Tourism: Piazza Saffi, San Domenico, the fortress and the 20th-century city
Piazza Saffi, San Mercuriale and the Palazzo Comunale; the San Domenico Museums with the civic picture gallery, Canova's Hebe and major exhibitions; the Ravaldino fortress linked to Caterina Sforza; a route of 20th-century architecture along viale della Libertà, piazzale della Vittoria and the former Aeronautical College.
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- Historic centre: piazza Aurelio Saffi, where four streets of Roman origin converge; the Romanesque basilica of San Mercuriale with its 12th-century bell tower; Palazzo Comunale and Civic Tower, Palazzo del Podestà, Palazzo Albertini.
- San Domenico Museums (piazzale Guido da Montefeltro 12): five historic buildings, including the 13th-century Dominican convent, home to the civic picture gallery with Canova's Hebe; they host temporary art and photography exhibitions, in recent years on Palmezzano, Cagnacci and Canova.
- Ravaldino fortress: built for Pino III Ordelaffi and completed in 1480, now named after Caterina Sforza; in summer it hosts the Arena Rocca di Caterina festival.
- Baroque churches of the Suffragio and San Filippo Neri; the Franco Agosto city park.
The 20th-century city
Forlì preserves a heritage of 1920s and 1930s architecture that the Region proposes as an itinerary: viale della Libertà, known as the «Miglio Bianco»; Ezio Bianchi's railway station; Cesare Valle's former Aeronautical College, regarded as one of the masterpieces of Italian Rationalism, with Angelo Canevari's «Mosaici del Volo»; Cesare Bazzani's war memorial in piazzale della Vittoria (1925), with a 32-metre Doric column; the Post Office building in piazza Saffi (1931–32), also by Bazzani; Gio Ponti's Hotel della Città, opened in 1957.
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Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13
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