Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bologna, Italy

The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city.

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The Oratory of the Holy Spirit is a Catholic church located in Via Val d'Aposa, in the historic center of Bologna.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Medieval Civic Museum is a museum in Bologna and is located in Via Manzoni 4 in Palazzo Ghisilardi. Since July 2022, the museum has been managed by the Bologna Civic Museums Sector.

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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.

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The Arena del Sole is a permanent theatre in Bologna, Italy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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San Michele dei Leprosetti is a Greek-Catholic church serving the Ukrainian community in Bologna, Italy. It is situated on the piazza of the same name in the Quartiere San Vitale district. Records indicate that the original church burned down in 1210 and was rebuilt in 1361. It was consecrated to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in November 2009.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Santa Maria dei Servi is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bologna, Italy.

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Porta San Vitale, sometimes known as Porta per Ravenna, was an eastern portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. It is located on a piazza of the same name, immediately west of the intersection of Via San Vitale with the Viale di Ciconvallazione.

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The Luigi Bombicci Museum of Mineralogy is part of the University Museum System of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.

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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.

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