Ferrara

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Ferrara is a historic city in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, renowned for its well-preserved Renaissance architecture and rich Jewish cultural heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
capitalOf Province of Ferrara
climate humid subtropical climate
country Italy
demonym Ferrarese
distanceTo about 50 km northeast of Bologna
expandedUNESCOInscriptionYear 1999
governedBy House of Este
hasCityWalls largely intact Renaissance walls
hasFortification Castello Estense
hasMuseum National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah
hasPalace Palazzo Municipale
Palazzo Schifanoia
Palazzo dei Diamanti
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of San Giorgio fuori le mura
Ferrara Cathedral
hasSite Jewish Ghetto
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalRegion Romagna NERFINISHED
hostsEvent Ferrara Buskers Festival
Internazionale a Ferrara journalism festival
knownFor Castello Estense
Ferrara Cathedral
Jewish cultural heritage
Palazzo dei Diamanti
Renaissance architecture
well-preserved city walls
locatedIn Emilia-Romagna NERFINISHED
Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy
locatedNear Po River
locatedOn Po di Volano
notableUrbanPlan Addizione Erculea
officialLanguage Italian
partOf Po Valley
periodOfEsteRule 13th to 16th centuries
plannerOfAddizioneErculea Biagio Rossetti
populationApproximate over 130,000 inhabitants
religionHeritage significant Jewish community
sportsClub SPAL (football club)
transport served by Ferrara railway station
twinTown Gironella
Krasnodar NERFINISHED
Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1995
UNESCOListing Ferrara self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
university University of Ferrara
universityFounded 1391
urbanPlanningStyle Renaissance
wasCapitalOf Duchy of Ferrara NERFINISHED

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Ferrara UNESCOListing Ferrara self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Papal States contains Ferrara
Emilia-Romagna containsCity Ferrara
Po River flowsThrough Ferrara
Council of Florence heldIn Ferrara
Po Valley majorCity Ferrara
Po River majorCityOnRiver Ferrara
Council of Florence movedTo Ferrara
Adamo Boari placeOfBirth Ferrara
Italo Balbo placeOfBirth Ferrara
Judeo-Italian region Ferrara