Faenza

Faenza is a comune of 59,000 people in . Faenza, at the foot of the first sub-apennine hills, is surrounded by an agricultural region including vineyards in the hills, and cultivated land with traces of the ancient Roman land-division system, and fertile market gardens in the plains.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Faenza railway station and Museo internazionale delle ceramiche.

Railway station
serves the city and comune of , in the region of , northern Italy. Opened in 1893, it forms part of the Bologna–Ancona railway, and is also a terminus of two secondary railways, linking Faenza with Lavezzola and with Ravenna, and with Florence, respectively.

Church
is a Roman Catholic cathedral built in the style of the Renaissance in central , . It is the seat of the Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana and is dedicated to Saint Peter the Apostle.

Faenza

Latitude
44.2915° or 44° 17′ 29″ north
Longitude
11.8752° or 11° 52′ 31″ east
Population
58,800
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
8FPH7VRG+H3
Geo­Names ID
6540434
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Faenza” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فاينزا
  • Bulgarian: Фаенца
  • Chinese: 法恩扎
  • Chuvash: Фаэнца
  • Italian: Comune di Faenza
  • Italian: Faenza
  • Japanese: ファエンツァ
  • Latin: Faventia
  • Latvian: Faenca
  • Lithuanian: Faenca
  • Persian: فانزا
  • Russian: Фаэнца
  • Serbian: Фаенца
  • Thai: ฟาเอนซา
  • Ukrainian: Фаенца
  • Venetian: Favenza

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