This presentation is done by Valyn Baluyot as one of her projects on ITALIAN REGIONS in her Italian 11 class (AY 2013-2014) at the University of the Philippines under Prof. Emanuela Adesini.

1. Emilia
Romagna
Jann Valyn K. Baluyot
Italian 11

2. -an administrative Region of Northern Italy,
-comprising the former regions of Emilia and Romagna.
-Its capital is Bologna.
-It has an area of 22,446 km2 (8,666 sq mi)
-one of the richest, most developed regions in Europe

3. H i s t o r
y

4. Emilia-Romagna is a legacy of Ancient Rome
Emilia derives from via Æmilia, the Roman road
connecting Rome to northern Italy, completed in 187 BC and named after
the consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.
Romagna derives from Romània, the name of
the Eastern Roman Empire applied to Ravenna by the Lombards when the
western Empire had ceased to exist and Ravenna was an outpost of the
east

6. G e o g r a

7. Emilia-Romagna
consists of 9 provinces and covers an area of
22,446 km2 ranking 6th in
Italy. Nearly half of the region (48%) consists of
plains while 27% is hilly and 25% mountainous.

8. Government
and
Politics

9. Regional Government (Giunta
Regionale) is presided by the President of the
Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for
a five-year term, and is composed by the President, the
Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 12, including a Vice
President and one Under-Secretary for in President's office

10. nine
Prior to 2014
Emilia-Romagna is divided into prov

11. Province Area (km²) Population Density (inh./km²)
Province of Bologna 3,702 973,295 262.9
Province of Ferrara 2,632 357,471 135.8
Province of Forlì-Cesena 2,377 387,200 162.9
Province of Modena 2,689 686,104 255.1
Province of Parma 3,449 431,419 125.1
Province of Piacenza 2,589 284,885 110.0
Province of Ravenna 1,858 383,945 206.6
Province of Reggio Emilia 2,293 517,374 225.6
Province of Rimini 863 325,219 377.0

12. breakdown will
but the
change in January
2014, when the number will be
reduced down to four
provinces and one metropolitan city

13. January 2014 and
beyond
In a move designed to cut costs, the number of provinces will be cut
from 9 to 5 administrative divisions:
-The Province of Bologna will became a metropolitan area.
-The Province of Ferrara will remain as it is.
-The Province of Forlì-Cesena, the Province of Ravenna and
the Province of Rimini will merge to become the Province of
Romagna.
-The Province of Modena and Province of Reggio Emilia will merge to
become the Province of Reggio nell'Emilia- Modena due, in the case
of Reggio Emilia province, to territorial less than 2500 square
kilometers.
-The Province of Parma and Province of Piacenza will merge to
become the Province of Parma-Piacenza due, in the case of Piacenza
province, to territorial less than 2500 square kilometers and to

14. Language

15. Apart from
Standard Italian, Emilian and Romagnolo,
two closely related languages that comprise the Emiliano-
Romagnolo language family, are the local languages of
Emilia-Romagna. They
are Romance languages spoken
almost exclusively in the region and San Marino. They belong to
the Northern Italian group within Romance
languages (like Piedmontese, Lombard, Ligurian
and Venetian)

16. F o o d

23. Sport
s

24. most popular sport in Emilia-Romagna is by far
football. Several famous clubs from
Emilia-Romagna compete at a high level on the national
stage. Bologna, Parma and Cesena comp
ete in the top-flight of Italian football

25. M u s i c

26. Emilia Romagna gave birth to one of the most important
composers of music history,Giuseppe Verdi .
The most popular song of this region is the regional anthem
"Romagna mia",
written in 1954 by Secondo Casadei.