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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. Raccolta Lercaro
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4.5 based on 12 reviews
Established in 1971, the Lercaro's Collection owes its existence to a group of artworks donated to Cardinal Lercaro (1891-1976) on his eightieth birthday by some artists in recognition of his promotion of the arts. This first donation was soon followed by many others by various different artists who wished to show their respect to the Cardinal. The collection has never been confined to sacred art. It includes masterpieces by Giacomo Manzu, Arturo Martini and other sculptures by Adolfo Wildt, Francesco Messina, Eugenio Pellini and Vittorio Tavernari. Finally, an extensive selection of paintings and graphic arts, including works by Giacomo Balla, Giorgio Morandi, Filippo de Pisis, Renato Guttuso, Emilio Ambron and many others, are also on view.
2. San Colombano - Tagliavini Collection
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4.5 based on 170 reviews
Reviewed By exiled_in - Portugal, null
Anyone with passing interest in classical music, art or historical buildings should be more than happy with a visit here. There are several rooms - including a crypt, oratory, library, chapel - containing incredible (principally) keyboard instruments including elaborately decorated harpsicords, unusual pianos, dulcitone, organs from various European countries dating back five centuries. A lovely restoration of the ceilings and frescos provides period surroundings too for the concerts programme in which musicians play the exhibited instruments. For example in coming months there are concerts of Mozart, Dowland, Handel, Vivaldi and two improvisations over Chaplin and Buster Keaton silent movies.
3. Thousand Voices and Thousand Sounds Museum
4. Genus Bononiae, percorso culturale
5. San Giorgio in Poggiale Ex Chiesa
6. Chiesa della Madonna di Galliera
7. Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
8. Oratorio di San Filippo Neri
9. Cripta di San Zama
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
The SS Naborre and Felice Abbey (where S. Zama’s Crypt is kept) has also been the site of Bologna’s Military Hospital. During the 3rd century, in this site, already existed the first and most important Christian diffusion center. It is said that the first archibishop in Bologna, around the year 270, had improved the preexisting church, dedicating it to St. Peter The Crypt is stylistically referable around the 11th century: it is subdivided in three naves, with three apses and with two rows of columns in the middle nave. The four columns before the altar are in Corinthian style, most likely deriving from elder constructions and reused here.
10. Museo Civico Medievale
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4.0 based on 284 reviews
Reviewed By elizaq2014
Wide range of exhibits - from armoury to porcelain; statues of prominent clergy to manuscripts. Not to be missed
