The starting point for a journey with strong historical and human value is Cotignola<\/strong>, \u201cCity of the Righteous\u201d. Between 1943 and 1945, several Jewish families were saved from racial persecution thanks to the collaboration of the entire citizenry of this town. The event is recreated in the Varoli Museum while the wall painting \u201cNon-automatic dispenser of courage\u201d in Piazza Amendola remembers some of the protagonists of the 145 days in which the front was stationed on the banks of the Senio River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Museum of the Battle of the Senio in Alfonsine<\/strong> contains immersive rooms, relics, and testimonies of the passage of the front over the river while the Historical Institute of the Resistance and the Contemporary Age of the Province of Ravenna preserves an important archive of documents, periodicals, and has a historical library. In nearby Conselice,<\/strong> the Monument to the Clandestine Press and Freedom of the Press celebrates the fundamental role played by this town in informing the population about what was happening as regards the National Liberation Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The long tradition of popular and anti-fascist struggles in Massa Lombarda<\/strong> is represented in the Monument to the Fallen Partisans that stands in the town centre while in Sant’Agata sul Santerno<\/strong> the gravestones to the fallen soldiers of Sant’Agata remember the victims of the twentieth-century\u2019s two World Wars. At the entrance to the Rocca Estense in Lugo,<\/strong> there is a plaque dedicated to Carlo Landi \u201cMatto”, an intrepid young partisan killed by the Nazi-fascists and another plaque testifying to the deportation of the Jews from the ghetto. Other places, such as Bagnacavallo<\/strong>, Fusignano<\/strong> and Bagnara di Romagna<\/strong>, preserve memorials of this period of war with monuments and gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. The Stele in memory of Senio river crossing, arch. Unione dei Comuni della Bassa Romagna Among the delicious Romagna cured meats, those produced from the Mora Romagnola<\/strong> pig deserve special mention. This ancient native pig breed has notable qualities of rusticity and frugality and was widespread until the middle of the last century; it was then saved from near extinction in the early 1990s. The meat produced is very tasty and can be consumed fresh or processed using traditional methods to obtain ham, salami and \u2018coppa\u2019 (cured neck fillet) of great quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The typical cold cut from Russi is the \u201cB\u00e9l e c\u00f2t<\/strong>\u201d which resembles cotechino but is actually a tender sausage produced with pork muscle and rind. The meats are seasoned with coarse salt, pepper, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar. It is especially enjoyed during the Feast of the Madonna dei Sette Dolori, which takes place on the third Sunday in September when the town\u2019s shopkeepers sell it. It is purchased precooked, and this gives it its name in dialect (\u201cReady to eat\u201d in English)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Bagnacavallo in the 1950s, the Longanesi discovered a vine clinging to an oak and saved it from extinction by planting the first vineyard and encouraging its spread. Hence, the grape is now known as Uva Longanesi from which the wine produced is Burs\u00f4n, the nickname by which the Longanesi family is known. In 1999, the Longanesi grape was registered in the grape register and in 2007 it entered the Ravenna IGT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Burs\u00f4n is a red wine with scents and flavours recalling the undergrowth of the Ravenna pine forests where the vine has survived for years. It is velvety with good structure and a noticeable tannin refined by a passage in wood. The wine is produced in two versions, the blue label and the black label. For the latter wine, 50% of the harvested grapes are dried. It pairs well with game, red meats, roasts, truffles, and mature cheeses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.stradadellaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1-La-stele-del-superamento-del-Senio-a-Fusignano.jpg\")
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2. Mora Romagnola cured meats, arch. Unione della Romagna Faentina
3. The Rocca Estense in Lugo, arch. Unione dei Comuni della Bassa Romagna
4. The non-automatic dispenser of courage in Cotignola, arch. Unione dei Comuni della Bassa Romagna
5. The Monument to the Clandestine Press and Freedom of the Press in Conselice, arch. Unione dei Comuni della Bassa Romagna<\/p>\n\n\n\nFood – The cured meats of Romagna<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Wine – Burs\u00f4n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n