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Bologna Attractions

Morandi Museum
In 1993 the Morandi Museum was opened on the upper floor of the Palazzo d'Accursio. On display are over 200 paintings, water-colors, drawings and etchings by the Bolognese painter G. Morandi (1890-1964), mainly donated by his family. His studio has also been reconstructed here together with his extensive library.
Address
Morandi Museum / Museo Morandi
Palazzo d'Accursio
Piazza Maggiore 6
I-40121 Bologna
Italy
Hours
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OpenClosed9:009:009:009:0010:0010:00
Close 15:0015:0015:0015:0018:3018:30
Archeological Museum
To the south of San Petronio, in Via dell'Archiginnasio (No. 2) in Bologna, is the Archeological Museum (Museo Civico Archeologico), with a collection of prehistoric and Etruscan material from the surrounding area, and other antiquities; the museum has the finest Egyptian department after those of Turin and Venice (Rooms III-V). The Greek department (Room VI) contains a head of Athena Lemnia (copy of a work by Phidias, fifth century B.C.).
Address
Bologna Archaeological Museum
Via dell'Archiginnasio 2
I-40124 Bologna
Italy
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed9:009:009:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 15:0015:0015:0018:3018:3018:30
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Read More Basilica of St Petronius
The Basilica of St Petronius displays a magnificent Gothic interior, ranking among the best in Italy. The church was begun in the late 14th C.
Bevilacqua Palace
In Via d'Azeglio, is the Palazzo Bevilacqua, built in 1474-82 in the Early Renaissance style of the Florentine palaces, with a fine courtyard and a beautiful facade.
Address
Bevilacqua Palace
Via d'Azeglio
I-40100 Bologna
Italy
Read More Leaning Towers
(Piazza di Porta Ravegnana)
Torre degli Asinelli and Torre Garisenda, the Leaning Towers of Bologna, are both on a slight tilt and stand in the Piazza di Porta Ravegnana.
Read More National Picture Gallery
(Piazza di Porta Ravegnana)
The National Picture Gallery features a fine collection of works by 14th to 18th C Bolognese painters. It is located in a former Jesuit College.
Piazza Maggiore and Piazza del Nettuno
The life of Bologna centers around two adjoining squares (both pedestrian precincts), the Piazza Maggiore and the Piazza del Nettuno. In the Piazza del Nettuno is the Neptune Fountain by Giambologna (1563-67), one of the finest fountains of the 16th century.
Read More San Francesco
(Piazza di Porta Ravegnana)
Read More St Dominics Church
The church of San Domenico displays a Baroque interior and houses the remains of St Dominic, as well as early works by Michelangelo.
Art Gallery
The west side of the Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore is occupied by the Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), an extensive Gothic building begun in 1290 and largely rebuilt in 1425- 30. Above the main entrance (1555) is a bronze statue (1580) of Pope Gregory XIII, a native of Bologna. On the second floor is the Municipal Art Gallery with the Collezioni Comunal D'Art.
Address
Collezioni Comunale d'Arte
Piazza Maggiore 6
I-40121 Bologna
Italy
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed9:009:009:009:0010:0010:00
Close 15:0015:0015:0015:0018:3018:30
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Read More Church of St James Major
(Piazza di Porta Ravegnana)
Governors Palace
On the north side of the Piazza Maggiore is the former Palazzo del Podestà (1201; rebuilt from 1484 onwards in Early Renaissance style), with a tower, Torre dell'Arengo dating from 1212.
Tips
The courtyard of the palace is open daily 7 am - 7 pm, but the interior is only open during exhibitions.
La Piazzola
La Piazzola, a market in central Bologna, is open every Friday and Saturday.
Hours
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OpenClosedClosedClosedClosed7:007:00Closed
Close 17:0017:00
Tips
Market closes one hour before sunset.
Palazzo Galvani
From the museum the Via dell'Archiginnasio, with the Portico del Pavaglione and its numerous shops, runs south to the Piazza Galvani, where stands a marble statue of the Bologna-born physiologist Luigi Galvani (1737-98), discoverer of the "Galvanic discharges" (though he himself interpreted them wrongly). On the left is the Archiginnasio (1562-63), until 1803 occupied by the university (with the old anatomy lecture-room, the Teatro Anatomico) and now housing the Municipal Library (600,000 volumes).
Palazzo di Re Enzo
Nearby the Town Hall is the Gothic Palazzo di Re Enzo (restored in 1905), in which Enzo, the poet son of Frederick II, was kept prisoner from 1249 to 1272.
Piazza San Domenico
Via d'Azeglio runs by way of Via Marsili to the Piazza San Domenico, in which are two columns bearing statues of Saint Dominic and the Virgin, and the Gothic tombs of two learned lawyers Rolandino de' Passeggeri (d. 1300) and Egidio Foscherari.
Read More St Stephens Basilica
(Piazza di Porta Ravegnana)

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