Ferro battuto

'Wrought iron') is the twenty-second studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released in 2001.

Battiato started working on the album in August 2000.

[2][3] Among the musicians who collaborated to the album, were David Rhodes, Gavyn Wright, and Sonia Jones, while Natacha Atlas and Simple Minds' Jim Kerr were guests in two songs.

[3] The cover art parodies the early 1900s Russian political posters, and was realized by Moltimedia Fattoria Digitale.

[2][3] The same year, it was released a Spanish-language version of the album, Hierro forjado.