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Things to do in Marzabotto Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Marzabotto Italy. If you’are planning to visit Marzabotto for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Marzabotto and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Marzabotto and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

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Vergato (10 Km)

Palazzo dei Capitani della Montagna

The Palace of the Captains of the Mountain was built between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and was the seat of the Captains of the Mountain, officials who ruled from 1414 to 1796. The facade has coats of arms dating from the 4th and 6th centuries and among these is visible that of the municipality of Vergato, depicting a wild boar in a swamp with two oak branches tied by a ribbon. The building was built during the post-war period and was enriched with four stained-glass windows by Luigi Ontani in 1998.

Casalecchio di Reno (13 Km)

Villa il Toiano

It is a typical sixteenth-century senatorium villa, which integrated the stately residence with the buildings for the servitude and for the peasants who took care of the agricultural fund. The villa is characterized by four porticoes, one on the side, the most impressive of which support the elegant triangular gables of the main facades.

Casalecchio di Reno (13 Km)

Villa Marescalchi

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

Parco della Chiusa

The Chiusa Park, also known as Talon Park. Since 1975 it has been owned by the city

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

Villa Marullina

Currently from the entrance to Via Calzavecchio you access the Park, less rich in centuries-old trees, less large, but ordered in its new function. In fact, the Villa, restored in respect and maintenance of its architecture and its artistic interior decorations, is used as welcoming and prestigious offices of various companies.

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

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.

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

Santi Antonio ed Andrea di Ceretolo

In the 18th century, the Church of Ceretolo located on the homonymous Hill, was dedicated to St. Andrew and was part of the jurisdiction of the canons Renani di Casalecchio. with four side chapels and a small choir. Some valuable paintings and canvases have been lost.

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

Santa Lucia

The Church was designed by Architect Giuseppe Coccolini and built in just two years, from 1965 to 1967. The simple and simple exterior presents as a decorative architectural element a balcony, marked by short pillars.

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

Teatro Testoni

In the early days it was used as a Theater and a Casa del Fascio even if the structure, simple and linear, does not recall the modernist modules in vogue at that time. This space was intended for fencing exercises and gymnastic exercises. Renovated in the 1960s and 1980s, the Teatro Testoni is counted among the most active rooms in Italy.

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

San Giovanni Battista

The church, built after the war, the most prestigious from the architectural point of view is that of San Giovanni Battista, designed by the architect Melchiorre Bega. On the upper wall of the facade stands out a stained glass with sculptural bronze decorations particularly original and impressive.

Casalecchio di Reno (16 Km)

San Martino

The Church of San Martino was founded by the Martinian Friars in the 7th century at the foot of the Hill called Monte Castello. The construction, renovated several times over the centuries, owes the current accommodation to a project by Edoardo Collamarini, famous Bolognese architect.

Casalecchio di Reno (17 Km)

Villa Ghillini

The elegant noble residence, of very ancient origins, represents a rare example of living continuity from the first century BC to today. The building became the Castello di Casalecchio, which, from its dominant position controlled the road, the bridge, the ford over the Rhine and the entire plain below.

Casalecchio di Reno (17 Km)

La Bamboza

On the Via Porrettana, adjacent to Villa Ghillini, there is an ancient fountain that once offered refreshment to travelers and horses with its fresh water from the Rio della Pizzacchera. The witty villagers immediately called it the 'Bamboza' because of its resemblance to that mannequin on which the seamstresses shape their clothes.

Bologne (17 Km)

Eremo di Ronzano

Ronzano is the culmination of a hill that rises more or less at the same level as the Colle della Guardia where there is a famous convent that on the ground floor were built the refectory, the kitchen, premises service and the cellar. The north side is occupied by the church by the Chapter Hall. The remaining three sides, equipped with large windows, constitute the outer sides of the walking center on which the monk cells are located.

Bologne (18 Km)

Villa Guastavillani

A beautiful building from the second half of the fifteenth century characterized by a “T” system with an area of more than 5000 square meters. It was renovated around the 2000s by the University of Bologna, of which it became the headquarters of the Historical Archive. Inside it is possible to visit the chapel of the Barbiano family where there are wooden drawers painted with rich decorated bands and different paintings and frescoes of the time.

Bologne (18 Km)

Villa Aldini

Bologne (18 Km)

Museo dell'Assistenza Infermieristica

The museum displays various kinds of witnesses concerning the evolution of the '700 nursing to the present day.

Bologne (18 Km)

Museo Storico Didattico della Tappezzeria

Cavalier Vittorio Zironi, master tapestries, decided to found this museum in Bologna. Initially aimed at upholstery fabrics, it began to evolve also to the clothes of clothing, ceremonial dresses, sacred vestments. The restoration of Villa Spada allowed the installation on the three floors of the villa by dividing the exhibition conceptually by type.

Bologne (18 Km)

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 (19 Km)

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 (19 Km)

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 (19 Km)

Porta Saragozza

It rises at the intersection of Via Saragozza and the avenues, built in 1300 and after a few years a drawbridge was installed. From this construction also started the long portico that leads to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of San Luca, but for many years it was considered only as a secondary entrance. Restored from 2007 to 2009.

Bologne (20 Km)

Porta Castiglione

Called “circla”, it is one of the gates of the third walls of Bologna, it was built in 1250, it starts from the intersection of Via Castiglione and the avenues. Nearby is the Savena Canal that carried hydraulic energy throughout the city. It has been restored several times, but the works carried out between 2007 and 2009 brought it very similar to that of the past.

Bologne (20 Km)

Palazzo di Giustizia

The building was executed on a project by Palladio in the 16th century, on commission of the Ruini Family. In 1679 the palace was sold to the Ranuzzi family, which would make it a sumptuous senatorium residence. The double elliptical staircase leading to the upper floors was built by Piacentini. His last owner was Felice Baciocchi who by marrying Napoleon Bonaparte's sister, took the title of Prince.

