Rimini - Monuments Tempio Malatestiano Already present in Rimini in the ninth century it is by far the largest church in the city. Of Gothic style, it had many changes over the centuries of which the greatest is the huge dome that It was added during the Renaissance.
Ravenna - Monuments Parco della Pace It's located in a suburban area of the city (district of San Rocco). Designed by Giulio Carlo Argan and inaugurated in 1988, is presented as a real open-air museum. Holds, in fact, remarkable works of Italian and international mosaics. The works are all inspired by friendship and peaceful coexistence among peoples and want to convey a universal message of peace.
Piacenza - Monuments Statue Equestri Farnesiane The two statues, depicting Ranuccio and Alessandro Farnese, were created by Francesco Mochi da Montevarchi at the beginning of the '600. These are the typical examples of the Baroque, both representatives of different virtues, symbols of the two historical figures. The bases are well groomed, made from fine marble and decorated with great care and attention. Piazza Cavallo took its name precisely from the presence of these two statues.
Salsomaggiore Terme - Monuments Terme Berzieri The Berzieri Thermal Baths are a true monument in Art Nouveau deco opened in 1923.Inside you can enjoy the benefits of beauty and relaxing treatments thanks to the properties of the Salsobromoiodica Water, in a unique frame in the world.
Modena - Monuments La Ghirlandina The Ghirlandina tower, protected by Unesco as an artistic heritage of humanity, dates back to 1261. In Gothic style it is so called for the double round of railings that they surround it as garlands.
Cesena - Monuments Salone degli Incanti - Ex Pescheria A large area of over 500 square meters in Via Pescheria, a road that takes its name from the original destination of the building which, today, houses a Gallery home to several art and photographic exhibitions in the city. The environment of the former fish market gives the place a really wonderful and unique aspect.
Cesenatico - Monuments Grattacielo di Cesenatico The skyscraper is located in Cesenatico on the Adriatic coast. Today is the reference point on the horizon for the entire topographic Riviera. Built in 1958, it was, until 1960, the tallest skyscraper in Italy, until the construction of the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan.
Ferrara - Monuments Casa di Ludovico Ariosto At number 2 of Via Ariosto, we find a simple red-brick building. We are talking about the house that hosted the last years of the famous poet of Orlando Furioso. Inside it houses a small museum. You can admire some everyday objects belonging to Ludovico Ariosto and a fine copy of the work “Orlando Furioso” illustrated by Gustave Doré.
Ferrara - Monuments Casa Romei In via Savonarola we find a superb example of late medieval and Renaissance architecture. It was built during the 15th century and, over the years, it also incorporated the nearby “Convent of Corpus Christi”. It features a grand courtyard of honor and lavish halls. The main floor of the house, you can admire a beautiful apartment used by Cardinal Hippolytus II d'Este. Since 1953 it has been home to a museum.
Bologne - Monuments Tempio di San Salvatore Church that originates in the first decade of the sixteenth century and is important for art as it is balanced between the Renaissance and Baroque, and is an element of mediation on the development of baroque. Inside, in the central nave there is a tombstone placed in the center of the floor in honor of the great artist: Guercino (as per his wish).
Ravenna - Monuments Mercato Coperto Located in Piazza Andrea Costa. Recognized for its great history and tradition, Mercato Storico is situated in an area full of trades. Designed in the nineteenth century, the market took was available only in the first decades of the twentieth century. Its projectation, in a classic style, was developed by the engineer Baroncelli. Opened in October of the '22 originally housed four pavilions.
Ravenna - Monuments Tomba di Dante Alighieri Located in Via Dante Alighieri, 9, in the heart of the city. There is the funerary monument erected in honor of the great poet who spent the last years of his life in the city of Ravenna. Commissioned by Cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga to the architect Camillo Morigia, it was built between 1780 and 1781. The tomb, covered with marble and stuccoes, looks like a Roman sarcophagus. To be noted the beautiful bas relief dated 1483 and placed over the tomb.
Ravenna - Monuments Mausoleo di Teodorico Characterized by the particular shape of the dome, which, as confirmed by careful studies, is made with a single, heavy block of Istrian stone.
Ravenna - Monuments Mausoleo di Galla Placidia Built in the 5th century AD to host the sister of Honorius after his death, which keeps inside the oldest mosaic cycle in the city, best known for the bright starry sky.
Bologne - Monuments Casa Carducci It is a very old structure that dates back to the sixteenth century, is located between the platform of the ancient city walls between Porta Maggiore and Porta di Santo Stefano. Following the spiral staircase you arrive to visit the poet's room and in the garden we find the statue representing Giosuè Carducci. In the immense library there are very rare texts to be found on colleagues, poets and authors.
Bologne - Monuments Casa Isolani A beautiful civil construction of the thirteenth century, with a very long and very high porch that is supported by poles about nine meters high. It was realized between 1451 and 1455 with a style that denounces the transition between Gothic and Tuscan Renaissance. In the prospectus you can see the characteristic faces of six characters that are inserted in circular medallions. In the twentieth century, the prospectus was well renovated.
