Budrio
Budrio is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is east of Bologna.
Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his pseudonym of Quirico Filopanti, an Italian mathematician and politician.
History
The area around Burdio was a Roman colony, whose territory was divided between veteran legionaries. The current town was however founded in the 10th-11th centuries AD. The church of San Lorenzo was already active in 1146. In the 14th century Cardinal Gil de Albornoz rebuilt it as a castle, of which the two large towers can still be seen, while of the walls only a small section remains.Main sights
The most notable attraction are the Bentivoglio castle and the Villa Ranuzzi Cospi at Bagnarola. The town also houses an art gallery- Pinacoteca Domenico Inzaghi- and the churches of San Domenico del Rosario, San Lorenzo, and Santi Gervasio e Protasio.Notable people
- Valeria Buldini, model
- Giuseppe Donati, inventor of the ocarina
- Pierpaolo Donati, sociologist and philosopher of social science
- Quirico Filopanti, mathematician and politician
- Gustavo Fiorini, retired footballer
- Marcello Massarenti, papal almoner
- Prospero Sarti, engineer, architect, engraver, and collector of antiquities
- Laura Zuccheri, comics artist, illustrator, and painter.
Sister cities
- Gyula, Hungary, since 1965
- Eichenau, Germany, since 1991