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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%.
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 ]
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 original core of the building was begun in 1245 along via Cortevecchia and assumed its final dimensions between 1472 and 1481. The main entrance, placed in front of the Cathedral of San Giorgio called the Volto del Cavallo, is flanked by the equestrian statue of the marquis Niccolò III and that of the duke Borso d'Este seated on the faldistorio holding a sceptre in the act of ...
The bank was founded in 1922 as the Magyar Building and Loan Association by a group of Hungarian immigrants and businessmen in New Brunswick, many of whom had settled in the city's Fifth Ward. ("Magyar" is the Hungarian-language word for Hungarian peoples and language). In 1954, its charter was amended and the name changed to Magyar Savings ...
The loss of the Marcamò fort blocked use of the Ferrarese branch of the Po River, and eventually the Venetian garrison in Ferrara, weakened by military defeats and disease, was overwhelmed in August 1309, after a relief fleet led by Marco Querini was defeated. Long negotiations followed, before a treaty was concluded in 1313 that ended the war ...
The Hungarian National Bank (Hungarian: Magyar Nemzeti Bank [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈnɛmzɛti ˈbɒŋk], MNB) is the central bank of Hungary and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). It was established in 1924 as a successor entity of the Austro-Hungarian Bank , under the economic assistance provided to Hungary by the Economic and ...