Nuovo Circondario Imolese
Identity
The Nuovo Circondario Imolese is a stable form of cooperation between ten municipalities in the area, established to jointly manage functions and services that require continuity, specialised expertise, and coordination capacity. The member municipalities are Borgo Tossignano, Casalfiumanese, Castel del Rio, Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Castel San Pietro Terme, Dozza, Fontanelice, Imola, Medicina, and Mordano.
Within this framework, the Circondario operates as an operational hub between the municipalities and other public actors in the territory, supporting complex processes that require a supra-municipal vision, such as planning, development policies, and the management of shared services.
The new headquarters at Pavilions 10–12 of the Osservanza is part of this trajectory: a place designed to host services and functions for citizens and businesses, strengthening the accessibility and recognisability of the institution within an urban context undergoing transformation.
What you can do at the Nuovo Circondario Imolese
Find your way
Access clear information about the Circondario's offices, areas of responsibility, projects, and institutional contacts. The headquarters at Pavilions 10–12 is designed as a recognisable access point to help people understand where to go and who to turn to, based on their needs.
Access services
Initiate procedures, submit applications, or obtain support for Circondario services aimed at citizens, professionals, and businesses. The headquarters facilitates direct contact with the relevant offices and guidance through the various administrative processes.
Connect
Reach the services and functions that the Circondario manages on behalf of its member municipalities, with a focus on businesses and citizens. The headquarters hosts activities and service desks organised to make contact with the institution as straightforward as possible.
Nuovo Circondario Imolese at Osservanza
The new headquarters of the Nuovo Circondario Imolese is located at Pavilions 10–12 of the Osservanza complex, as part of the broader urban regeneration programme funded by the Integrated Urban Plans of the PNRR. Within this framework, Pavilions 10–12 have been identified as the Circondario's new home and as a space that also houses a laboratory dedicated to the history of psychiatry and Imola's psychiatric institutions.
The choice of the Osservanza is not simply a logistical relocation. It brings administrative functions and public services into a place that is changing its vocation and use, helping to make it more frequented and more embedded in daily life. It is also a significant step on a symbolic level: regeneration does not happen only through new cultural content or innovative projects, but also through civic presences that make an urban space genuinely useful, accessible, and recognisable.
The restoration and conservation works on Pavilions 10–12 began in autumn 2023, as one of the main interventions planned for Imola under the PNRR programme for the complex. The inclusion of the NCI headquarters in this building is therefore integrated into a wider transformation of the Osservanza: a park that brings together memory, services, and new public functions, with the goal of reconnecting a historically separated area and returning it to the city as a living space.