Guidebook for Bologna
Food Scene
Trattoria del Rosso
30 Via Augusto RighiSalumeria Simoni S.R.L.
5/2a Via DrapperieVery local place to eat, where local students go to eat. Good food.
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Osteria dell'Orsa
1f Via MentanaVery local place to eat, where local students go to eat. Good food.
Via Drapperie
Via DrapperieBehind Piazza Maggiore there is the historical street food market.
Drinks & Nightlife
Le Stanze
1a Via del Borgo di S. PietroSightseeing
The Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is one of the main historical rooms of the medical school in Bologna, located in the Archiginnasio, the first unified seat of the University of Bologna. The palace was built quickly, between 1562 and 1563, by order of Saint Charles Borromeo, then pontifical legate in Bologna.
A first anatomical theatre was constructed in 1595, in a different location, but in 1636 it was replaced by a bigger one in the current location.
The theatre – completely made of spruce wood – underwent several modification and reached its final shape between 1733 and 1736. In this period, Silvestro Giannotti carved the wooden statues which decorate the theatre walls. They represent some famous physicians of Ancient times (Hippocrates, Galenus, etc.) and of the local athenaeum (Mondino de Liuzzi, Gasparo Tagliacozzi). The two famous statues of the “Spellati” (skinned) carrying the canopy surmounting the teacher’s chair are the work of the well-known artist of anatomical wax displays, Ercole Lelli. In the centre of the theatre stands the white table on which the dissection of human or animal bodies took place.
The theatre was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, by an air raid on January 29, 1944. After the war the Theatre was rebuilt using all of the original pieces recovered among the rubble of the building.
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Teatro Anatomico
1 Piazza GalvaniThe Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is one of the main historical rooms of the medical school in Bologna, located in the Archiginnasio, the first unified seat of the University of Bologna. The palace was built quickly, between 1562 and 1563, by order of Saint Charles Borromeo, then pontifical legate in Bologna.
A first anatomical theatre was constructed in 1595, in a different location, but in 1636 it was replaced by a bigger one in the current location.
The theatre – completely made of spruce wood – underwent several modification and reached its final shape between 1733 and 1736. In this period, Silvestro Giannotti carved the wooden statues which decorate the theatre walls. They represent some famous physicians of Ancient times (Hippocrates, Galenus, etc.) and of the local athenaeum (Mondino de Liuzzi, Gasparo Tagliacozzi). The two famous statues of the “Spellati” (skinned) carrying the canopy surmounting the teacher’s chair are the work of the well-known artist of anatomical wax displays, Ercole Lelli. In the centre of the theatre stands the white table on which the dissection of human or animal bodies took place.
The theatre was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, by an air raid on January 29, 1944. After the war the Theatre was rebuilt using all of the original pieces recovered among the rubble of the building.
The Towers of Bologna are a group of medieval structures in Bologna, Italy. The two most prominent ones, known as the Two Towers, are the landmark of the city.Between the 12th and the 13th century, the number of towers in the city was very high, possibly up to 180. The reasons for the construction of so many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used them for offensive/defensive purposes during the period of the Investiture Controversy.
Besides the towers, one can still see some fortified gateways (torresotti) that correspond to the gates of the 12th-century city wall (Mura dei torresotti or Cerchia dei Mille), which itself has been almost completely destroyed.
During the 13th century, many towers were taken down or demolished, and others simply collapsed. Many towers have subsequently been utilized in one way or the other: as prison, city tower, shop or residential building. The last demolitions took place during the 20th century, according to an ambitious, but retrospectively unfortunate, restructuring plan for the city. The Artenisi Tower and the Riccadonna Tower at the Mercato di mezzo were demolished in 1917.
Of the numerous towers originally present, fewer than twenty can still be seen today. Among the remaining ones are the Azzoguidi Tower, also called Altabella (with a height of 61 m), the Prendiparte Tower, called Coronata (60 m), the Scappi Tower (39 m), Uguzzoni Tower (32 m), Guidozagni Tower, Galluzzi Tower, and the famous Two Towers: the Asinelli Tower (97 m) and the Garisenda Tower (48 m).
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Due Torri station
The Towers of Bologna are a group of medieval structures in Bologna, Italy. The two most prominent ones, known as the Two Towers, are the landmark of the city.Between the 12th and the 13th century, the number of towers in the city was very high, possibly up to 180. The reasons for the construction of so many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used them for offensive/defensive purposes during the period of the Investiture Controversy.
