   thumb|250px|the towers of the rocca malatestiana in cesena. thumb|250px|the abbey of st maria del monte.  cesena () is a city and comune in the emilia-romagna region of northern italy, south of ravenna and west of rimini, on the savio river, co-chief of the province of forlÃ¬-cesena. it is at the foot of the apennines, and about  from the adriatic sea. ==history== cesena was originally an umbrian or etruscan town, known as caesena. after a brief spell under gaulish rule, it was taken over by romans in the 3rd century bc. it was a garrison town of strategic importance which was destroyed in the wars between gaius marius and sulla. pliny mentions the wines of cesena as among the best. cesena was on the border that the exarchate of ravenna shared with the lombards. it was presented to the papacy by its frankish conqueror in 754 and passed back and forth between the popes and the archbishops of ravenna, was briefly a communal republic (1183â1198). it was then long contested between popes and holy roman emperors. the brief rule by the forlivese ordelaffi was crushed in 1357 by papal troops led by cardinal gil de albornoz, after a long siege heroically endured by cia degli ordelaf
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