BOLOGNESE, a small province of Italy, in the
territory of the church, bounded on the north by the
Ferrarese, on the west by the duchy of Modena, on
the south by Tuscany, and on the east by Romagna.
It is watered by a great number of small rivers, which
render its soil the most fertile of any in Italy. Bologna
is the capital, and from the great produce of the land
about it is called Bologna the fat. It produces abun-
dance of all sorts of grain and fruits; particularly mus-
cadine grapes, which are in high esteem. Here are
mines of alum and iron; and the inhabitants fabricate
large quantities of linen, silk stockings, and cloth. This
territory was overrun by the French in 1796, and is
now included in the Cisalpine republic.