Bologne - Monuments Portico di San Luca It is the longest portico present in the city of Bologna, in fact it has a size of 3796 meters and consists of 666 arches, it was built in 1674 with the contribution of the entire citizenship. It is visible from a great distance even from much of the Bolognese territory and still today it is an exceptional chapter of architecture and urban planning and an authentic value, religious and civic.
Bologne - Monuments Tombe dei Glossatori In them are preserved the remains of some of the first and most important professors of what was called the studium (university) in the Middle Ages, where Law stood out in Bologna. The term Glossatori because they commented on the texts of Roman law with explanatory additions in the margins, to make the contents of the steps under consideration clearer.
Bologne - Monuments Collegio di Spagna It is located at the University of Bologna and offers the functions of college to students from Spain. It was founded between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. On the porch there is a fresco by Annibale Carracci, Bartolomeo Ramenghi and Camillo Procaccini. In 1980, restoration operations began, which lasted until 2011 and brought considerable changes, such as the elimination of false Gothic superstructures and the reproduction of new frescoes, such as the “Madonna of Humility”.
Bologne - Monuments Torresotto di San Vitale It is located at the intersection of Via San Vitale and Piazza Aldrovandi, it was born as the door of the penultimate circle of walls (also called the Circle of Treasures or Thousands), at the turn of the road. it also takes its name by Seraglio.
Bologne - Monuments Accademia Belle Arti Founded in 1711 by Pope Clement XI, it is structured on the model of the Académie Royal in Paris and that of Saint Luke, is located in the university area and is the largest and most important university of art in Italy. Inside there are classrooms for classes, great classrooms for conferences and actors of painting, sculpture and engraving for practical lessons, moreover on the ground floor we also find the theater.
Bologne - Monuments Piazza Maggiore It is the main square of Bologna and is surrounded by the most important buildings of the medieval city, the oldest one is the Palazzo del Podestà that does not go beyond 1200. At the ends of the square are: the Palazzo Comunale, Palazzo del Podestà, the beautiful Basilica of San Petronio, and finally the Palazzo dei Banchi. The center of the square is formed by a pedestrian area called “the Crescentone”, built in 1934.
Bagnacavallo - Monuments Monumento ai Caduti di tutte le Guerre The War Memorial was inaugurated in 1926 and is the work of the sculptor Pietro Melandri. The structure has a rectangular marble base on which stands a bronze group. It was originally built as a celebratory moment of fascism and later it was dedicated to the fallen of all wars.
Bologne - Monuments Collegio Venturoli A structure built at the end of the seventeenth century that housed the ancient Illyrian College. In 1822, thanks to the architect Angelo Venturoli, a college was set up there dedicated to the support of young artists, something that is still managed today by the Venturoli Artistic College Foundation, which houses also the important Venturoli Archive.
Bologne - Monuments Conservatorio di Musica G.Martini The Conservatory of Music “Giovan Battista Martini”, is located in Piazza Rossini, 2 in Bologna and is perfectly functional in terms of teaching, in fact it offers the possibility of accessing various courses academics. The library was built in 1945 and today costs a large number of manuals, booklets, manuscripts and prints present (some coming from donations).
Bologne - Monuments Arco Meloncello e Portico San Luca The Arco del Meloncello gives us the idea of an original scenographic of Baroque taste. It consists of an overpass for pilgrims, supported by a base with arches, through which pedestrian and vehicle traffic can flow undisturbed. The portico of San Luca, has a length of about 3.5 km and has 666 arches. Its construction dates back between 1674 and 1721, thanks to the contribution of citizenship. It starts from Via Saragozza up to the church of San Luca that stands on the Colle della Guardia.
Bologne - Monuments Arco Bonaccorsi It stood in the second half of the sixteenth century by Cardinal Bonaccorso Bonaccorsi. Along the porch, which is located at the entrance of Via Zaragozza, there is the statue of the Madonna with her child, an eighteenth-century work by Andrea Ferreri, also called “Fat Madonna”. The length of the entire porch is about 3500 meters.
Bologne - Monuments Casa Castili One of the most beautiful monuments in the city, is located in the immediate vicinity of the Basilica Madonna Di San Luca in Via Manzoni. Inside we find the Gothic shapes and remains of wall decorations from the Neoclassical age. The large library room contains very ancient and rare texts belonging to the family.
Casalecchio di Reno - Monuments Eremo di Tizzano The Hermitage of Tizzano is a small church located in the Municipality of Casalecchio di Reno. The building was built in 1741 and is considered one of the most important buildings of that period. Inside the building there is a crucifix located in the left chapel, built in the second half of the 16th century. In this parish, on 3 May of each year the feast of the crucifix is celebrated.
Castel di Casio - Monuments Antica Torre The ancient tower of Castel di Casio is located in the historic center. It is a medieval tower, the top of which exceeds the rooftops of the houses.
