Imola: how much do you know about it?

HOW OLD IS MORE OR LESS THE TOWN OF IMOLA?

• 200 YEARS

• 2000 YEARS

• 1200 YEARS

• 2100 YEARS

SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWERS (more than one!): LUCA GHINI

• WAS FROM BOLOGNA

• WAS A CHEMIST

• WAS BORN IN 1490

• CREATED THE FIRST UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL GARDEN

THE "ROCCA" WAS USED AS A PRISON UNTIL

• 1332

• 1858

• 1958

• 1508

THE FIRST NAME OF IMOLA WAS

• IòMLA

• FORUM LEONARDII

• FORUM CORNELII

• IMOLADIUM

• FORUM IMOLENSIS

THE LONG, HORIZONTAL ROMAN STREET OF IMOLA IS CALLED...

(a)  

THE THREE IMPORTANT SQUARES IN IMOLA ARE:

• PIAZZA MATTEOTTI

• PIAZZA GRAMSCI (EX PIAZZA DELLE ERBE)

• PIAZZA DELL'OLIVO

• PIAZZA DUOMO

• PIAZZA DEI CADUTI

TRUE OR FALSE: IMOLA HAS GOT ABOUT 50,000 INHABITANTS

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

IMOLA HAS GOT 69,951 INHABITANTS! (AS OF 2017)

THE "TORRE DELL'OROLOGIO" IS IN THE ____ OF THE TOWN

• EAST

• NORTH

• CENTRE

• SOUTH

• WEST

CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCES ABOUT THE TRAIN STATION

• IT IS AT THE END OF THE VIA APPIA

• IT IS CLOSE TO THE BUS/COACH STATION

• IT TAKES 45 MINUTES TO WALK TO SCHOOL

• YOU CAN TAKE TRAINS TO BOLOGNA AND MILAN

Answer explanation

IT TAKES 25 MINUTES TO WALK TO SCHOOL AND YU CAN TAKE TRAISN TO BOLOGNA, BUT NOT DIRECTLY TO MILAN.

YOU CAN SPEND YOUR TIME IN IMOLA...

• IN ONE OF THE CAFéS IN THE CENTRE

• AT THE LIBRARY

• ON THE LAWN (=prato) OF THE ROCCA

• IN THE VIA EMILIA FOR SOME SHOPPING

• EATING SUSHI, KEBAB, POKé, ETC.