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The Crypt of San Lorenzo church in Varignana is a remarkable architecture located in Castel San Pietro Terme, in Varignana district.

The Municipal Library of Imola draws its origin from that of the Conventual Minorities of San Francesco of Imola, under the initiative of Father Giuseppe Maria Setti. During the French presence, the religious library was confiscated from the friars and given to the Municipality. During this period, in addition to the requisitions made to the suppressed religious groups, other ecclesiastical libraries of Imola converged in San Francesco, including those of the Capuchins, the Jesuits, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Seminary. The library was opened to the public on January 11th, 1799 with a public ceremony. During the Austro-Russian counter-revolutionary intermezzo (June 1799 – June 1800), the bookshop returned to the friars. With the return of French authority, the library once again was returned to the City. Until the 1920s, the library’s patrimony consisted of funds from various religious libraries. In the next age, together with small purchases, numerous private donations were received. Among the most valuable gifts first given to the library was the collection of works of the writers of Imola that belonged to Giovanni Codronchi Argeli (1843), an illustrious bibliophile and gonfalonier of the city. It marked an important change in the historical physiognomy of the collections. […]

Pieve di San Giovanni in Ottavo, mostly known as Pieve del Tho, is located just over a kilometer from Brisighella. It is the oldest parish church in the Lamone Valley. It is called “in Ottavo”, meaning “number eight”, because it is located at the eighth mile of the Roman road that connected Faenza with Etruria. The first mention dates back to 909 A.D., but its foundation is certainly earlier. For many centuries, it was the only cult center for Alta Valle del Lamone, probably erected in the place of a temple dedicated to Jupiter Ammon. Bits of history The era of its construction is still unknown, but probably took place between VIII and X centuries. The temple is in Romanic style: with a basilica plan, three naves, divided by arches that rest on eleven columns of gray marble and a red of Verona, very different from each other in terms of thickness and width (perhaps the material was recycled from an ancient pre-existing dedicated temple – as mentioned above – to the God Jupiter Ammon). In the entrance, there is a capital used as a Holy water stoup, while in the right aisle there are works of Faenza artists: a […]