BOLOGNA, ITALY
Situated between the Po Plain and the foothills of the Apennine Mountains, the city of Bologna is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Northern Italy, it is the seventh most populous city in Italy, at the heart of a metropolitan area of about one million people. Bologna is an important agricultural, industrial, financial and transport hub, where many large mechanical, electronic, and food companies have their headquarters as well as one of the largest permanent trade fairs in Europe. According to the most recent data gathered by the European Regional Economic Growth Index (E-REGI) of 2016, Bologna is the fourth Italian city and the 53rd European city in terms of its economic growth rate. As a consequence, Bologna is also one of the wealthiest cities in Italy, often ranking as one of the top cities in terms of quality of life in the country: in 2011 it ranked 1st out of 107 Italian cities.
Bologna: History and uniqueness
Of Etruscan origin, the city has been a major urban centre for centuries, first under the Etruscans, then under the Romans (Bononia), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and signoria, when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical centre, thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy that began at the end of the 1970s.
VENUES
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Santa Lucia
via Castiglione 36, BolognaSanta Lucia
Via De Chiari 25a, Bologna
The Aula Magna Santa Lucia is located inside a church built during the 5th century. The facade and monumental apse of the building remained unfinished for almost two centuries. After the unification of Italy, it was used at first as barracks in 1874, then as a gym and, finally as a school laboratory. In 1986-88 the Aula Magna was inaugurated and the Aula Absidale was restored.
You can visit the interior of the Aula Magna with Google Street View.
Department of History and Cultures
Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 2Department of History and Cultures
Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 2
The San Giovanni in Monte complex is a historical building, an ex-convent for the Canonic Laterans, restored by Rector Fabio Roversi Monaco after being used as a prison from the Napoleonic era to 1984. The recovery became a moment for a cultural revision of the use of the building. During the Renaissance, the ex-convent was a place of study and meditation for the city. Amongst other works from the XV c., in the Giorgio Prodi room, which is now used as the big refectory there’s a fresco by Bartolomeo Cesi, in which we see the regal wedding from the evangelical reading of Matt, 22. The fresco can be found.
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Via Cartoleria, 5University of Bologna – Foreign Languages and Literature
Via Cartoleria, 5
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature is located in the Collegio San Luigi (San Luigi College), a building that dates back to the XVII c., when the Jesuits settled in Bologna
In the next centuries, the building was transformed into a centre for displaced and homeless victims, into a correctional home and barracks (during World War II), and, finally, it was left for a long time in a state of complete abandonment. In 1981 the restoration of the building started and in the next years the University of Bologna started moving inside it the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature.