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The Basilica San Francesco, currently within the city’s urban area, was actually built outside the second ring of walls surrounding Bologna. ...
The Archiginnasio, together with the Fountain of Neptune, is one of the many public works designed on behalf of Pope Pius IV during 1560 to ...
The Basilica San Domenico stands in place of an older church built outside the center near the walls of Bologna, the Church of San Nicolò ...
Whoever comes to Bologna for the first time should visit the Basilica San Petronio, the biggest and most famous church of the city characterized ...
The Basilica Santa Maria dei Servi was built on behalf of the Order of Servi di Maria who arrived in Bologna in 1265. Its construction started ...
The Basilica of Santo Stefano is dedicated to the first Christian martyr. The complex, which overlooks Piazza Santo Stefano in Bologna, rises ...
Canale delle Moline (Moline Canal) is one of the 5 waterways which cross Bologna’s centre, together with Navile, Savena, Cavaticcio and ...
Casa Barilli was built between 1906 and 1907 and was one of the first big storehouses of the city. Its architect was Leonida Bertolazzi, who ...
Catalani Tower, placed in vicolo dello Spirito Santo in Bologna, is 16 metres high and was built around 1200. It is very near another famous ...
The Monumental Cemetery of the Certosa di Bologna is one of the oldest cemeteries in Europe. It was built on the remains of a pre-existing Carthusian ...
The tradition of the Christmas Market of Saint Lucy started in Bologna at the end of 1700, probably around 1796. At first, the Christmas ...
The so-called Collegio di Spagna is placed on its namesake street in Bologna. Its full name is "Real Colegio Mayor de San Clemente de los ...
The historical complex of San Michele in Bosco is on top of a hill overlooking the city of Bologna. This religious building, flanked by the ...
Corte Isolani is probably one of the most peculiar places in Bologna. This long indoor passage connects Piazza Santo Stefano and Strada Maggiore, ...
One of the most characteristic corners in Bologna is without doubt the Little Window in Via Piella (Finestrella di Via Piella in Italian), a ...
Like in many other cities of Italy and Europe, until the emission of the papal bull Cum nimis absurdum in 1566, the Jewish communities ...
The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna was completely designed, with the exception of Neptune himself, by Tommaso Laureti. Painter, engineer and ...
The Fountain of the Nymph in Bologna decorates the imposing flight of steps that reaches into the Montagnola Park, the very first public park ...
Torre Galluzzi (Galluzzi Tower) is one of the still-standing towers of Bologna. It was built in 1257 and is almost 31 metres high. ...
Of all the parks in the city, Giardini Margherita is certainly the biggest and most popular one. This huge green-lung was designed by Count ...
Guercino was born in Cento, close to Ferrara, in 1591. Since his young days it was immediately clear that he was greatly talented for the arts. He ...
The story of Lucio Dalla is entwined in the history of Bologna. The famous song-writer was born in Bologna on March the 4th, 1943. When he was ...
The Medieval Museum of Bologna was set up with several private collections. The first one, of naturalistic nature, belonged to the scientist ...
At the starting of the 18th-century, Bologna had most of its vegetable markets in the main square and was in dire need of finding a better place, ...
The area of the most characteristic market of Bologna is called Quadrilatero. Set between Piazza Maggiore and the Two Towers, this lively market ...
Contrary to what you might think, the cathedral of Bologna is not the Basilica San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, but the church of San Pietro ...
The Risorgimento Museum (Museo del Risorgimento) was inaugurated in Bologna in 1893, in a moment in which the city was engaged in building cultural ...
The story of the Majani family and their famous production of chocolate starts in Bologna towards the end of the 18th-century thanks to the ...
Palazzo Boncompagni is in Via del Monte, a street that crosses via dell’Indipendenza in Bologna. The name of the street reminds us ...
Palazzo d’Accursio, also called Palazzo Comunale, is one of the wonderful buildings that overlook Piazza Maggiore in Bologna. Its history ...
Palazzo Fantuzzi, home of the well-known Fantuzzi family, stands in Bologna in Via San Vitale 23. The Fantuzzi belonged to the Bolognese aristocracy ...
Palazzo Ronzani was built in 1914 after the redesign of an area that previously hosted towers and a portion of Mercato di Mezzo, one of the ...
The green area currently known as “Parco della Montagnola” was already used as a public park during the second part of the XVII ...
It is hard to imagine the area surrounding Palazzo della Mercanzia in the old days, livened up by the city market. So lively it was that during ...
Piazza Azzarita owes its modern appearance to the restorations that took place after World War II. Bologna’s Ospedale Maggiore, a hospital ...
Piazza Galvani, right behind the church of Saint Petronius, opens on one of the most elegant streets of Bologna, via Farini. It’s the ...
Piazza Maggiore, the main square of Bologna, is enclosed by the most important buildings of the city and was born as a place to hold the city ...
The square takes its name from a well-known Bolognese citizen, Marco Minghetti, deputy of the Italian right-wing and twice president of the ...
What everyone calls the Santo Stefano Square is actually just a widening of the namesake Via Santo Stefano that once was outside the city walls. ...
Piazza Verdi is currently the heart of Bologna’s University. The square is crossed by former Strada San Donato, now called via Zamboni, ...
The square now called Piazzetta della Pioggia (“the rain square”) has been officially named by the Municipality of Bologna only ...
Porta Galliera takes its name from the little hamlet of Galliera, the last outpost before Ferrara, which could be reached going out of the city. ...
Measuring 59 metres, the Prendiparte Tower is the second one by height in Bologna, right after the famous tower of Asinelli. Built in the ...
The shrine dedicated to the Beata Vergine di San Luca (Santuario della Madonna di San Luca) is the most famous church in Bologna. It stands ...
Strolling along Via Don Minzoni, not very far from the train station, you’ll reach a very significant place for the economic history of ...
The building formerly owned by the Malvasia family in Bologna is a combination of different architectural elements covering several centuries. ...
The Two Towers, main symbol of Bologna, have distinguished Bologna’s skyline throughout centuries. Placed at the end of the modern ...
The Torresotto di Porta Nova, or gate of Porta Nova, is an often forgotten monument of Bologna. It reminds us of the second ring of walls that ...
Via del Pratello is one of the few streets in Bologna showing the original appearance of the city centre. It is situated in the neighbourhood ...
Via della Grada is one of Bologna’s central streets. Its name is due to a grate, still visible, which was used to control the passage ...
Via Zamboni, formerly called Strada San Donato, symbolizes the heart and soul of the University of Bologna. Right on this street, on number ...
Villa Aldini is maybe the biggest architectural example of Napoleon’s era in Bologna. Its huge Neoclassical façade can be seen ...
The access to Villa Ghigi is along Via Gaibola. The park, with an extension of around 30 hectares, is quite near the city centre and right out ...
Villa Spada is a beautiful 18th-century villa in the heart of the namesake park in Bologna. Its main entrance faces via Saragozza, just before ...