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Forlì
All you need to know about Forlì: the numbers to keep at hand, a few curiosities and what there is to see and do.
Useful numbers in Forlì
Save them on your phone before you leave: tap a number to call.
Emergencies
One number for every emergency: police, fire brigade and ambulance. Free, works with no credit, and they also answer in English.
The old numbers 113 (police), 115 (fire brigade) and 118 (ambulance) still work: they all reach the same 112 centre.
Out-of-hours doctor
For minor health problems when GPs are closed: at night, at weekends and on public holidays. Run by AUSL Romagna.
Health and emergencies in Forlì
Emergency room, CAU, out-of-hours doctor, doctor for tourists, Red Cross: what to do if you fall ill, explained for visitors from abroad.
Emergency room
- Ospedale Morgagni-Pierantoni2.5 km as the crow flies · Via Carlo Forlanini 34
- Ospedale degli Infermi15.1 km as the crow flies · Faenza · Viale Stradone 9
Town hall of Forlì
0543 712437 Switchboard
Piazza Saffi, 8
Mayor: Gian Luca Zattini
Postcode and dialling code
Postcode 47121-47122
Dialling code 0543
From a foreign mobile: +39 and then the whole number, 0 included.
Post offices 10
- Poste ItalianeCorso Giuseppe Garibaldi 315
- Poste Italiane
- Poste Italiane
- Poste Italiane
- Poste Italiane
- Ufficio Postale Ronco
and 4 more
- Poste ItalianePiazza Aurelio Saffi 28
- Roncadello
- Poste Italiane
- Forlì 3Piazzale della Vittoria 25
Police stations 10
Pharmacies 19
The pharmacies open at night and on holidays are listed on the door of every pharmacy.
- Farmacia Nanni
- Farmacia Malpezzi
- Farmacia Comunale RisorgimentoViale Risorgimento 17
- Farmacia VillafrancaVia Lughese 256, Villafranca
- Farmacia NataliniCorso Giuseppe Garibaldi 91
- Farmacia CamporesiCorso Giuseppe Garibaldi 205
and 13 more
- Farmacia Comunale VillanovaViale Bologna 310a
- Farmacia MainettiViale Bologna 69;61
- Farmacia San LorenzoViale dell'Appennino 787
- Farmacia NataliniCorso Armando Diaz 79
- Farmacia LombardiCorso della Repubblica 76
- Farmacia CicognaniViale fratelli Spazzoli 83
- Farmacia SalinatoreViale Livio Salinatore 10
- Farmacia SchibuolaPiazza Aurelio Saffi 26
- Farmacia Comunale Punta di FerroPiazzale della Cooperazione 2
- Parafarmacia ConadPiazzale della Cooperazione 2
- Farmacia comunale "Piazza delle Erbe"
- Farmacia Comunale
- Farmacia San DomenicoVia Cristoforo Colombo 7
Vets 2
For a pet that falls ill on holiday. Call before you go.
- Clinica Veterinaria Porta SchiavoniaCorso Giuseppe Garibaldi 304
- Ambulatorio Veterinario SilverVia Rubicone 2
Forlì in numbers
Official open data: the source is under every number.
The locals are called forlivesi in Italian.
Twinned with: Foggia, Płock, Bourges, Peterborough, Szolnok, Elektrėnai, Aveiro.
Born in Forlì
- Flavio Biondohistorian from Italy · 1392
- Alessandro FortisItalian politician (1842-1909) · 1841
- Giovanni delle Bande NereItalian condottiero (1498-1526) · 1498
- Giovanni Battista MorgagniItalian anatomist (1682–1771) · 1682
- Riccardo SaponaraItalian footballer · 1991
- Carlo MatteucciItalian politician and physicist (1811–1868) · 1811
What to see and do in Forlì
First our own hand-written cards, then what OpenStreetMap knows on top.
