San Lazzaro di Savena
Encyclopedia
San Lazzaro di Savena is an Italian
comune
(municipality) of some 30,000 inhabitants in the province of Bologna
, Emilia-Romagna
.
towards the southeast.
The territory of the municipality extends towards the plain and at the foot of the first hills around Bologna. Some watercourses such as the Zena (creek), the Idice and the Savena, after which the town was named, flow through the town.
Within the territory of the municipality we can find the Spipola Cave with its doline
and the chalky rock emergences of the Farneto and the Croara, that give shape to a karst
compound (there are about 50 caves and natural hollows crossed by a 6 km long hypogeous stream), protected by the Parco dei Gessi Bolognesi e Calanchi dell'Abbadessa (Natural park of Bologna's chalky rocks and the Abbess's gully).
(stone instruments) and the Bronze Age
have been found and, along with nearby Castenaso
it witnessed a flourishing Villanovian civilization.
An existing document shows that ever since 1214 a quarantine
station (in Italian lazzaretto, from which the other part of the name originated) was located, as usual, outside the town so that ill people could be isolated and the propagation of a disease could be limited.
The town was autonomous municipality in the Napoleonic Era (1810). It was afterwards readmitted to Bologna and gained back autonomy with the help of Carlo Berti Pichat after 1827.
Nowadays, after the building expansion of the 1970s, San Lazzaro is one of the most populated towns in the province of Bologna and is the main seat of a good number of factories.
"Luigi Donini" gathering findings of ancient times has been recently opened.
, currently playing amateur football in Serie D
after being relegated from Serie C2
after the 2006-07 season.
Italy
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comune
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) of some 30,000 inhabitants 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...
, 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....
.
Geography
The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, 6 km from the city centre of BolognaBologna
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,...
towards the southeast.
The territory of the municipality extends towards the plain and at the foot of the first hills around Bologna. Some watercourses such as the Zena (creek), the Idice and the Savena, after which the town was named, flow through the town.
Within the territory of the municipality we can find the Spipola Cave with its doline
Sinkhole
A sinkhole, also known as a sink, shake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline or cenote, is a natural depression or hole in the Earth's surface caused by karst processes — the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion processes for example in sandstone...
and the chalky rock emergences of the Farneto and the Croara, that give shape to a karst
KARST
Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...
compound (there are about 50 caves and natural hollows crossed by a 6 km long hypogeous stream), protected by the Parco dei Gessi Bolognesi e Calanchi dell'Abbadessa (Natural park of Bologna's chalky rocks and the Abbess's gully).
History
Inhabited since ancient times, within the territory of the municipality many findings from the Stone AgeStone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
(stone instruments) and the Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
have been found and, along with nearby Castenaso
Castenaso
Castenaso is a town and comune in the province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located around 12 kilometers away from Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna....
it witnessed a flourishing Villanovian civilization.
An existing document shows that ever since 1214 a quarantine
Quarantine
Quarantine is compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. The word comes from the Italian quarantena, meaning forty-day period....
station (in Italian lazzaretto, from which the other part of the name originated) was located, as usual, outside the town so that ill people could be isolated and the propagation of a disease could be limited.
The town was autonomous municipality in the Napoleonic Era (1810). It was afterwards readmitted to Bologna and gained back autonomy with the help of Carlo Berti Pichat after 1827.
Nowadays, after the building expansion of the 1970s, San Lazzaro is one of the most populated towns in the province of Bologna and is the main seat of a good number of factories.
Main sights
In San Lazzaro the museum of prehistoryPrehistory
Prehistory is the span of time before recorded history. Prehistory can refer to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it refers to all the time preceding human existence and the invention of writing...
"Luigi Donini" gathering findings of ancient times has been recently opened.
Sports
The town's football team is A.C. Boca San LazzaroA.C. Boca San Lazzaro
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Boca Pietri is an Italian association football club from Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, but currently playing home games in Vignola, in the province of Modena. The club was founded in 1966 as Associazione Calcio Boca. In 2002 the club merged with Felsina San Lazzaro...
, currently playing amateur football in Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
after being relegated from Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
after the 2006-07 season.