Besides the towers, one can still see some fortified gateways (torresotti) that correspond to the gates of the 12th-century city wall (Mura dei torresotti or Cerchia dei Mille), which itself has been almost completely destroyed.
During the 13th century, many towers were taken down or demolished, and others simply collapsed. Many towers have subsequently been utilized in one way or the other: as prison, city tower, shop or residential building. The last demolitions took place during the 20th century, according to an ambitious, but retrospectively unfortunate, restructuring plan for the city. The Artenisi Tower and the Riccadonna Tower at the Mercato di mezzo were demolished in 1917.
Of the numerous towers originally present, fewer than twenty can still be seen today. Among the remaining ones are the Azzoguidi Tower, also called Altabella (with a height of 61 m), the Prendiparte Tower, called Coronata (60 m), the Scappi Tower (39 m), Uguzzoni Tower (32 m), Guidozagni Tower, Galluzzi Tower, and the famous Two Towers: the Asinelli Tower (97 m) and the Garisenda Tower (48 m).
Piazza Maggiore is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The appearance in the 21st century, generally reflects the layout from the 15th century. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno with its Fontana del Nettuno, while the Northeast corner opens into the narrower Piazza Re Enzo, running along the flanks of the Palazzo Re Enzo that merges with the Palace of Podestà. Flanking the Piazza del Nettuno is the Biblioteca Salaborsa.
The square is surrounded by major administrative and religious buildings in the history of Bologna, including:
Palazzo d'Accursio (W) - former city hall, now museum
Palazzo dei Notai (SW) - former notaries' guild
Basilica of San Petronio (SE) - Duomo of Bologna
Palazzo dei Banchi (E)- former banking center
Palazzo del Podestà (N) - former police and justice offices
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Piazza Maggiore
Piazza MaggiorePiazza Maggiore is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The appearance in the 21st century, generally reflects the layout from the 15th century. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno with its Fontana del Nettuno, while the Northeast corner opens into the narrower Piazza Re Enzo, running along the flanks of the Palazzo Re Enzo that merges with the Palace of Podestà. Flanking the Piazza del Nettuno is the Biblioteca Salaborsa.
The square is surrounded by major administrative and religious buildings in the history of Bologna, including:
Palazzo d'Accursio (W) - former city hall, now museum
Palazzo dei Notai (SW) - former notaries' guild
Basilica of San Petronio (SE) - Duomo of Bologna
Palazzo dei Banchi (E)- former banking center
Palazzo del Podestà (N) - former police and justice offices
The Fountain of Neptune (Italian: Fontana di Nettuno) is a monumental civic fountain located in the eponymous square, Piazza del Nettuno, next to Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy. Its bronze figure of Neptune, extending his reach in a lordly gesture of stilling and controlling the waters, is an early work by Giambologna, completed about 1567.
An innovation of Giambologna's fountain designs is the fantastic and non-geometrical forms he gave to the basins into which water splashed and flowed, "curiously folded, bulging and elastic in form", as Rosalind Grippi remarked. The fountain is a model example of Mannerist taste of the courtly elite in the mid-sixteenth century: construction of the statue was commissioned by the Cardinal Legate of the city, Charles Borromeo, to symbolize the fortunate recent election of Borromeo's uncle as Pope Pius IV.
The work was designed by the Palermitan architect Tommaso Laureti in 1563, with an over-lifesize bronze of the god Neptune on the top, executed by Giambologna, who had submitted a model for the fountain of Neptune in Florence, but had lost the commission to Baccio Bandinelli. Before the fountain was built, an entire edifice was demolished to make space for it. The fountain was completed in 1565, and the Neptune was fixed in place within a couple of years.
The logo of the Maserati car company is based on the trident in this Neptune statue. In 1920 one of the Maserati brothers, the artist Mario Maserati, used this symbol in the logo at the suggestion of family friend Marquis Diego de Sterlich. It was considered particularly appropriate for the sports car company due to fact that Neptune represents strength and vigor; additionally the statue is a characteristic symbol of the company's original home city.
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Neptunspringvandet
Piazza del NettunoThe Fountain of Neptune (Italian: Fontana di Nettuno) is a monumental civic fountain located in the eponymous square, Piazza del Nettuno, next to Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy. Its bronze figure of Neptune, extending his reach in a lordly gesture of stilling and controlling the waters, is an early work by Giambologna, completed about 1567.
