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Piazza Maggiore

Piazza Maggiore is the beating heart of Bologna and one of the most significant public squares in Italy. It was the first major public square built after the fall of the Roman Empire, created around 1200 when the municip…

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Piazza Giuseppe Verde

Piazza Giuseppe Verdi is the cultural heart of Bologna's university district, a square surrounded by centuries of academic and artistic life. Named after Italy's greatest opera composer in 1951, it sits on Via Zamboni, t…

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Piazza Santo Stefano

Piazza Santo Stefano is a broad, porticoed square in the historic centre of Bologna, Italy, built around the Basilica of Santo Stefano, a group of linked churches known as the Sette Chiese, or Seven Churches. Locals have…

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The Erbe Market

The Erbe Market (Mercato delle Erbe) is a covered food market in Bologna, just off the city's main shopping streets, built in the early 1900s. It is still a place where locals shop for produce and where the evening aperi…

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The Porticoes of Bologna

The Porticoes of Bologna are a network of covered arcades that line the streets of the old city, more than 60 km of them by the creators' count. They shape how Bologna looks and how it is walked, and they are part of UNE…

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Piazza Rossini

Piazza Rossini is a small square on Via Zamboni in the heart of Bologna's university quarter, beside the Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore. It matters because in a few steps it brings together the city's student life, a m…

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Two Towers of Bologna

The Two Towers (Le Due Torri) are the Asinelli and the Garisenda, a pair of medieval brick towers that stand side by side in Piazza di Porta Ravegnana in Bologna, Italy. Built in the early 12th century, they are the best…

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Santa Maria della Vita

Santa Maria della Vita is a baroque church on Via de' Musei in the old centre of Bologna, a short walk from Piazza Maggiore. It is best known for the Lamentation over the Dead Christ, a group of life-sized terracotta fig…

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Parco della Montagnola

Parco della Montagnola is a historic public park in Bologna, Italy, on the edge of the old centre beside Piazza dell'Otto Agosto. It is often described as the city's oldest public park, with a history going back to the 1…

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