Monuments and places 23
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Piazza Saffi and San Mercuriale
Forlì · Art and monumentsPhoto: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chiostro dei VallombrosaniAttraction
- Cippo ai Martiri del 29 giugno 1944Memorial
- Dino Degli Esposti, Tonino Degli Esposti, Massimo Fantini, Agostino Lotti e Giovanni ValgiustiMemorial
- Eccidio dell'AeroportoMemorial
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- FERRAGLIAMonument
- Forli Cremation MemorialMemorial
- IcaroArtwork
- Lapide omelia Sant'AntonioMemorial
- Luigi PierantoniMonument
- Martiri di San TomèMemorial
- Monumento ai cadutiMemorial
- Monumento ai CadutiMonument
- Monumento ai caduti di Forlì in tutte le guerreMemorial
- monumento ai Martiri della ResistenzaMemorial
- monumento ai mutilati e invalidi di guerraMemorial
- Monumento all'eccidio di PievequintaMonument
- Nissim MatatiaMemorial
- Porta SchiavoniaCity gate
- Requiescant in paceMemorial
- Rinascere nel fangoMonument
- Sirio Corbari, Adriano Casadei, Arturo Spazzoli e Iris VersariMemorial
- Torre NumaiTower
Museums and exhibitions 19
The whole listMuseo Civico San Domenico
Forlì · piazza Guido da Montefeltro 12
In the old Dominican convent, home of the civic picture gallery: works by Melozzo da Forlì, Guercino and Canova. Every year it hosts a major art exhibition, among the most visited in Italy.
On now: Spadini e Menzio. Sguardi in famiglia · Lee Miller. Opere 1930-1955
Palazzo Romagnoli, Collezioni del Novecento e Collezione Verzocchi
Forlì · via Albicini 12
Forlì's 20th-century art collections: the Verzocchi Collection, more than seventy paintings on the theme of work commissioned in 1949-50 from the leading Italian painters, and the civic 20th-century collections, from Adolfo Wildt to the artists of Romagna.
Palazzo del Merenda: Armeria Albicini, Museo Archeologico e Museo Etnografico
Forlì · corso della Repubblica 72
The city's old hospital with the Saffi library and three civic collections: the Albicini armoury, the Antonio Santarelli Archaeological Museum with finds from the area and the Benedetto Pergoli Ethnographic Museum on the folk traditions of Romagna.
Palazzo Gaddi: Museo del Risorgimento e Museo Romagnolo del Teatro
Forlì · corso Garibaldi 96
A palace of medieval origin on the Via Emilia with two civic museums: Forlì's Risorgimento from Napoleon to 1945 and the theatre and music life of Romagna, with instruments, costumes and memories of singers.
Museo Ornitologico Ferrante Foschi
Forlì · via Pedriali 12, Palazzo Numai
On the ground floor of Palazzo Numai, a large collection of mounted birds, with the species of Romagna and of the whole world shown in their habitats.
Museo Storico Dante Foschi
Forlì · via Maroncelli 3, Casa del Mutilato
In the Casa del Mutilato, the museum of Italian military history devoted to the memory of the war disabled: uniforms, weapons, memorabilia and documents from the Risorgimento to the Second World War.
Casa Museo Villa Saffi
San Varano (Forlì) · via Firenze 164
The country villa of the patriot Aurelio Saffi, triumvir of the Roman Republic with Mazzini, where he lived with his wife Giorgina Craufurd: rooms, furniture and the park.
Museo Amici del Treno
Forlì
The space of railway enthusiasts who volunteer there: equipment, signals and telephones from the 47 railway installations of Romagna, brought back to working order, and large model railways.
Museo dei Mestieri
Vecchiazzano (Forlì) · via Veclezio 50/e
Giovanni Severi's collection: some sixty thousand work tools from the 10th to the 20th century for about three hundred and twenty trades, with documents, photos and period magazines. Visits by booking.
Museo del Plaustro
Villagrappa (Forlì) · via del Prete 5
The painted and carved farm carts of the Via Emilia, from Rimini to Reggio Emilia, read through their symbols: a piece of the farming and craft culture of the plain.
Spadini e Menzio. Sguardi in famiglia
29 September - 25 October
Forlì · Museo Civico San Domenico
Two paintings on childhood and studying at home side by side: "Children studying" by Armando Spadini, the painting on the old thousand-lira note, from the Bank of Italy collection, and "In the study" by Francesco Menzio, from the Forlì collections.
Lee Miller. Opere 1930-1955
10 October 2026 - 10 January 2027
Forlì · Museo Civico San Domenico
More than a hundred and sixty photographs from the Lee Miller Archives: twenty-five years of work by the American photographer, from Surrealism to fashion, from the war to the last chapter of her career. Curated by Walter Guadagnini.
