Monteveglio
Encyclopedia
Monteveglio is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Bologna
in the Italian
region Emilia-Romagna
, located about 20 km west of Bologna
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Monteveglio borders the following municipalities: Bazzano
, Castello di Serravalle
, Crespellano
, Monte San Pietro
, Savignano sul Panaro
.
The town is home to a medieval pieve
, dedicated to St. Mary and housing a painting by Lorenzo Costa
.
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 20 km west 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,...
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Monteveglio borders the following municipalities: Bazzano
Bazzano
Bazzano is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 20 km west of Bologna. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,386 and an area of 14.0 km²....
, Castello di Serravalle
Castello di Serravalle
Castello di Serravalle is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 km southwest of Bologna....
, Crespellano
Crespellano
Crespellano is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 15 km west of Bologna....
, Monte San Pietro
Monte San Pietro
Monte San Pietro is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 12 km southwest of Bologna...
, Savignano sul Panaro
Savignano sul Panaro
Savignano sul Panaro is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 km west of Bologna and about 20 km southeast of Modena....
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The town is home to a medieval pieve
Pieve
In the Middle Ages, a pieve was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people...
, dedicated to St. Mary and housing a painting by Lorenzo Costa
Lorenzo Costa
Lorenzo Costa was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.-Biography:He was born at Ferrara, but moved to Bologna by the his early twenties, and would be more influential to the Bolognese school of painting. However, many artists worked in both nearby cities, and thus others consider him a product...
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