34 Sights in Bologna, Italy (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Bologna, Italy. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 34 sights are available in Bologna, Italy.

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1. Palazzo Re Enzo

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Palazzo Re Enzo Patrick Clenet / CC BY 2.5

Palazzo Re Enzo is a palace located on Piazza del Nettuno, 1 in the historic center of Bologna, northern Italy. The palace takes its name from Enzio of Sardinia, Frederick II's son, who was prisoner here from 1249 until his death in 1272. The palace is presently used to sponsor cultural events and exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Re Enzo (EN)

2. Piazza Santo Stefano

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Piazza Santo Stefano also known as Piazza delle Sette Chiese is a piazza of Bologna, Italy. It is a pedestrian zone, in a triangular space near the beginning of Via Santo Stefano, both of which are named after the Basilica of Santo Stefano which is located on the piazza.

Wikipedia: Piazza Santo Stefano (EN)

3. Teatro Eleonora Duse

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Teatro Eleonora Duse No machine-readable author provided. Biopresto assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Teatro Duse is one of the oldest extant theaters in the city of Bologna, Italy. Located in the Palazzo del Giglio, the theatre's address is at 42 Via Cartoleria, 40124. Built by the engineer Antonio Brunetti, it opened as the Teatro Brunetti in 1822. In 1898 it was re-named for the actress Eleonora Duse. While more frequently used as a venue for plays during its history, the theatre has also presented other types of performance such as operas and concerts. The opera composer Guglielmo Zuelli conducted operas at the theatre in the mid to late 1880s. In the 1890s the conductor Antonino Palminteri was active as a resident opera conductor at the theatre. Gialdino Gialdini's opera I due soci premiered at the theatre on 24 February 1892.

Wikipedia: Teatro Duse (EN)

4. Museo Carducci

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Museo Carducci

Casa Carducci is a historic building in Bologna, so called because it was the residence of the poet Giosuè Carducci and today it is home to a cultural institute dedicated to him that includes the historic residence with garden and monument, library and archive, house-museum, collection of Carduccian objects and documents, specialized information center on the writer's work, center for literary studies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The institute is a special section of the Archiginnasio Library and houses the Commission for Language Texts, of which Carducci was president, as well as the Civic Museum of the Risorgimento.

Wikipedia: Casa Carducci (IT)

5. Basilica di San Petronio

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Basilica di San Petronio

The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was the bishop of Bologna in the fifth century. Construction began in 1390 and its main facade has remained unfinished since. The building was transferred from the city to the diocese in 1929; the basilica was finally consecrated in 1954. It has been the seat of the relics of Bologna's patron saint only since 2000; until then they were preserved in the Santo Stefano church of Bologna.

Wikipedia: San Petronio, Bologna (EN)

6. Museo Civico Archeologico

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Museo Civico ArcheologicoStefano Bolognini / Attribution

The Archaeological Civic Museum of Bologna is located in the fifteenth-century Palazzo Galvani building at Via dell'Archiginnasio 2 postal code 40124 Bologna, once known as the Hospital of Death. Founded in September 1881 by the merging of two separate museums: the one belonging to the University of Bologna – heir of the Room of Antiquity belonging to the Academy of Sciences founded by Luigi Ferdinando Marsili in (1714) – and that belonging to the City of Bologna (enriched by the antique collection of Artist Pelagio Palagi and the large amount of finds from excavations conducted in and around Bologna during these times.

Wikipedia: The Archaeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna (EN)

7. Tomba degli Accursii

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The tombs of the glossators of the Bolognese School preserve the remains of some of the first and most important professors of what in the Middle Ages was called the studium, that is, the University, which in Bologna was renowned above all for the teaching of Law: they were called glossators because they commented on the texts of Roman law with explanatory additions in the margin, the "glosses", to make the contents of the passages under consideration clearer. These new professional figures, cornerstones of the city's political and cultural life, chose to be buried in places of great urban visibility.

Wikipedia: Tombe dei Glossatori della Scuola bolognese (IT)

8. Cripta di San Zama

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The crypt of San Zama is a place of worship in Bologna, Italy, located within the complex dedicated to Saints Naborre and Felix and is considered one of the oldest Christian places in the city. It stands on the remains of what, according to tradition, was the home of Vitale and Agricola, the two holy protomartyrs of Bologna. The crypt is a monument of great importance both from an artistic and historical point of view, because the Christian roots of the Emilian capital are rooted in this place.

Wikipedia: Cripta di San Zama (IT)

9. Loggia dei Mercanti

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The Palazzo della Mercanzia in Bologna, also called Loggia dei Mercanti or Palazzo del Carrobbio, overlooks the square of the same name. From the end of the 14th century to the end of the 18th century it was the seat of the Universitas marketorum and some corporations. Starting from 1797, with the French occupation, it became the seat of the Chamber of Commerce.

Wikipedia: Palazzo della Mercanzia (IT)

10. Basilica di San Domenico

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The patriarchal basilica of San Domenico is located in Bologna and is the sanctuary that houses the mortal remains of the saint of the same name, founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, who died in 1221 in a cell of the adjoining convent, which he himself instituted, and where the first General Chapters were held that gave shape to the order.

Wikipedia: Basilica di San Domenico (Bologna) (IT)

11. Monumento ai caduti del VIII Agosto 1848

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The monument to the fallen of August 8, 1848, also known as the Popolano, is a bronze statue located in Piazza VIII Agosto in Bologna, at the entrance to the Montagnola Park. A work by Pasquale Rizzoli dated 1903, it was modeled in memory of the day when the Bolognese people drove the Austrians out of the city after a firefight.

Wikipedia: Monumento ai caduti del VIII Agosto 1848 (IT)

12. Parco della Montagnola

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The Park of Montagnola is one of the oldest and greenest public parks in the centre of Bologna, Italy. It was first opened in the 17th century. It commemorates the victory of the Italians over the Austrians in 1848. The park has a number of 19th and early 20th century sculptures. It is used for various events.

Wikipedia: Park of Montagnola, Bologna (EN)

13. Monastero di San Michele in Bosco

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San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The buildings of the monastery were acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an orthopedic center named the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute.

Wikipedia: San Michele in Bosco (EN)

14. Monumento Martiri dell'Indipendenza

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The monument to the martyrs of Independence, the work of about 1868 by the Bolognese sculptor Carlo Monari (1831-1918), a former Garibaldi volunteer who had taken part in the battle of Mentana, is located in the apse of the Sala delle Tombe of the monumental cemetery of the Certosa di Bologna.

Wikipedia: Monumento ai martiri dell'Indipendenza (IT)

15. Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù

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The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a parish church in Bologna located just outside Porta Galliera, overlooking Via Matteotti, in the Bolognina area, in the Navile district. It is one of the most populated parishes in the city: its population coverage is well over ten thousand souls.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù (Bologna) (IT)

16. Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore

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The Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore is an historic Roman Catholic church in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, serving a monastery of Augustinian friars. It was built starting in 1267 and houses, among the rest, the Bentivoglio Chapel, featuring numerous Renaissance artworks.

Wikipedia: San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna (EN)

17. Basilica di San Francesco

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Basilica di San FrancescoGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

The Basilica of Saint Francis is a historic church in the city of Bologna in northern Italy. Founded in the 13th century, it has been the property of the Conventual Franciscan friars since then. The church has been raised to the rank of a Roman Catholic basilica by the Holy See.

Wikipedia: San Francesco, Bologna (EN)

18. Santuario del Corpus Domini

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The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. It is part of an active monastery complex of the order of Clarissan nuns, that is nuns of the contemplative Second Order of St. Francis. The monastery is semi-cloistered.

Wikipedia: Corpus Domini, Bologna (EN)

19. Monumento ossario ai caduti della Grande Guerra

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Monumento ossario ai caduti della Grande Guerra SconosciutoUnknown author / CC BY 4.0

The Ossuary Monument to the Fallen of the Great War, also known as the Ossuary of the Fallen 1915-18, is a monumental ossuary dedicated to the fallen of the First World War, located in the field of Cloister VI of the monumental cemetery of the Certosa di Bologna.

Wikipedia: Monumento ossario ai caduti della Grande Guerra (IT)

20. Cattedrale di San Pietro

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Cattedrale di San Pietro Steffen Brinkmann, claimed to be Szs here Hue and distortion fixed by Wikipeder. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Bologna Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Peter, is the cathedral of Bologna in Italy, and the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Bologna. Most of the present building dates from the 17th century, with a few parts from the late 16th century.

