Ferrara
Ferrara (Europa , opposite the post-office ; Stella d 'Oro , opposite the castle, R . 2 , L : 1 2, B . 12 fr. ; Tre Corone, R . 11/2, A . 42 fr., tolerable ; Ristoratore di Pasqua Crovetto , Piazza del Commercio , opp . the palace ; Caffè del Commercio , in the same piazza), situated near the ancient Forum Alieni, 31/2 M . S . of the Po, in the midst of a fruitful, but unhealthy plain . It is the capital of a Delegation , with 27 ,688 nhab . , and possesses broad , deserted streets , decaying palaces , and other imposing reminiscences of its golden period . It once numbered 100 ,000 inhab.