quantities of onions, peas and tomatoes. Also
cultivated are hemp and flax. The most practiced breeding is that of cattle and
swines. Emilia Romagna produces a fifth of the national product of butchered
livestock and a sixth of the milk. The pig meat is used for the production of
meats. From the milk traditional cheeses are produced: nuisance and parmigiano.
The breeding of chickens is also well developed. The most intense zone for
fishing is the Valleys of Comacchio, where they raise over each other and where
eels are fished. The most abundant fish are blue fish.
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Characteristic of emiliano-romagnola, is the lack of big industrial complexes, which is tied exclusively to the agricultural products and to breeding. The most important industries are alimentary ones(vinicole, conserviere, cheese, sugar-refineries and delicatessen factories), besides those of chemists and mechanics. One of the most memorable is the factory of Maranello of Ferrari. The chemical industry and the production of petroleum, also draw on methane in the lowland romagnola. The bulk of the economy of this Region are in the pharmaceutical clothes and the ceramics sectors. The regional tourism also represents a very important factor. |
Thousand of hotel structures, restaurants and
places of every kind, are distributed along the 70 kilometers of inclusive beach
between Ravenna and Catholic. Also of notible interest are the artistic
patrimony of the cities of Emilia and the varied cities of thermal care as
Salsomaggiore or Porretta Terme.
Position and Frontier:
The region is situated between Adriatic Sea, Po and
Appennino. Emilia Romagna confines to north with Veneto and Lombarda, to east
with Adriatic Sea, to south with Marche, Tuscany, the small State of S.Marino
and a brief line of Liguria. To west it borders Liguria, Lombardy and a for a
short distance Piedmont.
Rivers - Lakes:
The rivers are divided in tributary and
sub-tributary of Po and others that flow in the sea directly. Besides the Po,
are its tributaries: Trebbia, Panaro, Parma, Enza, Bucket and Taro. The rivers
that flow in the Adriatic Sea directly are Rhine and Marecchia. The
particularity of these rivers is their torrential character, they rather dry in
the summer and subjects to floods in winter.
Climate:
The climate is characterized by warm and sultry
summers and rigid winters with abundant precipitation and frequent days of fog
and cold. Along the coastal Adriatic the climate is milder; on the mountains
abundant rains and snowfalls are frequentl. Snow falls also in the
lowlands however here the snow immediately vanishes and is loosened by the wind.
Population:
The populations move from the mountains especially
to the lowland along the zone of the coastal band, without creating big
agglomerations, but distributing each other in balanced way. The only exception
is for Bologna that is over 400 thousand inhabitants, while the other big cities
are revolve between 100 and the 180 thousand inhabitants. To note is the curious
fact that 8 chief towns, excluded Ravenna and Ferrara, rise along the street
Emilia that represents the principal street of the Region. In this important
street for communication, the concentrations of inhabitants never reach the
level that would be considered overcrowed.
Communication:
The principal road axle of the Region is
still the street Emilia. From this street Emilia the biggest cities have
developed of Emilia Romagna parallelly, over the railway and motorway nets. From
these big arteries of communication the varied ramifications depart toward the
bordering Regions. Bologna is the greatest release road where all the streets of
communication meet. There are two airports, one in Bologna (Borgo Panigale) and
the other in Rimini.
