Grizzana Morandi

Grizzana Morandi (Medial Mountain Bolognese: Grizèna) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Bologna. The town is summer holiday resort, located in the mountains between the valleys of the rivers Reno and Setta.

Grizzana Morandi
Comune
Comune di Grizzana Morandi
Location of Grizzana Morandi
Grizzana Morandi
Location of Grizzana Morandi in Italy
Grizzana Morandi
Grizzana Morandi (Emilia-Romagna)
Coordinates: 44°15′N 11°9′E
CountryItaly
RegionEmilia-Romagna
Metropolitan cityBologna (BO)
Government
 • MayorGraziella Leoni
Area
 • Total77.4 km2 (29.9 sq mi)
Elevation
547 m (1,795 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2017)[2]
 • Total3,890
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Grizzanesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
40030
Dialing code051
WebsiteOfficial website

Originally simply Grizzana, it received the "Morandi" in 1985, as an honorarium to the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi, who died in 1964. Morandi rarely travelled from his home and studio in Bologna, but visited Grizzana every year from 1913 for a summer holiday period, and many of his landscape paintings are of the town and its immediate surrounds. The town also hosts a centre for documentation about him (Centro di documentazione Giorgio Morandi) which has a collection of documents on the painter and local history.

Grizzana Morandi borders the following municipalities: Camugnano, Castel di Casio, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Gaggio Montano, Marzabotto, Monzuno, San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Vergato.

References
  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.



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