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CoA Città di Ferrara
Coat of arms

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. About 130,000 people live in Ferrara. The city was owned by the Este family during medieval times. The current mayor is Tiziano Tagliani.

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  • Ornamento in oro, 410-300 ac. ca. 01

    Etruscan jewellery is displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara.

  • Ferrara-1600

    Ferrara as it appeared in 1600

  • Piazza cattedrale monumento Vittorio Emanuele II Ferrara inizio 1900

    Downtown Ferrara around 1900

  • Saint Micheal Estense's Castle during winter

    Este Castle covered in snow

  • Ferrara Cathedral 01

    The Gothic façade of the Cathedral

  • Ferrara - Palazzo del Municipio 2

    The 15th-century Town Hall

  • 01 Palazzo dei Diamanti - Ferrara

    Palazzo dei Diamanti, seat of the National Gallery

  • Ferrara walls bastion

    A section of the Renaissance walls

  • Aprile, francesco del cossa, 11

    Francesco del Cossa's "May" from the "Salone dei Mesi" ("Great hall of the months") in Palazzo Schifanoia, circa 1470

  • OrlandoFurioso1634

    Title page of John Harington's translation of Orlando Furioso, 1634

  • Taddeo crivelli, bibbia di borso d'este 23

    A page from Borso d'Este Bible

  • Kid at Palio of Ferrara

    A child dressed up for the Palio

  • Ferrarese snack

    Some food items easily found in Ferrara: "coppia" bread, "zia" garlic salami and muskmelon.

See also

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