Bologna, for all its size and importance, being the capital of the province and Emilia-Romagna, is an easy-to-visit city, and many visitors consider it one of the most attractive in Italy.Those who enjoy good food are definitely doing it;Has the reputation of Italy’s gastronomic capital
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The best months for good weather in Bologna are April, May, June, July, August, September and October
On average the hottest months are July and August
January is the coldest month of the year
Tourist Attractions
The Cathedral of San Pietro has undergone many changes since its establishment in 910, adding a choir of Pellegrino Tibaldi in 1575 and a nave, remodeled in the 18th-century Baroque style.A door at the end of the left side corridor leads to a collection of artistic treasures donated over the centuries to be used in religious holidays.These include objects belonging to several popes and a splendid processing cross since 1996.
Even those who are normally granted at the antiquity museums will enjoy this remarkably updated display of prehistoric and Etruscan discoveries in the surrounding area, as well as remarkable treasures from Celtic, Greek, Egyptian and Roman civilizations.There are only two other museums in Italy that can match its Egyptian collection.There is no dry mixture of dusty relics here, but a modern museum of brilliant artifacts.
It may seem that everyone in Bologna would have met at the same time with friends in these two markets adjacent from the heart of the city.The conversation and laughter are mixed with the sound of water sprinkling in the magnificent Neptune fountain, which gives the name Piazza del Nettuno.Created by Giambologna in the sixteenth century, it is one of the best wells of his period.Almost all the major attractions in the city are a few minutes walk, as well as the most important streets - including the crowded commercial street, via Dell 'IndiPendenza and Via Galleria with its numerous old aristocratic mansions.Via Dell 'Archiginnasio, with elegant arches, runs next to the great San Petronius basilic;The still unfinished facade dominates Piazza Maggiore.On the northern side is the former Palazzo del Podestà (the Palace of Governors) with a tower, torre dell 'Ango, dating from 1259. Under its vaulted dome, people who whisper on one side can be heard by those in the opposite corner.
Perhaps the biggest call to Bologna for tourists and the source of his fame throughout Italy is his reputation as a culinary center.It is known for Tortellini, Tagliatelle and other pasta, and its classic food, Tagliatelle Al Ragu, is simply known as Tagliatelle Bolognese.The cured meat is a local specialty, and this region is the house of the incomparable Parmigiano Regiano cheese.There are several ways to experience and enjoy the culinary heritage of Bologna.A good place to start is in its food markets and shops.The narrow streets of Quadrilatero, an area between Piazza Maggiore, via Rizzoli, via Castiglione and Via Farini, was a market from the Roman era, full of small shops and outdoor stands that sell all kinds of foods, from garden products, cheese, and fish to fresh pasta and pastry products.Bolognese and homemade chefs abound, from group courses to individual lessons on perfect tortellini formation.Another fun thing to do is join a specialized tour driven by a local cook.The 3.5 -hour Bologna food tour visits one of the oldest food markets in the city and a series of traditional food stores, including a bakery, chocolate, salume (deli), pasta and ice cream.During the course are generous samples of Bologna specialties
Climb the stairs to the room above the church to find one of the unexpected treasures in Bologna, a small oratory decorated in baroque paintings, frescoes and golden sculptures.Avoid a rigid neck, taking advantage of one of the banks to stretch and look at the perfectly splendid ceiling.Around the room there is a group of 15 terracotta statues, the death of the Virgin, created by Alfonso Lombardi at the beginning of the sixteenth century.Follow the ads of the musical programs, which are kept here due to the excellent acoustics of the camera.
Pinacoteca has a unique mission: to keep and exhibit works of artists who lived and worked in Bologna and in the Emilia-Romagna region, especially from the 13th centuries to the beginning of the 19th century.Some of the works have their own histories, many have been saved from churches that were closed or oriented to other uses, and others were returned to Bologna after Napoleon took them to the Louvre in Paris.The collections of the museum include works by Rafael, Perugino, Tintoretto and other Renaissance artists.
Visitors from Bologna cannot refrain from walking under the portici, the arches that cover so many streets.They are a relieved relief by the summer and shelter sun shelter, as well as provides additional space to stores, which often display goods under them.They started in the eleventh century, like upper floors of buildings in the center of the city, adding more living space and storage over shops and business at the street level.As they became bigger, they needed beams and support pillars and the arches gradually increased.In the 13th century, the new arches were needed to be tall enough for a rider to go on horseback, a rule that led to the elegant arches we see today.In total, Bologna has about 40 kilometers of these portions, of which the longest is about 3.5 kilometers and leads from the city to the peak of Madona di San Luca.This monumental porch has 666 bows and, as it rises, offers views of the surrounding landscapes.This walk is a favorite thing - and free - to do in Bologna Sunday.
At the death of Saint Dominic, in 1221, in this monastery of the order he founded, the works at the church began, which lasted several centuries.The marble tomb that consecrates its remains is a sufficiently visited reason, carved in tiny details by the greatest artists of the day, including Michelangelo and Nicola Pisano.The art treasures of the church do not end here.The remarkable wooden enlargement of the master of the Inlaure Brothers' Damiano da Bergamo in the choir was appreciated by the contemporaries of the Renaissance as the eighth wonder of the world.Each first and second Saturday of the month, at 10.30 and 15.30, free guided trips are offered to chapels, choir, Inquisition rooms, St. Domenic Chilia and other places that are not usually open to the public.
When the construction of the massive church that dominates a part of Piazza Maggiore began in 1390, it was designed to be even larger than Saint Peter in Rome, but never succeeded.In fact, it was never completed, and the facade remains incomplete.In the small museum behind the church, you can see the drawings that were sent for the facade, including those of the great architect Andrea Palladio.The interior, which was completed, is often mentioned as a symbol of Gothic architecture in Italy and each of the side chapels seems like a small church.Search the strange line that cuts the floor of the nave;It is a meridian line.
While Bologna has no lack of interesting and art churches, Santo Stefano is the oldest and most atmospheric.The complex of eight buildings could be called the cradle of the Bologna faith, built by Benedictini between the 10th and 13th centuries to host the remains of the first martyrs in Bologna, the Vital and Agricultural Saints.The Crocifisso Church, the main church, has an external pulpit from the 12th century and a crypt dating from 1019;The Octagonal Santo Sepolcro opens to a courtyard with pillars adjacent to a two -storey monastery.In the third simple church, look for the capitals of different recycled styles from the previous Roman and Byzantine buildings and the mosaic floors from the 6th century.
With the main building of the University of Bologna, Archiginnasio is now hosting one of the most unusual places in Bologna, the classroom in which medical students learned anatomy, observing how the bodies were dissected.Not this bizarre aspect is fascinating today as much as the exceptional interior and its unusual wood sculpture.The culminating point is (skinless) spellates (Skinless), a wooden sculpture in the natural size of a man with muscles and skeletal structure rendered in tiny details.Also, in this building is the Statbat Mater classroom, its walls being decorated with blazons.The University of Bologna, founded in the eleventh century, is the oldest university in the Western world.
Pisa can be more famous, but Bologna has a pair of towers that seem to be inclined even more alarming due to their narrow shape.These are the best known of the 20 towers that remain of the over 100 that formed the XII century horizon in Bologna.Although they were needed both as waking towers and as a refuge in case of attack, their height also became status symbols for the noble families that built them.Torre Garisena, 48 meters, tilts over 13 meters;You can climb the 498 steps inside Torre Degli Asinelli for panoramic sight in Bologna.
