Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Bologna, Italy
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6.9 km
130 m
Explore Bologna in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in BolognaIndividual Sights in BolognaSight 1: Botanical Garden
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.
Sight 2: Porta Mascarella
Porta Mascarella was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. It stands just before the Ponte Stalingrado.
Sight 3: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
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.
Sight 4: Porta Galliera
Book Ticket*Porta Galliera was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. It is the most ornamented of all the remaining gates.
Sight 5: Parco della Montagnola
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.
Sight 6: Monumento ai caduti del VIII Agosto 1848
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.
Sight 7: MAMbo
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.
Sight 8: Porta Lame
Porta delle Lame or Porta Lame was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. It is located at the end of Via Lame, where it meets via Zanardi.
Sight 9: Cripta di San Zama
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.
Sight 10: Abbazia dei Santi Naborre e Felice
The Abbey of Saints Naborre and Felix, also known as the Abbey of Saints Naborre and Felix, is the place of Catholic worship and the oldest episcopal see in Bologna.
Sight 11: Tomba di Odofredo Denari
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.
Sight 12: Basilica di San Francesco
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.
Sight 13: Santa Maria della Carità
Santa Maria della Carità is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church in central Bologna, Italy.
Sight 14: Porta San Felice
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.
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