The Dozza fortress
admin January 18th, 2007
The Dozza fortress, a town between Bologna and Imola, is really very pretty and is well worth a visit. The scenery is very beautiful; once you’ve gone up to the top of the fortress you can admire the surrounding hills are cultivated with numerous vineyards (the local wines are excellent). There are various restaurants in the town center, with specialties like “pumpkin pie” or simply excellent tigelle / crescentine to taste with cheese and honey.
All of this at the cost of your diet of course! But you could repair that by taking a long walk along the streets of the city full of decorations on the walls. In fact, Dozza is famous for this type of art, of which you can see an example in the picture above.
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