Ferrara (province) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
province of Italy
About Ferrara (province)
The flat, fertile plain of the River Po has always been one of the most productive and populous areas of Italy. The Romans brought the valley under their control from 200 BC, cutting a road javelin-straight fromPiacenzato the coast atRimini. Ferrara was some way north of this route and seems to have been a quiet provincial place until 8th century documents record its capture by the Lombards. The problem may have been the flood-prone and malarial lower stretches of the Po, with large-scale drainage only beginning in the 19th century. The area was ruled by the Este family until 1598 then by the Pope until early modern times – and the Este wealth remained vast enough for the archdukes of Austria-Hungary to adopt that name when they married into the family. The province in 2016 had a populatio
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