Bologna - Basilica di San Pietro

From the Piazza del Nettuno in Bologna the busy shopping street Via dell'Indipendenza leads to the station. In this street, on the right, is the cathedral of San Pietro (the Metropolitana), founded in 910, with a choir by Pellegrino Tibaldi (1575) and a nave, remodeled in Baroque style (17th century). It contains some fine treasures, including two marble lions from the Romanesque doorway, a "Mourning of Christ" and an "Annunciation of Our Lady" by I. Carraci. Beyond the choir is the Archbishop's Palace.

Parallel to the Via dell'Indipendenza to the west is Via Galleria, with many old aristocratic mansions.