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266  CENTR AL IT AL Y

7 Street-by-Street: Bologna

The historic city centre of Bologna is a
handsome ensemble of brick buildings and
charming porticoed streets. Medi eval palaces
are clustered around the two central squares,
Piazza Maggiore and Piazza del Nettuno,
flanked to the south by the churches of San
Petronio and San Domenico. The university
of Bologna is the oldest in Europe and the
venerable Archiginnasio was its first official
building. Further afield, the skyline is dominated Fontana di Nettuno
by the Asinelli and Garisenda towers, and by The famous Neptune Fountain (1566) was designed
by Tommaso Laureti and decorated with magnificent
the campanile of Santo Stefano. bronze figures by Giambologna.
The Palazzo
del Podestà
(13th century) was
Railway remodelled in 1484.
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Suggested route (1251) is dedicated to A
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For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp569–73 and pp590–96
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