Grizzana Morandi
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Grizzana Morandi is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Bologna
in the Italian
region Emilia-Romagna
, located about 30 km southwest of Bologna
. The town has for long been a popular summer holiday resort, located in the mountains between the valleys of the rivers Reno and Setta.
Originally simply 'Grizzana', the 'Morandi' was, in 1985, added as an honorarium to the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi
, who died in 1964. Morandi rarely travelled from his home and studio in Bologna, but visited Grizzana every year from 1913 for a summer holiday period, and many of his landscape paintings are of the town and its immediate surrounds. The town also hosts a centre for documentation about Giorgio Morandi (Centro di documentazione Giorgio Morandi) which has an interesting collection of documents on the painter and local history.
Grizzana Morandi borders the following municipalities: Camugnano
, Castel di Casio
, Castiglione dei Pepoli
, Gaggio Montano
, Marzabotto
, Monzuno
, San Benedetto Val di Sambro
, Vergato
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Bologna
Province of Bologna
The Province of Bologna is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bologna.-Geography:It has an area of 3,702 km², and a total population of 991,647 . There are 60 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Bologna...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
, located about 30 km southwest of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
. The town has for long been a popular summer holiday resort, located in the mountains between the valleys of the rivers Reno and Setta.
Originally simply 'Grizzana', the 'Morandi' was, in 1985, added as an honorarium to the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting apparently simple subjects, which were limited mainly to vases, bottles, bowls, flowers, and landscapes.-Biography:Giorgio Morandi was born in Bologna...
, who died in 1964. Morandi rarely travelled from his home and studio in Bologna, but visited Grizzana every year from 1913 for a summer holiday period, and many of his landscape paintings are of the town and its immediate surrounds. The town also hosts a centre for documentation about Giorgio Morandi (Centro di documentazione Giorgio Morandi) which has an interesting collection of documents on the painter and local history.
Grizzana Morandi borders the following municipalities: Camugnano
Camugnano
Camugnano is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km southwest of Bologna...
, Castel di Casio
Castel di Casio
Castel di Casio is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km southwest of Bologna....
, Castiglione dei Pepoli
Castiglione dei Pepoli
Castiglione dei Pepoli is a comune in the province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, located about 40 km southwest of Bologna.It takes its name from the Pepoli noble family of Bologna.-External links:...
, Gaggio Montano
Gaggio Montano
Gaggio Montano is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km southwest of Bologna....
, Marzabotto
Marzabotto
Marzabotto is a small town and comune in Italian region Emilia-Romagna, part of the province of Bologna. It is located 27 km SSW of Bologna by rail, and lies in the valley of the Reno...
, Monzuno
Monzuno
Monzuno is an Italian comune in the province of Bologna .The territory of the commune is loctaed on the western slope of the Savena valley, on the northern ridge of Monte Venere and on the left side of the Setta and Sambro streams....
, San Benedetto Val di Sambro
San Benedetto Val di Sambro
San Benedetto Val di Sambro is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 35 km southwest of Bologna.-External links:*...
, Vergato
Vergato
Vergato is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km southwest of Bologna....
.