Parish church of St. Peter

The parish church of St. Peter, also dedicated in later times to St. Paul, dates back to the 11th century. It stands on the border between the provinces of Ravenna and Forlì. The earliest known parchment documents date from the mid-10th century, but it can be assumed that settlement at the site was earlier. In fact, the lid of a Byzantine sarcophagus lies on the ground, while the base of the apse was built with sesquipedal bricks of Roman origin. La The church is called St. Peter's "in Quinta" because, according to tradition, it would derive from the fact that it was built in the fifth place, in order of foundation, by Galla Placidia. The church is famous for being the only one in the Forlì countryside to have a bell tower with a cylindrical plan, a structure found, on the other hand, in the basilicas of Ravenna: it starts from a compact square base, believed to have been built before the year 1000, on which the ancient door opens. A description of the ancient building has survived in the parish archives: it had a single nave with two side altars. Nel campanile si vedono sezioni di lastre romane con iscrizioni utilizzate come colonnette centrali delle bifore con evidente reimpiego di materiali. The altarpiece supporting the high altar was carved from an ancient pagan altar and also previously reused as a Christian baptismal font: it bears carved on the front the scene of the Baptism of Christ, on the sides the depictions of Peter and Paul.In the apse, at the top, the six marble heads in bas-reliefs depicting Saints and Apostles have been relocated to the same position as in the previous building.