BOLOGNA
Bologna is a city rich in artistic atrazioni and make it even more enjoyable and safe for your visit, the historic center of Bologna is off-limits to traffic, so cars and motorcycles are allowed to move inside.
Our advice to visit the city 'is to use public transport or by bicycle can be hired near the train station.
MARKETS AND FAIRS
Celo, 'celo', I miss
Particular marketplace for collectors in the former Jewish Ghetto, which takes place every last Thursday of the month.
Antiques Market
It is held every second Saturday of the month in Piazza Santo Stefano. Has about 85 exhibitors of records, furniture forties and oriental art.
Christmas markets
It takes place in the historic heart of the Emilian capital for the entire month of December until the 7th of January and has numerous stalls offering all kinds of items related to Christmas.
Motor Show
International Car Show and Motorcycle.
MONUMENTS and SQUARES
Piazza Maggiore
From 2500 years the heart of Bologna.
A true heart, for the Bolognese do not go "downtown", the Bolognese should be "in the square."
On this unspoilt area overlooking the most important public buildings city: the Palazzo d'Accursio, Palazzo Re Enzo, Palazzo del Podesta, the majestic Basilica of San Petronio, the elegant Fountain of Neptune, the Palace of the Notaries and the spectacular Palazzo de 'Banchi.
Accursio Palace
Consisting of buildings that cover 300 years of rich history Bolognese,
1200 to 1500,
is the prestigious seat of city government
and halls in the grandeur of his works reveals a magic
beauty.
Sala Borsa
Dismantled the old garden of the Cardinal,
this area was occupied at the end of 1800 from the splendid Art Nouveau hall bag that today we can admire.
The transparent glass floor allows you to find some remnants of the big city Roman Bononia.
Fontana del Nettuno
Sixteenth symbol of elegance,
its clear waters were never intended to quench the Bolognese but were made to celebrate the Papal power flowing.
Basilica di San Petronio
In 1390 was begun this majestic Collegiate indescribable fascination.
The unfinished facade of the sweetness of Madonna by Jacopo della Quercia,
inside pictorial masterpieces,
and sculptural glass of Italian Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Also a real time machine, the Sundial Cassini, which still amazes us with precision and charm.
Anatomy Theater
Elegant sixteenth century palace,
built to be the first site "unique" ancient Bolognese Studium,
the oldest University in Europe.
On the first floor the impressive anatomical theater where it is dissected corpses during lectures on medicine and anatomy.
Two towers
Bologna and its mythical towers.
The towers of Bologna, structures with both military and noble function of medieval origin, are one of the most characteristic features of the city.
The reasons why so many towers were built are not yet clear, but it is thought that the wealthiest families, during the investiture controversy, pro-imperial and pro-papal, using them as an instrument of aggression and / or defense and how symbol of power.