Castles and fortresses 1
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Photo: AC2BR3L, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia CommonsRocca di Ravaldino
Forlì
The fortress of Caterina Sforza, who here withstood the siege of Cesare Borgia between 1499 and 1500. Part of the complex houses the prison: the interior can be visited only on scheduled openings, but the walls and towers can always be seen from outside.
Churches 48
- Abbazia di San MercurialePlace of worship
- Basilica di San Pellegrino LaziosiPlace of worship
- BussecchioPlace of worship
- Cattedrale di Santa CrocePlace of worship
- Chiesa dei Santi Leonardo e Severo in SchiovaPlace of worship
- Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo - PievequintaPlace of worship
- Chiesa del CarminePlace of worship
- Chiesa del Corpus DominiPlace of worship
- Chiesa della Santissima TrinitàPlace of worship
- Chiesa del MiracoloPlace of worship
- Chiesa di CollinaPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Regina PacisPlace of worship
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- Chiesa di San Benedetto AbatePlace of worship
- Chiesa di San BiagioPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San FrancescoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Francesco RegisPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Giacomo e San CristoforoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista in RoncoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San GiuseppePlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Giuseppe ArtigianoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Marco e San MichelePlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Martino in LadinoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Martino in VillafrancaPlace of worship · Via Lughese
- Chiesa di San NicolòPlace of worship · Via Vincenzo Brasini 16
- Chiesa di San Nicolò in VecchiazzanoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San PaoloPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San Pietro in Arco in Villa RoverePlace of worship
- Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate in RavaldinoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Sant'Antonio VecchioPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa LuciaPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta della PiantaPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa Maria del FiorePlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'AssuntaPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa Maria della VisitazionePlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa Maria in Assunta in LateranoPlace of worship
- Chiesa di Santa Maria in LampioPlace of worship
- Chiesa di San VitalePlace of worship
- Chiesa Santi Pietro e PaoloPlace of worship
- Moschea di ForlìPlace of worship
- Parrocchia San Giovanni Battista in CorianoPlace of worship · Via G. Pacchioni 46
- Parrocchia San Lorenzo in NocetoPlace of worship
- Parrocchia Santa Maria AusiliatricePlace of worship
- Pieve di Santa Maria in AcquedottoPlace of worship
- San Giovanni Battista in Vico (Cappuccinini)Place of worship
- Sant'Andrea in PetrignonePlace of worship
- Santa Maria del Voto in RomitiPlace of worship
- San Tommaso Apostolo in San Tome'Place of worship
- Santuario di Santa Maria delle GraziePlace of worship
Theatres, cinemas and libraries 17
- Arena ForliveseTheatre
- Biblioteca "R. Ruffilli"Library · Via Caterina Sforza 45
- Biblioteca Centrale "R. Ruffilli"Library · Via Caterina Sforza 45
- Biblioteca comunale Aurelio SaffiLibrary · Corso della Repubblica 72
- Cinema ApolloCinema
- Cinema EliseoCinema
- Cinema Saffi D'EssaiCinema · Viale dell'Appennino 480
- Circolo Arci "Carl Marx"Arts centre
- Fabbrica delle CandeleTheatre · Piazza Console Corbizzi 9-20
- Laboratorio Teatrale ComunaleTheatre
- Multisala AstoriaCinema · Viale dell'Appennino 313
- Natura RerumLibrary
Parks and gardens 53
- Giardini OrselliPark
- Giardini Robert Baden PowellPark
- Giardino Annalena TonelliPark
- Giardino dei CiliegiPark
