PIANORO |  Bologna

Pianoro (Pianôr, dialect), 17,000 inhabitants, recently ranked first in the province of Bologna and 14th in Italy among the 100 most happy villages.
Located along the Futa road linking Bologna to Florence, it has always been one of the most sought-after bolognese locations from a residential point of view.
Located just outside the city, along the valleys of Zena and Savena has among its areas of interest the "Parco dei Gessi Bolognesi and the Calanchi della Abbadessa" natural park.
The city was almost completely grounded in World War II when it was on the edge of the so-called Gothic Line and was the scene of atrocious battles and, above all, bombardments. 

For this reason, it has lost almost all the buildings and palaces of a certain artistic and architectural value; the city was almost abandoned (today is the fraction called Pianoro Vecchia) and reconstructed from 1945 three kilometers further north, the so-called Pianoro Nuova.
The Savena River is a natural border between Pianoro and Bologna where it can be said that the Futa road (which in the Bolognese stretch is called via Toscana) begins with the hamlet of Rastignano. 

Pianoro also borders with the municipalities of San Lazzaro di Savena, Sasso Marconi, Monterenzio, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Loiano and Monzuno.

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