Cesena - Monuments Complesso del San Biagio Its foundation dates back probably to the end of the fourteenth century, but over the centuries the complex has had a very troubled life. It was originally a convent, which reached its peak of activity in the seventeenth century. In 1810, however, the monastery was closed and the everything fell into decay. Subsequently renovated several times, it was home to an orphanage until 1960 and now is back to being a reference point for Cesena, also home to the Centro Cinema San Biagio.
Cesena - Monuments Chiostro di San Francesco It's the only one remaining of the two cloisters which stood to the north and south of the Malatesta Library. Quadrangular, the sides had originally formed by twelve columns. Today there are visible just two of these sides and the place is often used as a place for musical events and performances taking ,in an environment like this, really impressive atmosphere.
Cesena - Monuments Barriera Cavour A particularly significant place in the city: here stood a door that marked the spot where the ancient roman road of Salt came from Cesena going to Cervia. After the Unification of Italy in its place two pavilions were built in neoclassical style which are still visible today. The concept underlying their construction was to provide visitors coming from the station, the best possible picture of the city.
Reggio Emilia - Monuments Monumento dei Concordi The construction of the Concord Monument dates back to 1930. This is an incomplete shape brick funeral structure. At the center of the structure is visible a tombstone that shows the inscription and portrait of the dead. The Concordi family had the purpose, through the construction of the Monument, to highlight their prestige in front of the fellow citizens.
Parme - Monuments Scultura e Fontana di Cascella The Sculpture and Fountain by Pietro Cascella are a work of the homonymous artist. It was the property of Pietro Barilla, who gave it a gift to the city. In 1994 the plant was installed in Piazza Santa Croce where it then suffered serious damage due to various road accidents.
San Marino - Monuments Statua della Libertà Located in the homonymous square, in front of the Government Palace, is a statue in white marble of Carrara, donated to the Republic by the Countess of Berlin Otilia Heyroth Wagener. Freedom is personified in a crowned warrior who progresses proudly, her right hand stretched forward and her left carries a flag. The statue is recognizable on the 2 cents coin.
Cattolica - Monuments Municipio di Cattolica The construction of the City Hall of Cattolica, is dated to 1914 and is included in a whole series of ambitious works that Mayor Cino Mancini had built to make it stand out even in the eyes of the first tourists who Since the middle of the nineteenth century, they had been attending what would be nicknamed the Queen of the Adriatic.
Monuments Cripta dei Santi Naborre e Felice via dell'abbadia 2-4 - Bologne It was a monastery of Saints Naborre and Felice, which is now for a part built by the military hospital and maintains only a small part of the old building where we find the Benedictine crypt of the tenth century and the fifteenth century bell tower.
Monuments Casa Natale di Guglielmo Marconi via cesare battisti 11 - Bologne Guglielmo Marconi's birthplace is Villa Griffone, where the Bolognese scientist lived and did his first radio transmission experiment in 1895 and which today became the headquarters of the Marconi Foundation (to him) dedicated). It is located Pontecchio Marconi, about 15 km from Bologna and inside it there is a Research Center where specialists of the Ugo Bordoni Foundation, the University of Bologna and the Foundation itself work Marconi.
Monuments Galleria Comunale piazza della costituzione 1-3 - Bologne This is the most important gallery in Bologna, it often organizes temporary solo and group exhibitions. It is divided into five locations, the headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art of Bologna, Villa delle Rose, the Morandi Museum, the Morandi House and the Museum for the Memory of Ustica and offers more than 3500 works to be able to visualize.
Monuments Ex Chiesa di Santa Lucia via castiglione 25 - Bologne It originated in the fifth century, it was the seat of the Jesuits who expanded it and embellished it. In the seventeenth century, the building was rebuilt on a model of the Roman Church of Jesus by the architect Girolamo Rainaldi, but after the Napoleonic suppression it was destined for other uses. Inside the chapel dedicated to San Luigi Gonzaga, we find the altar designed by Alfonso Torreggiani.
Monuments Casa Tacconi via dè pepoli 8-10 - Bologne It is located in Bologna near Palazzo Bolognini in Via Santo Stefano and is characterized by a multi-arched prospectus of different size for each single building. Recently restored, it remains one of the most beautiful monuments that the city offers to see.
Monuments Baraccano via orfeo 46 - Bologne It is one of the most historic venues and is defined as “the summer garden of Bologna”, where there are great events and events, Latin dance classes with the best Cuban salsa schools, the music of El Gato and Puma, aperitifs and erasmus and university parties, the Blue Garden, with live groups of the city. From year to year, a rich seasonal program is proposed that opens to new horizons dealing with all forms of art and entertainment.
Monuments Casa Rossini strada maggiore 26 - Bologne In front of the main road stands the Gioacchino Rossini palace built in 1824, which was his first home until about twenty years, after which he moved to Paris. On its façade we read a phrase in Latin saying: “It is not the master who must be proud of the house, but the master's house.” On one side, instead we read: “Accompany the verses with the seven musical notes in the middle of a fragrant laurel grove”.