Emilia Romagna Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

Palazzo del Re Enzo
El Greco’s Last Supper
Basilica di San Petronio
Raphael’s Ecstasy of St Cecilia

La Dotta, La Grassa
The Tower of Asinelli
Via Ugo bassi, Via Rizzoli
Teatro Comunale, Wagner music

A symphony of colors
The Ravenna Jazz festival
Basilica Di San Vitale’s mosaics
Ravenna, Dante’s Divine Comedy

tirata a mano, prosciuto
Ferrara, cappellacci di zucca
Rimini, heart of Riviera del soe
spaghetti Bolognese, balsamic vinegar

Porretta, Sweet Soul Music Festival
Galleria Ferrari, largest show collection
Manufacturers of Maserati, De Tomaso
Modena, The Roots of Luciano Pavarotti

Piazza Maggiore, Piazza Nettuno
Giambologna’s Neptune bronze statue
Bologna, sprawling ochre-hued arcades
Pre-Oceanic world’s four known continents

Parma, greatest works of Verdi
La Steccata, the stunning frescos
La Chartreuse de Parme of Stendhal
Parmesan cheese, hefty chunk of Parma ham