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Imola

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Imola , city (1991 pop. 62,567), Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Aemilian Way. It is an agricultural and market center, known for its ceramics. A Roman town ( Forum Cornelii ), it later (11th cent.) became a free commune. The city was subsequently ruled by tyrants (including the Visconti and the Sforza) until it passed to the papacy in the early 16th cent. Landmarks include a Gothic cathedral, several Renaissance palaces, and the "Rocca," a large fortress (14th cent.).

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Imola

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Imola, Emilia‐Romagna/Italy Forum Cornelii Probably of Etruscan origin, it was known in Roman times as the ‘Market of Cornelius’ after Cornelius Sylla, a tyrannical Roman dictator who conquered the area in 82 bc. The present name is probably derived from the Germanic Immilo which is itself linked to the Via Aemilia (see Emilia‐Romagna).

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