gather. Musicians of national caliber participate with concerts in the 2/3 evenings of the duration of the event. The event takes place in the historic center. Typical regional dishes include home-made tagliatelle, cappelletti, lasagna and strozzapreti with the Romagna meat sauce. Some of the typical restaurants in Faenza are La Baita, Marianaza, Trattoria da Manueli where you can find traditional local dishes. The Botanical Gardens, next to the Civic Natural Science Museum with its collections, houses more than 170 species of plants indigenous to Romagna. There is about of public urban green area. The Bucci Park, created in 1968, has an area of about of undulating land, green meadows and fish-rich waters, with species of birds including wild duck, storks and swans. Sport The Florence–Faenza marathon, a demanding long-distance race held during the last weekend in May, attracts athletes of all nationalities. Faenza is home to the Formula One racing team Scuderia AlphaTauri, formerly Scuderia Toro Rosso, formerly Minardi. Minardi was one of the last small, independent constructors in Formula One, and was bought by Red Bull in 2005, continuing to be based in Faenza. Also headquartered in Faenza is Gresini Racing, started in 1997 by Fausto Gresini, former 125cc world champion. The team has won 4 motorcycle world championships: one in 250cc with Daijiro Kato, one in Moto 2 with Toni Elías, one in Moto 3 with Jorge Martín and the last one with Matteo Ferrari in MotoE. Faenza has been host to Motocross World Championship Grand Prix numerous times, the last one in 2020. The track used is Monte Coralli Circuit, located 8 km from the city center. Notable people Fabio Babini (born 1969), Italian racing driver Andrea Bertoni (1454-1483), Servite Order Catholic priest Samantha Casella (born 1981), Italian director and screenwriter Matteo Nannini (born 2003), Italian-Argentine racing driver Laura Pausini (born 1974), Italian singer and composer Ottaviano da Faenza, 14th century painter Yuki Tsunoda (born 2000), Formula 1 driver Transportation Faenza railway station, at Piazza Cesare Battisti, forms part of the Bologna–Ancona railway. It is also a terminus of two secondary railways, linking Faenza with Ravenna and Florence, respectively. Opened in 1893, it replaced an earlier station, which had been opened in 1861 at a location to the east of the present station, near what is now Via Caldesi. Twin towns — sister cities Faenza is twinned with: Bergerac, France Gmunden, Austria Jingdezhen, China Marousi, Greece Rijeka,