An innovation of Giambologna's fountain designs is the fantastic and non-geometrical forms he gave to the basins into which water splashed and flowed, "curiously folded, bulging and elastic in form", as Rosalind Grippi remarked. The fountain is a model example of Mannerist taste of the courtly elite in the mid-sixteenth century: construction of the statue was commissioned by the Cardinal Legate of the city, Charles Borromeo, to symbolize the fortunate recent election of Borromeo's uncle as Pope Pius IV.
The work was designed by the Palermitan architect Tommaso Laureti in 1563, with an over-lifesize bronze of the god Neptune on the top, executed by Giambologna, who had submitted a model for the fountain of Neptune in Florence, but had lost the commission to Baccio Bandinelli. Before the fountain was built, an entire edifice was demolished to make space for it. The fountain was completed in 1565, and the Neptune was fixed in place within a couple of years.
The logo of the Maserati car company is based on the trident in this Neptune statue. In 1920 one of the Maserati brothers, the artist Mario Maserati, used this symbol in the logo at the suggestion of family friend Marquis Diego de Sterlich. It was considered particularly appropriate for the sports car company due to fact that Neptune represents strength and vigor; additionally the statue is a characteristic symbol of the company's original home city.
This is a must see.
The basilica of Santo Stefano (Italian: Basilica di 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 ("Seven Churches") and Santa Gerusalemme[1] ("Holy Jerusalem").
According to tradition Saint Petronius, a bishop of the city during the 5th century, built the basilica over a temple of the goddess Isis. The saint wished to have a building that recalled the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The different parts of the complex include:
Church of Saint John the Baptist or of the Holy Crucifix (8th century)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (according to tradition: 5th century)
Church of the Saints Vitale and Agricola (4th century, rebuilt first in the 12th century)
Courtyard of Pilate ("Santo Giardino", 13th century)
Church of the Trinity or of the Martyrium (13th century)
Chapel of the Bandage ("Cappella della Benda") dedicated to the strip of cloth worn around the head by the Virgin Mary as a sign of mourning.
Pilate's Courtyard recalls the lithostrotos, where Jesus was condemned; it leads to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In the center, a basin called the "Catino di Pilato", a Lombard work from 737-744, bears the following inscription:
UMILIB(US) VOTA SUSCIPE D(OMI)NE D(OM)N(ORUM) N(OST)R(ORUM) LIUTPRAN(TE) ILPRAN(TE) REGIB(US) ET D(OM)N(O) BARBATU EPISC(OPO) S(AN)C(TE) HECCL(ESIE) B(O)N(ONIEN)S(I)S. HIC I(N) H(ONOREM) R(ELIGIOSI) SUA PRAECEPTA OBTULERUNT, UNDE HUNC VAS IMPLEATUR IN CENAM D(OMI)NI SALVAT(ORI)S, ET SI QUA MUN(ER)A C(UISQUAM) MINUERIT, D(EU)S REQ(UIRET)
Under the portico at the center of a window on a column, a 14th-century sculpted rooster, called the Rooster of St Peter, recalls the biblical story of Saint Peter's denial.
Cloister, Basilica di Santo Stefano, Bologna, Italy, 1895.
Layout of the Basilica
1-3. Church of the Crucifix
2. Crypt
4. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
5. Church of Saints Vitale and Agricola
6. Pilate's courtyard
7. Church of the Trinity or the Martyrium, also called "Santa Croce", containing the ancient Nativity
8. Cloister
9-10-11-12. Chapel of the Bandage ("Cappella della Benda") and museum
Scholarly interest[edit]
The focus of scholarly discussion has been for many years the supposed similarity between the so-called "New Jerusalem" rebuilt here, according to a vita written in 1180, by Saint Petronius in the 5th century, and the largely lost 4th-century complex erected by Constantine the Great at the purported site of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Unfortunately the archaeological evidence from Bologna dates primarily to the 11th and 12th centuries, leaving the question about an earlier date still unanswered (at least until 1981). On the other hand, archaeology has meanwhile delivered many answers regarding the Constantinian church complex from Jerusalem, therefore the main interest presented by the 12th-century parts of the Church of Santo Stefano might much rather be their similarity to the almost contemporary Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Jerusalem, of which not all parts are preserved.
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Piazza di Porta RavegnanaThis is a must see.
The basilica of Santo Stefano (Italian: Basilica di 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 ("Seven Churches") and Santa Gerusalemme[1] ("Holy Jerusalem").
