Casola Valsenio
Casola Valsenio is a comune in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ravenna.
History
The village was founded in 1216 after the Casola castle's destruction by the Faenza troops. Later it was a possession of the Pagani, Visconti, Manfredi, Riario families and of Cesare Borgia.Main sights
- Vena del Gesso Romagnola, a rocky dorsal which cuts transversally the valley coming down from the Apennine Mountains.
- Villa il Cardello: an old guesthouse of the Abbey of Valsenio as well as the residence of the famous poet and writer Alfredo Oriani where he died on October 18, 1909. Today, the house - national monument - is used as a writer's house-museum; the building is owned by the Fondazione Casa di Oriani.
- Watch Tower
- Chiesa di Sopra
- Monte Battaglia, a mountain topped by a medieval tower
- Abbey of Valsenio