Brisighella
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Three selenite crags rise over Brisighella, each topped by a landmark: the Rocca Manfrediana, the Monticino sanctuary and the clock tower. Beneath them runs the Via degli Asini, a raised covered street along which donkeys once carried gypsum, oil and wine bound for Venice and Florence. The surrounding hills make Brisighella olive oil, the first in Italy to win DOP status, in 1996.
Highlights
- The Via degli Asini, a covered raised street of arches
- The Rocca Manfrediana, among the best-preserved fortresses in the region
- The clock tower, with old timekeeping instruments and a Foucault pendulum replica
- Walks in the gypsum ridges of the Vena del Gesso Romagnola park (IT)
- Brisighella DOP extra virgin olive oil
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Brisighella (IT), Brisighella (EN)), Wikivoyage (Brisighella). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 7,173
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feste MedioevaliRe-enactment of the 1425 Battle of Pieve Thò, jousts, falconry and taverns
- Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel
- Festa della Madonna del MonticinoHeld since 1662, among Romagna's oldest sagre
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Brisighella). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Brisighella PDO olive oilOlive oilFrom the Nostrana di Brisighella olive; first Italian oil to get PDO
- Carciofo morettoLocal produceLocal artichoke in the Slow Food Ark of Taste
- Formaggio conciatoCheeseCheese aged in the local gypsum caves
- Volpina pearLocal produce
Adapted from Wikipedia (Brisighella), Wikivoyage (Brisighella). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
9 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 4
- B&Bs and guest houses 4
- Mountain huts 1
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Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme di Riolo · ~21 min by car
- Thermal spa: Piscina Termale · ~21 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Castrocaro - Spa Termale Magiche Acque (IT) · ~43 min by car
- Thermal spa: Anusca Palace Wellnes & SPA · ~48 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Castel San Pietro · ~48 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme dell'Agriturismo · ~1 h 04 by car
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Nearby member villages
- Bagnara di Romagna · 19 km
- Dozza · 19 km
- Palazzuolo sul Senio · 21 km
- Bertinoro · 30 km
- Scarperia e San Piero · 42 km