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{{Infobox CityIT |
img_coa = Medicina-Stemma.gif|
official_name = Comune di Medicina|
region = [[Emilia-Romagna]] |
province = [[Province of Bologna|Bologna]] (BO) |
elevation_m = 20|
area_total_km2 = 102|
population_as_of = [[December 31]], [[2005]]|
population_total = 13276|
population_density_km2 = 83|
timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]], [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1 |
coordinates = {{coor dm|44|29|N|11|38|E}}|
frazioni = Buda, Crocetta, Fossatone, Fiorentina, Ganzanigo, Portonovo, San Martino, Sant'Antonio, Villa Fontana |
telephone = 051|
postalcode = 40059|
gentilic = Medicinesi|
saint = [[St. Lucy]]|
day = [[december 13]]|
mayor = Nara Rebecchi (since June [[2004]])|
website = [http://www.comune.medicina.bo.it www.comune.medicina.bo.it] |
}}'''Medicina''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[comune]] with 13,276 inhabitants in the [[province of Bologna]], part of the region of [[Emilia-Romagna]].
==Name==
The origins of its name (In [[Italian language|Italian]] it means ''drug'') are quite uncertain and many hypotheses have been made on it. A legend tells that the Emperor [[Frederick Barbarossa]], passing through Medicina from [[Milan]] fell ill and miraculously recovered from this illness because of a snake that accidentally came into the pot of his soup. It has been proved though that the name of the town dates back to the time before the passage of Barbarossa, that indeed happened though. In memory of this legend every year the "Festa del Barbarossa" takes place in the 3rd weekend of September.
==Science==
Near Medicina (in the village of Fiorentina) there is a [[Medicina Radio Observatory|radio observatory]] named "Croce del Nord" (Cross of the North), made up of a 32 meters long [[aerial]] and of a much wider "cross". It is operated by the [[Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna]] (Institute for Radio Astronomy of Bologna), created by the [[Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche|CNR]] (National association for Research) and now part of the [[INAF]] and there is an identical one in [[Noto]], [[Sicily]].
== External links ==
*[http://www.comune.medicina.bo.it/ Official page of municipality]
*[http://bandamedicina.altervista.org/ Official site of the Muncipal Band of Medicina (in italian)].
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