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See also:FORL3 (anc. See also:Forum Livii)
, a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Emilia, See also:Italy, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Forli, 40 M
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S.E. of See also:Bologna by See also:rail, so8 ft. above See also:sea-level
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Pop
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(1901) 15,461 (town); 43,321 (See also:commune)
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Forli is situated on the railway between Bologna and See also:Rimini
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It is connected by See also:steam tramways with See also:Ravenna and Meldola, and by a road through the See also:Apennines with Pontassieve
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The See also:
Biagio e See also:Girolamo are from the former's designs, though executed by the latter
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The church also contains the See also:fine See also:tomb (1466) of See also:Barbara Manfredi
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The See also:cathedral (See also:Santa Croce) has been almost entirely rebuilt since 1844
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The Palazzo del See also:Podesta, now a private See also:house, is a See also:brick See also:building of the 15th See also:century
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The citadel (Rocca Ravaldina), constructed about 1360–1370, and later rebuilt, is now used as a See also:prison
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Flavio Biondo, the first See also:Renaissance writer on the See also:topography of See also:ancient See also:Rome (1388–1463), was a native of Forli
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Of the ancient See also:Forum Livii, which See also:lay on the Via Aemilia, hardly anything is known
.
In the 12th century we find Forli in See also:league with Ravenna, and in the 13th the imperial See also:count of the province of Romagna resided there
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In 1275 Forli defeated Bologna with See also:great loss
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