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Conselice — Comune — Comune di Conselice 
Coat of armsLocation of Conselice in Italy
ConseliceCoordinates: 44°20′N 11°42′E / 44.333°N 11.7°E Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Ravenna (RA) Frazioni Lavezzola, Chiesanuova, S. Patrizio Government - Mayor Maurizio Filippucci (Partito Democratico) Area - Total 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) Elevation 9 m (30 ft) Population (30 April 2010[1]) - Total 9,920 - Density 165.3/km2 (428.2/sq mi) Demonym Conselicesi Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 48017 Dialing code 0545 Patron saint Saint Martin Saint day November 11 Website Official website Conselice is a town and comune of about 10,000 people located in the Po River Valley, part of the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Originally it was a Roman harbor (known in Latin as Caput Silicis, literally "At the end of Via Silicis") important for the trade with Spina, an ancient Etruscan city, and located at the end of Via Sicilis, a Roman paved road intersecting the Via Emilia. The first written document mentioning the city as the portus de capite selcis dates back to 1084.[2]. From 1395 to 1598 it was ruled by the House of Este, and subsequently was part of the Papal States until the unification of Italy in 1861.
Conselice is the birthplace of the poet and revolutionary Eleuterio Felice Foresti, later a Professor at Columbia University and University of the City of New York (1842), and USA consular general in Genoa (1856)[3][4]. Two local public schools are dedicated to him. The Italian partisan Ines Bedeschi, Gold Medal of Honor for Military Valor, and killed by the Nazis during the patriotic war 1943-1945, was also born in Conselice in 1911The local newspaper is a satiric one: "Caput Silicis"
[5].
Twin towns
Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Velika Plana, Serbia
References
- ^ Data from Istat
- ^ Babini "Dalla Bastia allo Zagnolo: Storia di Conselice" Vol. 1-3
- ^ http://www.clevelandmemory.org/italians/partii.html
- ^ http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?S=R&bid=9070447938
- ^ http://www.anpi.it/uomini/bedeschi.htm
External links
Emilia-Romagna · Comuni of the Province of Ravenna Alfonsine · Bagnacavallo · Bagnara di Romagna · Brisighella · Casola Valsenio · Castel Bolognese · Cervia · Conselice · Cotignola · Faenza · Fusignano · Lugo · Massa Lombarda · Ravenna · Riolo Terme · Russi · Sant'Agata sul Santerno · SolaroloCategories:- Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna
- Communes of the Province of Ravenna
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