Budrio (Eastern Bolognese: ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is east of Bologna.

History

The area around Burdio was a Roman colony, whose territory was divided between veteran legionaries. The current town was however founded in the 10th-11th centuries AD. The church of San Lorenzo was already active in 1146. In the 14th century Cardinal Gil de Albornoz rebuilt it as a castle, of which the two large towers (1376) can still be seen, while of the walls only a small section remains.

Main sights

The most notable attraction are the Bentivoglio castle (16th century) and the Villa Ranuzzi Cospi at Bagnarola. The town also houses an art gallery- Pinacoteca Domenico Inzaghi- and the churches of San Domenico del Rosario, San Lorenzo, and Santi Gervasio e Protasio.

Notable people

Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his pseudonym of Quirico Filopanti, an Italian mathematician and politician.

• Valeria Buldini, model

• Giuseppe Donati, inventor of the ocarina

• Pierpaolo Donati, sociologist and philosopher of social science

• Gustavo Fiorini, retired footballer

• Marcello Massarenti, papal almoner (Vatican official)

• Prospero Sarti, engineer, architect, engraver, and collector of antiquities

• Laura Zuccheri, comics artist, illustrator, and painter.

Sister cities

• Gyula, Hungary, since 1965

• Eichenau, Germany, since 1991

References

External links

• Official website

• Radio Budrio