Forlì (Latin: Forum Livii) is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed as the birthplace of the great painter Melozzo da Forlì, of the humanist historian Flavio Biondo, of the famous physicians Geronimo Mercuriali and Giovanni Battista Morgagni. The Fascist leader Benito Mussolini was born near Forlì, in the town of Predappio. Forlì is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena.