Sala Bolognese
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Sala Bolognese is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Bologna
in the Italian
region Emilia-Romagna
, located about 15 km northwest of Bologna
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The municipality of Sala Bolognese is composed by the frazioni Padulle (housing the municipality seat), Sala, Osteria Nuova, Bonconvento and Bagno di Piano.
It is home of the Romanesque Pieve
of Santa Maria Annunziata and San Biagio, at Sala, built in 1096.
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 15 km northwest 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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The municipality of Sala Bolognese is composed by the frazioni Padulle (housing the municipality seat), Sala, Osteria Nuova, Bonconvento and Bagno di Piano.
It is home of the Romanesque 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...
of Santa Maria Annunziata and San Biagio, at Sala, built in 1096.