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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Fusignano
| official_name       = Comune di Fusignano
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| image_skyline       = Chiesa del suffragio 2584.JPG
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| image_alt           = 
| image_caption       = Suffragio church.
| image_shield        = Fusignano-Stemma.png
| shield_alt          = 
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| coordinates         = {{coord|44|28|N|11|58|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = [[Emilia-Romagna]]
| province            = [[Province of Ravenna|Ravenna]] (RA)
| frazioni            = San Savino, Maiano Monti, Maiano Nuovo, Scambio, Rossetta
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Nicola Pasi
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 24.55
| population_footnotes = <ref>[http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html ISTAT] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>
| population_total    = 8152
| population_as_of    = 31 August 2017
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Fusignanesi
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 9
| twin1               = 
| twin1_country       = 
| saint               = Blessed Virgin
| day                 = September
| postal_code         = 48034
| area_code           = 05451
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.fusignano.ra.it}}
| footnotes           = 
}}
'''Fusignano''' ({{langx|rgn|Fusgnàn}}) is a ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Ravenna]] ([[Emilia-Romagna]]) in [[Italy]]. It is located on the river [[Senio]].

==History==
The city was created in 1250 by count Bernardino of Cunio after a flood which had destroyed his castle at Donigallia. After several passages of property in the hands of local noble families, the castle of Fusignano was transferred to the [[House of Este|Este]] family in 1445.

When the [[Duchy of Ferrara]] was annexed to the [[Papal States]] (1598), the fief was elevated to a marquisate, which in 1622, after a long struggle with the Corelli family, was acquired by the [[Calcagnini]]. In the 18th century the city recovered from a dark period, and in 1796 became part of the French dominions. In 1815 it returned to the Papal States. With the [[unification of Italy]] (1860), Fusignano was separated from Ferrara and included in the province of Ravenna.

During [[World War II]], as part of the [[Spring 1945 offensive in Italy]], Fusignano was for four months on the front line, and reduced to ruins. One soldier [[Ali Haidar (VC)|Ali Haidar]] was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions here during [[World War II]].

==Main sights==
The church of San Giovanni Battista houses a 16th-century pale portraying the ''Baptism of Christ''. In the church of San Savino the ancient sepulchre of the namesake saint, one of the first evangelizers of Romagna, can be seen: however, the relics it contained were transferred by [[Astorre II Manfredi]] to a chapel in the Cathedral of [[Faenza]].

==Twin towns==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}
Fusignano is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Gemellaggi e rapporti internazionali |url=https://www.comune.fusignano.ra.it/Citta-e-territorio/La-citta/Gemellaggi-e-rapporti-internazionali|publisher=Fusignano|language=it|access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Biddulph]], United Kingdom

==Personalities==
* [[Arcangelo Corelli]] (1653 in Fusignano – 1713) Italian [[violin]] player <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Corelli,_Arcangelo |volume= 07 |short=x}}</ref> and Baroque [[music]] [[composer]]
* [[Lea Melandri]] (born 1941 in Fusignano) feminist <ref>[http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/lea-melandri/   Enciclopedia delle donna website (in Italian) Lea Melandri, Fusignano 1941 - vivente] retrieved 19 February 2018</ref> and writer
* [[Arrigo Sacchi]] (born 1946 in Fusignano) Italian football manager,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/nov/22/arrigo-sacchi-milan-italy   The Guardian, 22 November 2011, Arrigo Sacchi, the magician of Milan....] retrieved 19 February 2018</ref>

==References==
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{{Province of Ravenna}}


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