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Ferrara: Cathedral of San Giorgio Ferrara, Italy, designated a World Heritage site in 1995.
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Ferrara

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Ferrara, city, northeastern Emilia-Romagna regione (region), northern Italy, situated on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the Po River, northeast of Bologna. Although it is believed to be the site of the ancient Forum Alieni, from which its name is derived, there is no record of Ferrara earlier than 753 ce, when it was captured from the exarchate of Ravenna by the Lombards. It passed in 774 to the papacy, under which it...

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