Location: Saragozza
Top Things to do in Saragozza
Top 10 Things to do in Saragozza, Emilia-Romagna
While crowds of tourists fill Venice, Florence and Rome, Bologna remains relatively quiet in comparison. This medieval university town is charming, historic and fun to explore… and you'll find Bologna's local cuisine is light-years away from the American deli meat bearing the city's name.
Restaurants in Bologna
1. Wikiarte Auction House Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
The Wikiarte Gallery of Deborah Petroni and Rubens Fogacci has two locations in the historic center of Bologna. The first in Galleria Falcone e Borsellino 2D, a few steps from Piazza Maggiore and behind the Lucio Dalla foundation, the second in Via San Felice 18 / A, 50 meters from the Palazzo Pallavicini museum, home to important international exhibitions.
2. Urban Center Bologna
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
3. Il Museo del Suono e della Canzone
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5.0 based on 57 reviews
Visit the Fonoprint studios in Bologna, where the great artists of Italian music have recorded their greatest hits. Don't miss the unique opportunity to visit Fonoprint, the recording studios that house the Museum of Sound and Song (Museo del suono e della canzone). The history of italian music was made here since the 70's with great singers, such as Lucio Dalla, Vasco Rossi and Zucchero, who recorded some of their masterpieces at Fonoprint. During the visit of the various recording and editing rooms you will have the opportunity to listen to original tracks and learn about unmissable anecdotes, you will see how technology and creativity come together thanks to the skilful work of the sound engineers and you will discover how the pieces of the great artists of Italian music are born.
4. Basilica San Francesco
5. Santuario di Madonna di San Luca
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4.5 based on 3,770 reviews
Reviewed By chrisiber - London, United Kingdom
The church itself is worth seeing but I feel that some of the works (particularly the Guido Reni) need restoration as it is very dark and you cannot see much detail. There is a 5 Euro charge to visit the terrace which is up on the cupola. 110 narrow steps I believe and the occasional passing place. The view at the top is well worth it. On a clear day apparently you can see all the way to Modena. Take the train from Piazza Maggiore unless you feel like a fairly strenuous walk under the 3.7km colonnade that leads all the way to the top from the Porta Saragozza. There is a commentary in several languages on the train.
6. Corpus Domini
7. Biblioteca Salaborsa
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4.5 based on 1,177 reviews
Salaborsa is the Bologna city multimedia and general information library, which every day provides users of all ages with books, newspapers, magazines, videos, cds, data banks, along with cabled and and wi-fi internet connections. Access to the library is free. To take advantage of certain services it is necessary to register and show the membership card.
Reviewed By asiyahnoemik - Pula, Croatia
Arriving at the beautiful historic Piazza Nettuno immediately catches our eye the beautiful medieval Palazzo d'Accursio building ( Palazzo Comunale ). Biblioteca Salaborsa (Salabrosa Library) is located in one part of the Palace. The Salaborsa Library is the central public library opened in 2001 and provides a rich and fascinating cultural space inside the Palazzo d'Accursio, the ancient and historical seat of the city government. Its history is very interesting. In the thirteenth century, some Ghibella houses of late antiquity were built on this site above the Roman ruins. Among the builders are Francesco Accursio, a well-known lawyer at the Bologna School. The building then becomes a town hall. During Visconti's reign (1350 - 1360), the building was fortified because it had a house headquarters of troops that guarded the town hall, and converted Visconti into a true fortress. In 1568 Ulisse Aldrovandi transformed the inner garden into a botanical garden. Then began the cultivation of medicinal plants and exotic plants imported from all continents. Here Aldrovandi conducted the basic research that contributed to the creation of modern botany. In the meantime, a committee headed by Bologna entrepreneurs was set up, aimed at promoting the transformation of the indoor garden and cisterns into a space intended for the trade and market activities of the Bologna Stock Exchange, which had opened by then. Thus, between 1883 and 1886 on the site of the old garden built new Sala Borsa. Archaeological excavations carried out recently to restore Salaborsa revealed traces of public and religious buildings. They are visible to the public through a walkway and testify to the fact that the place has always been the center of public life in the city. There is an impressive wall perimeter of the Renaissance Terribilia tank, paved roads and foundations of the Roman basilica, the wall of the Medieval tower house and the star-shaped tub once at the center of the garden. In 1920, Salaborsa became a public restaurant, followed by the Bank with a Treasury (Cassa di Risparmio). After World War II and until the 1960s, the covered square served as a sports hall. This is where the Virtus Basketball Club originated. Today it is a beautiful and significant library.
8. Museo della Resistenza di Bologna
9. Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore
10. Reale Collegio di Spagna
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