Bologna: Self-Guided Audio Tour from Porta Galliera to Le Tre Frecce

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Itinerary

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   Bologna

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   Bologna has many names. It’s been called “the red city” for its red roofs and left-leaning politics, and ”the fat city” for its cuisine which is far from light and healthy. It’s known as “the towered” for the forest of over 100 towers that once dotted its landscape. It’s also been referred to as “the cultured” for having the world’s oldest university. On this walking tour, I’ll introduce you to each facet of the city and some of its secrets too, including how the rebellious Bolognese stopped the city from becoming the Vatican.

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   Porta Galliera

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   On this tour, you can look forward to standing beside Porta Galliera where a retreating Austrian army left the city following a rebellion by the Bolognese in 1848.

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   Parco della Montagnola

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   On this tour, you can look forward to passing Il Pincio, the entrance to Parco della Montagnola – a French style garden commissioned by Napoleon.

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   Piazza Otto Agosto

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   On this tour, you can look forward to strolling through Piazza Otto Agosto.

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   Stop 5

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   You’ll also get a glimpse of how Bologna once resembled Venice with its criss-cross of canals and rivers while passing Canale delle Moline and, while walking down Via Indipendenza, what things were like in the post-Risorgimento period.

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   Canale delle Moline

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   You’ll also get a glimpse of how Bologna once resembled Venice with its criss-cross of canals and rivers while passing Canale delle Moline and, while walking down Via Indipendenza, what things were like in the post-Risorgimento period.

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   Stop 7

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   On this tour, you can look forward to strolling past San Pietro.

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   Stop 8

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   In Piazza del Nettuno, I’ll tell you how the Fountain of Neptune’s sculptor got away with making Neptune seem particularly well-endowed despite the church prohibiting it.

Before you go

Location