According to tradition Saint Petronius, a bishop of the city during the 5th century, built the basilica over a temple of the goddess Isis. The saint wished to have a building that recalled the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The different parts of the complex include:
Church of Saint John the Baptist or of the Holy Crucifix (8th century)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (according to tradition: 5th century)
Church of the Saints Vitale and Agricola (4th century, rebuilt first in the 12th century)
Courtyard of Pilate ("Santo Giardino", 13th century)
Church of the Trinity or of the Martyrium (13th century)
Chapel of the Bandage ("Cappella della Benda") dedicated to the strip of cloth worn around the head by the Virgin Mary as a sign of mourning.
Pilate's Courtyard recalls the lithostrotos, where Jesus was condemned; it leads to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In the center, a basin called the "Catino di Pilato", a Lombard work from 737-744, bears the following inscription:
UMILIB(US) VOTA SUSCIPE D(OMI)NE D(OM)N(ORUM) N(OST)R(ORUM) LIUTPRAN(TE) ILPRAN(TE) REGIB(US) ET D(OM)N(O) BARBATU EPISC(OPO) S(AN)C(TE) HECCL(ESIE) B(O)N(ONIEN)S(I)S. HIC I(N) H(ONOREM) R(ELIGIOSI) SUA PRAECEPTA OBTULERUNT, UNDE HUNC VAS IMPLEATUR IN CENAM D(OMI)NI SALVAT(ORI)S, ET SI QUA MUN(ER)A C(UISQUAM) MINUERIT, D(EU)S REQ(UIRET)
Under the portico at the center of a window on a column, a 14th-century sculpted rooster, called the Rooster of St Peter, recalls the biblical story of Saint Peter's denial.
Cloister, Basilica di Santo Stefano, Bologna, Italy, 1895.
Layout of the Basilica
1-3. Church of the Crucifix
2. Crypt
4. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
5. Church of Saints Vitale and Agricola
6. Pilate's courtyard
7. Church of the Trinity or the Martyrium, also called "Santa Croce", containing the ancient Nativity
8. Cloister
9-10-11-12. Chapel of the Bandage ("Cappella della Benda") and museum
Scholarly interest[edit]
The focus of scholarly discussion has been for many years the supposed similarity between the so-called "New Jerusalem" rebuilt here, according to a vita written in 1180, by Saint Petronius in the 5th century, and the largely lost 4th-century complex erected by Constantine the Great at the purported site of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Unfortunately the archaeological evidence from Bologna dates primarily to the 11th and 12th centuries, leaving the question about an earlier date still unanswered (at least until 1981). On the other hand, archaeology has meanwhile delivered many answers regarding the Constantinian church complex from Jerusalem, therefore the main interest presented by the 12th-century parts of the Church of Santo Stefano might much rather be their similarity to the almost contemporary Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Jerusalem, of which not all parts are preserved.
Arts & Culture
The Archiginnasio of Bologna is one of the most important buildings in the city of Bologna; once the main building of the University of Bologna, it currently houses the Archiginnasio Municipal Library.The construction of the Archiginnasio dates back to the 16th century, when Piazza Maggiore was drastically remodeled under papal orders; the Fountain of Neptune was built during this same period. The construction of the Archiginnasio was commissioned by Pope Pius IV through the papal legates Charles Borromeo and Pier Donato Cesi during the years of the Council of Trent, who then entrusted the project to Antonio Morandi (known as il Terribilia), who finished the construction between 1562 and 1563. The goal of this project was to create a single place where various faculties, which at a that time were dispersed throughout the city, could be taught.
The Archiginnasio was the main building of the 'Studium', as the University of Bologna was first called, from 1563 until 1803, when it became the location for the Institute of Science.
In 1838, one section of the Archiginnasio was given to the Archiginnasio Municipal Library, the largest library in Emilia-Romagna. It houses important historical, philosophical, political, literary, artistic, biographical and bibliographical texts as well as an extensive section dedicated to Bologna's culture. The library holds around 35,000 manuscripts and incunabula, among other objects. Upon entering, visitors are asked to hand over all bags and writing materials which can be picked up when leaving.
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Archiginnasio i Bologna
1 Piazza GalvaniThe Archiginnasio of Bologna is one of the most important buildings in the city of Bologna; once the main building of the University of Bologna, it currently houses the Archiginnasio Municipal Library.The construction of the Archiginnasio dates back to the 16th century, when Piazza Maggiore was drastically remodeled under papal orders; the Fountain of Neptune was built during this same period. The construction of the Archiginnasio was commissioned by Pope Pius IV through the papal legates Charles Borromeo and Pier Donato Cesi during the years of the Council of Trent, who then entrusted the project to Antonio Morandi (known as il Terribilia), who finished the construction between 1562 and 1563. The goal of this project was to create a single place where various faculties, which at a that time were dispersed throughout the city, could be taught.
