Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bologna, Italy

The basilica of Santo Stefano encompasses a complex of religious edifices in the city of Bologna, Italy. Located on Piazza Santo Stefano, it is locally known as Sette Chiese and Santa Gerusalemme. It has the dignity of minor basilica.

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Piazza Santo Stefano also known as Piazza delle Sette Chiese is a piazza of Bologna, Italy. It is a pedestrian zone, in a triangular space near the beginning of Via Santo Stefano, both of which are named after the Basilica of Santo Stefano which is located on the piazza.

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The Palazzo della Mercanzia in Bologna, also known as the Loggia dei Mercanti or Palazzo del Carrobbio, overlooks the square of the same name. From the end of the fourteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century it was the seat of the Universitas mercatorum and some Corporations. From 1797, with the French occupation, it became the seat of the Chamber of Commerce.

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The Basilica of Saints Bartholomew and Gaetano is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna, Italy, Italy. In October 1924 Pope Pius XI elevated it to the dignity of a minor basilica.

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The church of Santi Vitale e Agricola in Arena is a Catholic church located in Via San Vitale, in the historic center of Bologna. The church is the seat of the parish of the same name in the Vicariate of Bologna-Centro of the Archdiocese of Bologna.

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The Davia Bargellini Museum of Industrial Art is a museum located in the Palazzo Davia Bargellini in Bologna, Italy. It is part of the Civic Museums of Ancient Art and is managed by the Bologna Civic Museums Sector.

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The Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica is a music museum and music library in the Palazzo Aldini Sanguinetti, in the historic center of Bologna, Italy.

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San Michele dei Leprosetti is a Greek-Catholic church serving the Ukrainian community in Bologna, Italy. It is situated on the piazza of the same name in the Quartiere San Vitale district. Records indicate that the original church burned down in 1210 and was rebuilt in 1361. It was consecrated to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in November 2009.

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The Oratory of Saints Cecilia and Valeriano is a religious site in central Bologna, found on Via Zamboni, contiguous to the portico of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore.

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The Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore is an historic Roman Catholic church in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, serving a monastery of Augustinian friars. It was built starting in 1267 and houses, among the rest, the Bentivoglio Chapel, featuring numerous Renaissance artworks.

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The Torre della Garisenda is one of the so-called two towers of Bologna, symbol of the city, located in Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, at the intersection of the ancient Via San Donato, Via San Vitale, Via Maggiore, Piazza della Mercanzia and Via Rizzoli.

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The Torre degli Asinelli is one of the so -called two towers of Bologna, symbol of the city, located in Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, at the intersection of the ancient streets San Donato, San Vitale, Maggiore and Castiglione. According to tradition, between 1109 and 1119 by the noble Gherardo Asinelli, the tower is 97.20 meters high, hangs west for 2.23 meters and has a staircase consisting of 498 steps inside.

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La Strada del Jazz is a project conceived in 2011 by Paolo Alberti and Gilberto Mora, and carried out in collaboration with the municipality of Bologna and the Quadrilatero.

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The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita is a late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in central Bologna, near the Piazza Maggiore.

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The Archaeological Civic Museum of Bologna is located in the fifteenth-century Palazzo Galvani building at Via dell'Archiginnasio 2 postal code 40124 Bologna, once known as the Hospital of Death. Founded in September 1881 by the merging of two separate museums: the one belonging to the University of Bologna – heir of the Room of Antiquity belonging to the Academy of Sciences founded by Luigi Ferdinando Marsili in (1714) – and that belonging to the City of Bologna (enriched by the antique collection of Artist Pelagio Palagi and the large amount of finds from excavations conducted in and around Bologna during these times.

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The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was the bishop of Bologna in the fifth century. Construction began in 1390 and its main facade has remained unfinished since. The building was transferred from the city to the diocese in 1929; the basilica was finally consecrated in 1954. It has been the seat of the relics of Bologna's patron saint only since 2000; until then they were preserved in the Santo Stefano church of Bologna.

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The Fountain of Neptune is a monumental civic fountain located in the eponymous square, Piazza del Nettuno, next to Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy The fountain is a model example of Mannerist taste of the Italian courtly elite in the mid-sixteenth century.

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The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy.

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Palazzo Re Enzo is a palace located on Piazza del Nettuno, 1 in the historic center of Bologna, northern Italy. The palace takes its name from Enzio of Sardinia, Frederick II's son, who was prisoner here from 1249 until his death in 1272. The palace is presently used to sponsor cultural events and exhibitions.

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Bologna Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Peter, is the cathedral of Bologna in Italy, and the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Bologna. Most of the present building dates from the 17th century, with a few parts from the late 16th century.

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The Old Fountain of Bologna is located next to the town hall, on the side of Via Ugo Bassi.

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Salaborsa is the main public library in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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The Memorial of the Partisans is a commemorative installation located in Bologna, Italy.

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Palazzo dei Notai is a historic building in Bologna, Italy. It faces Piazza Maggiore, between the basilica di San Petronio and palazzo d'Accursio. It was built in 1381 by the city's notaries guild as their seat, under design by Berto Cavalletto and Lorenzo da Bagnomarino.

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The Oratory of the Holy Spirit is a Catholic church located in Via Val d'Aposa, in the historic center of Bologna.

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The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. It is part of an active monastery complex of the order of Clarissan nuns, that is nuns of the contemplative Second Order of St. Francis. The monastery is semi-cloistered.

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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.

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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 minor basilica by the Holy See.

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The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city.

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