what is bologna known for Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/what-is-bologna-known-for Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 BOLOGNA http://toursmaps.com/bologna.html http://toursmaps.com/bologna.html#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:45:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=226886 BOLOGNA Home to Europe’s oldest university and rich, flavorful cuisine, Bologna (pop.500,000) has been known since ancient times as the grassa (fat) and dotta (learned) city. Today, academic liberalism drives political activism minority groups, student alliances, and the national gay organization all find a voice (and listening ears) in Bologna. All eyes, however, are on Bologna’s art. Priceless works inhabit museums and churches, whose 700-year-old porticoes line the streets. TRANSPORTATION AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION Bologna is a rail hub for all major Italian cities and the Adriatic coast. Trains leave the northern tip of the walled city for: Florence (lMshr. every

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