Imola

Imola, a town of Italy on an islet in the river Santerno, in the midst of a fruitful plain, 22 miles SE. of Bologna by rail, with manufactures of leather, pottery, silk, and glass. Its cathedral has been spoiled by restoration. Pop. 12,500.—Innocenzo du Imola (properly Francucci), a notable painter, was born here in 1494, and did most of his life's work in Bologna, where he died about 1550.