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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST R San Giacomo Maggiore
Piazza Rossini. Open daily.
Practical Information This Romanesque-Gothic
* 380,000. n Airport; Piazza church, begun in 1267 but
Maggiore 1/e; Stazione Centrale altered substantially since,
(051 23 96 60). ( Fri & Sat. _ is visited mainly for the
Mar–Jun: Bologna Music Festival. Cappella Bentivoglio, a superb
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family chapel founded by
Transport Annibale Bentivoglio in 1445
k Marconi 9 km (5 miles) NW. and consecrated in 1486.
V Piazza Medaglia d’Oro. Pride of place naturally goes
@ Piazza XX Settembre. to a portrait with subtle
San Giacomo Maggiore
The Triumph of Death fresco characterization of the patrons
by Costa (1483–6) adorns by Lorenzo Costa (1460–1535),
the Cappella Bentivoglio. who was also responsible for
Pinacoteca Nazionale the frescoes of the Apocalypse,
Museo delle Cere the Madonna Enthroned and the
Anatomiche Triumph of Death. The chapel’s
altarpiece, depicting
V I A Z A M B O N I with Two Angel
the Virgin and Saints
Musicians (1488),
is the work of
Francesco Francia.
The Bentivoglio family
V I A S A N V I T A L E is further glorified in
the tomb of Anton
Ravenna
Galeazzo Bentivoglio
V I A R I Z Z O L I
(1435) opposite the
chapel. It was among
the last works of
the noted Sienese
V I A O R E F I C I
sculptor Jacopo della
Quercia. The Oratory
P I A Z Z A D I
of Santa Cecilia
S T R A D A M A G G I O R E
P O R T A
features frescoes
R A V E G N A N A
on the lives of
E V Torri degli Asinelli e Santa Cecilia and
N I
O A Garisenda San Valeriano by Costa and
I S The colossal towers Francesco Francia (1504–6).
L A
G N are two of the few
I remaining towers
T T O
S begun by Bologna’s
A S T important families in
C E
the 12th century.
A F A
I N
V I A F A R I N I V O
Firenze
P I A Z Z A
C A V O U R
Abbazia di Santo Stefano
The Fontana di Pilato, or
Pilate’s Fountain, in the
courtyard features a basin
with Lombard inscriptions The Bentivoglio tomb (1435) by Jacopo
from the 8th century. della Quercia

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