Conselice
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| Comune di Conselice | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Ravenna (RA) |
| Mayor | Maurizio Filippucci |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Area | 60 km² (23 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 9,207 |
| - Density | 153/km² (396/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Conselicesi |
| Dialing code | 0545 |
| Postal code | 48017 |
| Frazioni | Lavezzola, Chiesanuova, S. Patrizio |
| Patron | Saint Martin |
| - Day | November 11 |
| Website: [1] | |
Conselice is a Northern Italian town of about 10,000 people located in the Po River Valley and part of the Ravenna province. Originally it was a Roman harbor (lat. 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 Selice, 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 CE [1].
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)[2] [3]. Two local public schools are dedicated to him. The Italian partisan Ines Bedeschi, Gold Medal of Honor for Military Valor, and killed by the Nazi during the patriotic war 1943-1945, was also born in Conselice in 1911 [4]. A more comprehensive history and description of Conselice can be found in the Italian version of Wikipedia [6].
Google Map of Conselice, Italy [2]
[1] Babini "Dalla Bastia allo Zagnolo: Storia di Conselice" Vol. 1-3
[2] http://www.clevelandmemory.org/italians/partii.html
[3] http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?S=R&bid=9070447938
[4] http://www.anpi.it/uomini/bedeschi.htm
[6] http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conselice
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