    imola (jÃ´mla in the local dialect) is a town and comune in the province of bologna, located on the santerno river, in the emilia-romagna region of north-central italy. the town is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical region romagna. the city is most noted as the home of the autodromo enzo e dino ferrari who formerly hosted the formula one san marino grand prix, (the race was named after the nearby independent republic of san marino, as monza already hosted the italian grand prix), and the deaths of formula one drivers ayrton senna (brazilian) and roland ratzenberger (austrian) at the circuit during the 1994 san marino grand prix. ==history== the city was anciently called forum cornelii, after the roman dictator l. cornelius sulla, who founded it about 82 bce. the town was an agricultural and trade center, famous for its ceramics. the name imola was first used in the 7th century by the lombards, who applied it to the fortress (the present castellaccio, the construction of which is attributed to the lombard clefi), whence the name passed to the city itself. according to paul the deacon, imola was in 412 the scene of the marriage of ataulf, king of the visigoths, to [[ga
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