The Archiginnasio was the main building of the 'Studium', as the University of Bologna was first called, from 1563 until 1803, when it became the location for the Institute of Science.
In 1838, one section of the Archiginnasio was given to the Archiginnasio Municipal Library, the largest library in Emilia-Romagna. It houses important historical, philosophical, political, literary, artistic, biographical and bibliographical texts as well as an extensive section dedicated to Bologna's culture. The library holds around 35,000 manuscripts and incunabula, among other objects. Upon entering, visitors are asked to hand over all bags and writing materials which can be picked up when leaving.
Biblioteca Salaborsa is the main public library in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
In 2001, the central offices of the public library were moved into the Sala Borsa in the northern portions of the Palazzo d'Accursio, flanking the Piazza del Nettuno, which opens just north of the Piazza Maggiore. It is worth a visit because it was the ancient bourse and they kept its ancient structure and moreover there is a glass floor that reveals Roman ruins.
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Biblioteca Salaborsa
3 Piazza del NettunoBiblioteca Salaborsa is the main public library in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
In 2001, the central offices of the public library were moved into the Sala Borsa in the northern portions of the Palazzo d'Accursio, flanking the Piazza del Nettuno, which opens just north of the Piazza Maggiore. It is worth a visit because it was the ancient bourse and they kept its ancient structure and moreover there is a glass floor that reveals Roman ruins.
The Ducati Museum is a transport museum in Bologna, Italy at the Ducati factory. It contains a collection of Ducati motorcycles and some early non-automotive products. It opened in 1998.
The museum's collection of technical documentation was selected by Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities for inclusion in the national archive.
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Ducati-museet
3 Via Antonio Cavalieri DucatiThe Ducati Museum is a transport museum in Bologna, Italy at the Ducati factory. It contains a collection of Ducati motorcycles and some early non-automotive products. It opened in 1998.
The museum's collection of technical documentation was selected by Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities for inclusion in the national archive.
A new ice-cream museum just outside Bologna charts the rise of the Italian sweet and offers visitors the chance to taste historic flavours and even create their own gelato.A new museum outside Bologna charts the rise of gelato – Italian ice-cream – from its early incarnation as a chilled delicacy for Roman emperors to the sweet treat seen on every corner of Italy – and offers to make every visitor an artisan.
The €1.5m ice-cream museum opens its doors tomorrow at the headquarters of Carpigiani, a gelato machine maker founded in Bologna in 1946 which now sells its treats in more than 100 countries.
The free museum is located in a modern exhibition space seven miles outside of the city in the municipality of Anzola dell'Emilia.
"The Foundation has created the first museum in the world that describes the complete history, culture and knowledge of gelato," says Valentina Righi, vice president of the Bruto and Poerio Carpigiani Foundation, financier of the museum. By sending tourists home with an appreciation of the history, Righi hopes "to spread the gelato culture everywhere in the world".
A tour through the museum is an animated affair, with an English-speaking guide on hand to take visitors through the 11th-century Arab pomegranate sorbet recipe and on to the birth of gelato in Italy 500 years later. Here its roots are traced to the House of Medici; a family famed in Florence for its political grip and production of popes. Luciana Polliotti, the museum's historical curator, says gelato as we know it today was invented by Cosimo Ruggieri, alchemist and astrologer to Caterina de' Medici in the 16th century.
The simple pleasure was reserved for the well-to-do until the "democratisation" of gelato in the 20th century, the focus period of the museum.
Throughout there are screens showing video interviews with aged Italians discussing the rise of gelato during their lifetime. Luca Caviezel is one; an 86-year-old Sicilian expert who, describes how "the artisan gelato in the last 30 years has become a real science"Other exhibits include a wall covered in an array of rainbow-coloured boxes, used to transport the cones to gelaterias in different Italian cities, and an original cone-making machine.
Carpigiani's collection also boasts thousands of images from around the world, the best of which are on display and depict everything from Italian advertising campaigns to children queuing for Mr Whippy in 1960s England. The museum is keen to point out, however, that gelato is distinct from British ice-cream, which has a higher fat content as it uses more cream.
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The hour-long tour concludes in the tasting area, where instructors from the university make modern versions of 19th-century recipes: strawberry and raspberry sorbet from 1822 and coffee sorbet first formulated in 1854. For €3 visitors can taste different types of gelato, including sorbets, fruit gelato, soft gelato and traditional creams.