Wikipedia: Bologna Cathedral (EN)

21. Chiesa dei Santi Vitale e Agricola in Arena

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The church of Santi Vitale and Agricola in the Arena is a building of Catholic worship located in via San Vitale, in the historic center of Bologna. The church is home to the homonymous parish of the Vicariate of Bologna-Centro of the Archdiocese of Bologna.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Vitale e Agricola in Arena (IT)

22. Garisenda Tower

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The Torre della Garisenda is one of the so -called two towers of Bologna, symbol of the city, located in Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, at the intersection of the ancient streets San Donato, San Vitale, Strada Maggiore, Piazza della Mercanzia and via Rizzoli.

Wikipedia: Torre della Garisenda (IT)

23. Porta San Felice

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Porta San Felice was the westernmost gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. It led into Via Emilia, here Via San Felice changes name to Via Aurelio Saffi, After crossing the Viali di Circonvallazione of Bologna.

Wikipedia: Porta San Felice, Bologna (EN)

24. MAMbo

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The Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna or MAMbo is a purpose-designed museum of modern and experimental art in Bologna, Italy. The Museo Morandi, which displays a large collection of works by Giorgio Morandi, is temporarily housed in a part of it.

Wikipedia: Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (EN)

25. Chiesa di San Martino

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The Basilica of San Martino Maggiore is located in the homonymous square in the historic center of Bologna. It constitutes a parish lined with the Carmelite fathers. In August 1941 Pope Pius XII elevated it to the dignity of a minor basilica.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Martino (Bologna) (IT)

26. Botanical Garden

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The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna, also known as the Orto Botanico di Bologna, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Bologna. It is located at Via Irnerio, 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy, and open daily except Mondays.

Wikipedia: Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna (EN)

27. Museo di Palazzo Poggi

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The Palazzo Poggi Museum is a university museum in Bologna, Italy. The same building that houses the headquarters of the Alma Mater Studiorum and other university museums, such as the Specola Museum and the European Student Museum (MEUS).

Wikipedia: Museo di palazzo Poggi (IT)

28. Basilica di Santo Stefano

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The basilica of Santo Stefano encompasses a complex of religious edifices in the city of Bologna, Italy. Located on Piazza Santo Stefano, it is locally known as Sette Chiese and Santa Gerusalemme. It has the dignity of minor basilica.

Wikipedia: Santo Stefano, Bologna (EN)

29. Teatro Dehon

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The Dehon Theatre is a theatre in Bologna, Italy, built under the church of Santa Maria del Suffragio at the intersection of Via Libia and Via Sante Vincenzi, in the Cyrenaica district of the San Donato-San Vitale district.

Wikipedia: Teatro Dehon (IT)

30. Chiesa di San Girolamo della Certosa

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The Certosa di San Girolamo di Casara was the Carthusian monastic center of Bologna, built in the fourteenth century in the western area of the city and used as a public cemetery at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Wikipedia: Certosa di San Girolamo di Casara (IT)

31. Sant’Andrea di Quarto Superiore

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Sant’Andrea di Quarto Superiore Lorenz91 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Sant'Andrea Apostolo di Quarto Superiore is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the frazione, or neighborhood, of Quarto Superiore in the San Donato-San Vitale quarter of Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Andrea Apostolo di Quarto Superiore (EN)

32. Giardino del Guasto

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The Garden of the Fold is a public garden in Bologna, located at Piazza Verdi. The name of the garden derives from having been built on the rubble of an important noble palace, Palazzo Bentivoglio, destroyed in 1507.

Wikipedia: Giardino del Guasto (IT), Website

33. Museo civico d'arte industriale Davia Bargellini

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Museo civico d'arte industriale Davia Bargellini Photo: Paolo Carboni aka Biopresto / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Davia Bargellini Museum of Industrial Art is a museum located in the Palazzo Davia Bargellini in Bologna, Italy. It is part of the Civic Museums of Ancient Art and is managed by the Bologna Civic Museums Sector.

Wikipedia: Museo civico d'arte industriale Davia Bargellini (IT)

34. San Colombano

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San Colombano Workshop of Ludovico Carracci (Francesco Albani, Domenichino, Lucio Massari, Lorenzo Garbieri, Giacomo Cavedoni, Francesco Brizio and Guido Reni) / CC BY 2.0

The Oratory of the Madonna of San Colombano, also called the Chiese di San Colombano e Santa Maria dell'Orazione is a religious site in central Bologna, found on Via Parigi #5, near the Bologna Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Oratory of San Colombano, Bologna (EN)

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