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Ferrara is known as the oldest Italian city with a population over 100,000, as well the city with lowest birth rate. As of 2006 [update] , 95.59% of the population was Italian . The largest immigrant group was other European nations with Ukraine and Albania : 2.59% followed by North Africa: 0.51%, and East Asia : 0.39%.
1796 – City "occupied by Napoleonic troops" (until 1815). [1] 1797 – 2nd Battalion of the Polish Legions founded in Ferrara. [12] 1798 – Teatro Comunale (Ferrara) (theatre) opens. [13] 1823 – Accademia delle Scienze di Ferrara (learned society) formed. [14] 1836 – Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara (museum) established in the Palazzo dei ...
The Addizione Erculea or Erculean Addition is the area of urban expansion created in 1492 by the enlargement of the walled city limits of Ferrara, Italy. It is celebrated as an example of Renaissance urban planning. The walled medieval city of Ferrara was geographically limited from southward expansion by a branch of the delta of the Po river.
The province of Ferrara (Italian: provincia di Ferrara; Emilian: pruvîncia ad Fràra) is a province in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Its capital is the city of Ferrara . As of May 2023, it has a population of 338,143 inhabitants over an area of 2,635.12 square kilometres (1,017.43 sq mi). [ 2 ]
The city administration, represented by the podestà Renzo Ravenna, in turn supported by Italo Balbo, played a large part in this reconstruction. One episode to be remembered concerns the repositioning on the ancient columns on either side of the Volto del Cavallo of copies of the bronze statues of Borso d’Este enthroned and Niccolò III d ...
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Ferrara's City Hall. The mayor of Ferrara is an elected politician who, along with Ferrara City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The current mayor is Alan Fabbri, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 11 June 2019. [1] [2]
In 1306, Francesco was expelled from Reggio, and, similarly, Aldobrandino was expelled from Modena. In 1308, not long after Azzo's death, Ferrara also expelled the family form government. In 1317, the Este family organized a pro-Este revolt in Ferrara, and restored their rule in that city, where they officialized a co-rulership.