You can even take a short lesson in the university's laboratory and make your own artisan gelato for €10. Or a more intensive four-hour, €50 experience involves a full theory lesson in gelato making, hands-on production and tasting. From there the gelaterias of Bologna await.
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Carpigiani Gelato University
45 Via EmiliaA new ice-cream museum just outside Bologna charts the rise of the Italian sweet and offers visitors the chance to taste historic flavours and even create their own gelato.A new museum outside Bologna charts the rise of gelato – Italian ice-cream – from its early incarnation as a chilled delicacy for Roman emperors to the sweet treat seen on every corner of Italy – and offers to make every visitor an artisan.
The €1.5m ice-cream museum opens its doors tomorrow at the headquarters of Carpigiani, a gelato machine maker founded in Bologna in 1946 which now sells its treats in more than 100 countries.
The free museum is located in a modern exhibition space seven miles outside of the city in the municipality of Anzola dell'Emilia.
"The Foundation has created the first museum in the world that describes the complete history, culture and knowledge of gelato," says Valentina Righi, vice president of the Bruto and Poerio Carpigiani Foundation, financier of the museum. By sending tourists home with an appreciation of the history, Righi hopes "to spread the gelato culture everywhere in the world".
A tour through the museum is an animated affair, with an English-speaking guide on hand to take visitors through the 11th-century Arab pomegranate sorbet recipe and on to the birth of gelato in Italy 500 years later. Here its roots are traced to the House of Medici; a family famed in Florence for its political grip and production of popes. Luciana Polliotti, the museum's historical curator, says gelato as we know it today was invented by Cosimo Ruggieri, alchemist and astrologer to Caterina de' Medici in the 16th century.
The simple pleasure was reserved for the well-to-do until the "democratisation" of gelato in the 20th century, the focus period of the museum.
Throughout there are screens showing video interviews with aged Italians discussing the rise of gelato during their lifetime. Luca Caviezel is one; an 86-year-old Sicilian expert who, describes how "the artisan gelato in the last 30 years has become a real science"Other exhibits include a wall covered in an array of rainbow-coloured boxes, used to transport the cones to gelaterias in different Italian cities, and an original cone-making machine.
Carpigiani's collection also boasts thousands of images from around the world, the best of which are on display and depict everything from Italian advertising campaigns to children queuing for Mr Whippy in 1960s England. The museum is keen to point out, however, that gelato is distinct from British ice-cream, which has a higher fat content as it uses more cream.
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The hour-long tour concludes in the tasting area, where instructors from the university make modern versions of 19th-century recipes: strawberry and raspberry sorbet from 1822 and coffee sorbet first formulated in 1854. For €3 visitors can taste different types of gelato, including sorbets, fruit gelato, soft gelato and traditional creams.
You can even take a short lesson in the university's laboratory and make your own artisan gelato for €10. Or a more intensive four-hour, €50 experience involves a full theory lesson in gelato making, hands-on production and tasting. From there the gelaterias of Bologna await.
Parks & Nature
The park has been opened on the 6th July 1879 by the city who bought the land that was part of an ancient Convent. The project made by Ernesto Baldo Bertone di Sambuy is a typical English landscape garden, similar to Parco Sempione in Milan.
Here you can find Le Serre dei Giarini Margherita a place to hang out, drink, eat and listen some music. It is very nice.
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Al Parco Giardini Margherita
14 Piazza di Porta CastiglioneThe park has been opened on the 6th July 1879 by the city who bought the land that was part of an ancient Convent. The project made by Ernesto Baldo Bertone di Sambuy is a typical English landscape garden, similar to Parco Sempione in Milan.
Here you can find Le Serre dei Giarini Margherita a place to hang out, drink, eat and listen some music. It is very nice.
This is an amazing water park just outside Bologna. Perfect for families and children.Acquapark della Salute Più is the spa resort's summer complex. It's located next to the spa centre and covers a huge area. There are a total of 22 pools with spa springs, relax and suntan, aquaslides and childrens' spa, fitness activity in the lakes.
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Villaggio della Salute Più
27 Via SillaroThis is an amazing water park just outside Bologna. Perfect for families and children.Acquapark della Salute Più is the spa resort's summer complex. It's located next to the spa centre and covers a huge area. There are a total of 22 pools with spa springs, relax and suntan, aquaslides and childrens' spa, fitness activity in the lakes.