- Giardino della GinnasticaPark
- Giardino della RoccaPark
- Giardino del TricolorePark
- Giardino Elio SantarelliPark
- Giardino Giuseppe RicciPark
- Giardino Mons. Giuseppe RollaPark
- Giardino Silver SirottiPark
- Parco Antenore PantieriPark
Show all (53)
- Parco Armando AsioliPark
- Parco Bruno LugaresiPark
- Parco Caduti per la libertàPark
- Parco Carlo ZampighiPark
- Parco Carmen SilvestroniPark
- Parco dell'Antica PievePark
- Parco della Centrale ElettricaPark
- Parco della PacePark
- Parco della ResistenzaPark · Piazzale della Vittoria
- Parco delle CrocerossinePark
- Parco delle StagioniPark
- Parco Don Arturo FemicelliPark
- Parco Donne nella ResistenzaPark
- Parco Don Tommaso GattiPark
- Parco Francesca MorvilloPark
- Parco Franco LugaresiPark
- Parco Gino MandolesiPark
- Parco Glauco FioriniPark
- Parco IncontroPark
- Parco Industrie BartolettiPark
- Parco Irene Ugolini ZoliPark
- Parco Leonilde IottiPark
- Parco Leopoldo BertozziPark
- Parco Lorenzo De AntiquisPark
- Parco Luciano CaselliPark
- Parco Natale PugliesePark
- Parco Nazario Sauro BergossiPark
- Parco Ofelia GaroiaPark
- Parco Ovidio GardiniPark
- Parco Padre Ernesto BalducciPark
- Parco Paul HarrisPark
- Parco Primavera EuropeaPark
- Parco Ragazzi del 1899Park
- Parco Secondo CasadeiPark
- Parco Sibilla AleramoPark
- Parco Silvio ZavattiPark
- Parco Tobia AldiniPark
- Parco Urbano "Franco Agosto"Park
- Parco via DragoniPark
- Polisportivo "Otello Buscherini"Park
- Ronco LidoPark
Theme parks and fun 1
The whole list- Pioppo SecolareTheme park
Rentals and bike sharing 9
The whole list- Due Ruote Forlì
- Campus Universitario IBike sharing station · Piazzale Sante Solieri · Mi muovo in bici
- Campus Universitario IIBike sharing station · Viale Filippo Corridoni · Mi muovo in bici
- Ospedale Morgagni PierantoniBike sharing station · Mi muovo in bici
- Park dell'ArgineBike sharing station · Viale Livio Salinatore · Mi muovo in bici
- Park OrianiBike sharing station · Viale Alfredo Oriani · Mi muovo in bici
- Park SchiavoniaBike sharing station · Piazzale Porta Schiavonia · Mi muovo in bici
- VittoriaBike sharing station · Piazzale della Vittoria · Mi muovo in bici
- Vittorio VenetoBike sharing station · Piazzale della Vittoria · Mi muovo in bici
Tour guides 3
The whole list- AmaParco, centri visita del Parco e IDRO RidracoliThe network that runs the visitor centres of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park on the Romagna side (Santa Sofia, Premilcuore, Tredozio) and IDRO, the ecomuseum of the Ridracoli dam: hikes, visits inside the dam and e-bike tours.
- Cooperativa In QuieteA cooperative of nature and hiking guides from Pratovecchio Stia, recommended by the park: treks in the Casentino forests, autumn colours, the red deer rut, wolf howling and walks in the villages.
- OROSA cooperative from Badia Prataglia that works with the park: hikes in the forests, evenings at the park's planetarium in Stia and visits to the villages of the Casentino.
Bookshops 1
The whole list- LibrivendoloCorso Diaz 29
Stay and eat in Forlì
The full lists, with the website and the map of every place.
Upcoming events in Forlì
Getting to Forlì
A driver meets you on arrival and takes you to your hotel, the fair or the concert. Fixed price, book online.
Other towns in the area
- Bagno di Romagna
- Bertinoro
- Borghi
- Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole
- Cesena
- Cesenatico
- Civitella di Romagna
- Dovadola
- Forlimpopoli
- Galeata
- Gambettola
- Gatteo
- Longiano
- Meldola
- Mercato Saraceno
- Modigliana
- Montiano
- Portico e San Benedetto
- Predappio
- Premilcuore
- Rocca San Casciano
- Roncofreddo
- San Mauro Pascoli
- Santa Sofia
- Sarsina
- Savignano sul Rubicone
- Sogliano al Rubicone
- Tredozio
- Verghereto
Sources: population ISTAT; phone, address and mayor from the Italian public administration index; vehicles ACI; businesses ISTAT; saints, twin towns and people Wikidata; places and services OpenStreetMap. Found a mistake? The right number is always the one on the official site. Lists from OpenStreetMap, read on 3 October 2026.