Sights in Bologna
Where a grand past meets fascinating modern life
The urban area of Bologna was already populated 3,000 years ago during the era of the Villanova culture. It has since seen many a ruler come and go. The museums, monuments and churches of Emilia-Romagna’s capital testify to this past. Bologna is also home of the oldest university in the world with its numerous old and new faculties still carrying the spirit of 950 years of science. Art and culture meet glorious shopping roads and delightful trips onto the hills of this multifaceted city.
Piazza Porta Ravegnana
Square
Show map Add to itineraryCity traffic roars on and around Piazza Porta Ravegnana. Here Bologna’s two leaning ...
Archiginnasio & Teatro Anatomico
Museum
Show map Add to itineraryWhen Bologna fell to the Papal States in the early 16th century, art and science blossomed. ...
Basilica di San Domenico
Church
Show map Add to itineraryThis church couldn’t be any richer in contrast – as modest, almost ascetic as it ...
Basilica di San Francesco
Church
Show map Add to itineraryThe Franciscan order originally lived in the shadows of other orders. Interest skyrocketed, ...
Basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi
Church
Show map Add to itineraryAdmittedly, the brick church built in 1346 looks fairly non-descript from the outside apart ...
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna
Museum
Show map Add to itinerarySassoli de Bianchi had a vision. He wanted to establish a cutting-edge museum – not just ...
