Introduction
Bologna
[key], city, capital of Emilia-Romagna and of Bologna prov., N central
Italy, at the foot of the Apennines and on the Aemilian Way. It is a
prosperous commercial and industrial center and an important transportation
link between S and N Italy. Manufactures include farm machinery, motor
vehicles, metal goods, railway equipment, processed food, and chemicals, and
the city has long been a center of printing. Bologna is also the chief city
of what has been called Italy's “Red Belt” (because Communists
controlled the local government for decades after World War II).
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