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The Due Torri
From Piazza di Porta Rovegnana, via Rizzole takes to the Due Torri (Torre degli Asinelli and Garisenda) symbol of Bologna.
The Asinelli tower, dating back to the beginning of the XIII century, is the highest - about 98 metres - and has a slight ...
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Basilica di San Petronio
The Basilica di San Petronio rises in all its majesty in Piazza Maggiore.
It is immense: 132 metres long, 58 metres wide, and 44 metres high. It was designed by Antonio di Vincenzo in 1390 and on the basis of the original project it should have been even ...
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Collegio di Spagna
The Collegio di Spagna in Bologna is a two-floor building with its rooms distributed around a porched central courtyard.
It is surrounded by a wall with battlements and has a prestigious portal dating back to 1525: work of Formigine. The cast-iron ...
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Municipality Art Collection
The Municipality Art Collection of Bologna occupies the rooms that were dedicated to the Cardinale of Bologna, and includes the paintings from the Bologna-school from the XIV to the SVIII centuries, by Italian and foreign masters among which: Luca ...
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Museo Civico Medievale
Since 1985, the Museo Civico Medievale in Bologna has its seat in Palazzo Ghisilardi (which rose on the ruins of an antique Palatium destroyed in 1116) which dates back to the XV century.
In the museum one can admire works of Longobard production, a ...
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Palazzo Bocchi
Palazzo Bocchi is situated in Bologna in what is nowadays known as the via Goito, and was built between 1545 and 1560 for want of Achille Bocchi, famous for being a cultured philosopher, and who made it the seat of the Accademia Ermatena, founded by ...
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Palazzo dei Notai
On the Southern side of Piazza Maggiore one finds Palazzo dei Notai, built beteen the XIV and the XV centuries, with its merlon facade and its double-arched windows, with its small white marble columns, it was built by the architect Andrea di ...
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Archiginnasio di Bologna
The construction of the Archiginnasio was wanted by Pope Pio IV, its designer was Antonio Morando who finished his work in 1563. It is a building which is rich in history and works of art. Its monumental aspect completes the urbanistic transformation of ...
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Basilica di Santo Stefano
The homonymous Piazza is the background for the Basilica di Santo Stefano which is formed by varous buildings which represnt the Passion and the Crucifixion of Christ. It was built on a Temple dedicated to Iside; in fact, one can see a Roman inscription ...
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Chiesa di San Domenico
In Piazza Domenico rises the homonymous Church which protects the remains of the founder of the Ordine dei predicatori. Its construction began after the death of the Saint in 1221.
The facade is in Romanesque style. Upon entry, on the right-hand side, ...
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