Loiano
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Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Italian comune Loiano (Template:Langx Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a town and comune of Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in the Tusco-Emilian Apennines at Template:Convert above sea level. Highway SS 65 connects it to Bologna, Template:Convert to the north, and Florence, Template:Convert to the south.
It is the site of the astronomical observatory of the University of Bologna, named after the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
At Val Sicura, within the territory of the commune, a shooting range founded in 1889 remains active.