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FERRARA – Città del Rinascimento e il suo Delta del Po

"Ferrara, City of Renaissance and its Po Delta"

The Historic Centre of Ferrara was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a shining example of a Renaissance city that has retained its historic centre virtually intact. “The developments in town planning expressed in Ferrara were to have a profound influence on the development of urban design throughout the succeeding centuries”.
The Este ducal residences in the Po Delta illustrate the influence of Renaissance culture on the natural landscape in an exceptional manner.

The Po Delta is an outstanding planned cultural landscape that retains its original form to a remarkable extent.

Inscription on the Unseco World Heritage List: 1995
As requested by the State Party, the Committee decided to change the name of the inscribed property to "Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta: 1999

Criteria for Acceptance into the Unesco World Heritage List
Id. n. 733bis 1995-1999 C (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)

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