Bologne (20 Km)

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 (20 Km)

Oratorio di San Rocco

Built in 1614, it was dedicated to the holy healer of the plague and was used by the confreres to gather in prayer and penance. Its bell tower is famous for its 55 bells (the only one in Europe). Inside we find several paintings made by different artists, the ceiling has a division into eighteen squares, where the patron saints of Bologna, the doctors of the Western Church are represented and the Evangelists.

Bologne (20 Km)

Palazzo Bevilacqua

Palazzo Sanuti Bevilacqua degli Ariosti was built in 1477 by the Count of Porretta Nicolò Sanuti. It has the typical appearance of the Bolognese palaces with its beveled rustice.and internally a splendid courtyard around which a richly decorated loggia runs.

Bologne (20 Km)

Oratorio Spirito Santo

It was built in the second half of 1400 by Celestine monks, its external facade is represented by terracotta decorations. Around the years 1892/93, it was renovated by Alfonso Rubbiani who tried to reproduce the original appearance. Inside we can find Roman remains of an area paved with large basoli where there is an angular pillar and sections of the Selenite walls.

Bologne (20 Km)

Teatro Duse

The prose theater of the city and also the oldest, being inside the Palazzo del Giglio that since the 17th century already housed the theater of San Severo. It was named after Teatro Duse only in 1898, in honor of Eleonora Duse, the most famous Italian actress of the time. It has almost a thousand places.

Bologne (20 Km)

Museo Mille Voci e Mille Suoni

Bologne (20 Km)

Porta San Stefano

It was born from the end of Via Santo Stefano, at the intersection of the latter with the avenues. Dating back to the 13th century, in 1513, it was seriously damaged during the siege by heavy artillery blows and only part is still visible. There are also the two pillars and the large iron gate that limits their access accessible from the Margherita Gardens Park.

Bologne (20 Km)

Museo degli Studenti e della Goliardia

The Alma Mater, the oldest university in Europe, the first headquarters of the student university, organized within it this Museum that wants to retrace the path of the history of the student world, through 23 windows, 18 monitors, paintings, sculptures, books, illuminated codes, newspapers. It also owns a database containing all graduates from 1380 to 2005 to the present day.

Bologne (20 Km)

Torre Galluzzi

Galluzzi is among the highest towers in the city. With its more than 30 meters it stands in the homonymous court, where it was once the common citizen. Today on the ground floor we find a bookcase, there is still the original door that stands at 6 meters high.

Bologne (20 Km)

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 (20 Km)

Torresotto del Pratello o di porta Nuova

The Torresotto is part of the second circle of walls. It is also known as Porta Nuova or dei Mille. The building overlooks Piazza Malpighi.

Bologne (20 Km)

Archiginnasio di Bologna

Headquarters of the old university is now the seat of the Municipal Library Archiginnasio, the largest in Emilia-Romagna, which contains important texts of history, philosophy, politics and literature.

Bologne (20 Km)

Teatro del Navile

It is the most central theater of Bologna, a few steps from Piazza Maggiore, in the elegant Via D'Azeglio. Here theatrical performances, exhibitions of young artists, theater classes, book presentations and conferences are held weekly.

Bologne (20 Km)

Palazzo Marescalchi

The Palazzo dell'Armi Marescalchi, was chosen for its evocative beauty as the Institutional headquarters of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage for the provinces of Bologna, Modena and Reggio Emilia. It was a senatory palace and an eighteenth-century residence, over the years made more and more precious, for example with seventeenth-century frescoes by the Accademia dei Carracci, or with the “Salle Manger” designed by Martinetti.

Bologne (20 Km)

Palazzo Orlandini

Palazzo Orlandini, in Via IV Novembre is located near the Palazzo Marescalchi. The Orlandini Family, following the serious financial disruption of the Marescalchi, purchased the residence and the annexed house of Marconi.

Other attractions in Marzabotto

Museums

Museo di Ronzano

Near the homonymous hermitage, on a hill near that of the Guardia. At the Hermitage of Ronzano there is a Museum Archive, where personal paper documents of Giosuè Carducci have been preserved, donated to the Hermitage by Titti Carducci.

Museums

Museo Storico del Soldatino "M. Massacesi"

In the beautiful Villa Aldrovandi — Mazzacorati, this very curious exhibition of miniature soldiers is presented, executed with every type of material: from wood, to stucco, to paper, to lead, to tin. The soldiers who belonged to Giacomo Leopardi of colored cardboard are also kept.

Museums

Museo di S. Domenico

The Museum is inside the Basilica of San Domenico, between the choir and the sacristy. It was set up from 1956 by the prior of the time and inaugurated the same year. Consisting of two rooms it preserves important works of Italian painting from 300 to 700. There are also precious breviaries from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, including that of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre e Mura della Grada

The iron grate was a further protection for the historic center of Bologna, close to the walls that served to defend themselves from the entrance of enemies who tried to enter the city sailing along the canal of Rhine. The grate was closed with an iron gate when they passed, and it had been built right under a tower of the '300 that bears its name.

Monuments

Baraccano

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

Ex Chiesa di Santa Lucia

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 Natale di Guglielmo Marconi

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.

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Things to do in Marzabotto Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Museo Nazionale Etrusco "P. Aria"

Citta' etrusco-celtica

Parco Storico di Monte Sole

Casamento di Medelana

What To See near Marzabotto

Palazzo dei Capitani della Montagna

Villa il Toiano

Villa Marescalchi

Parco della Chiusa

Villa Marullina

Eremo di Tizzano

Santi Antonio ed Andrea di Ceretolo

Santa Lucia

Teatro Testoni

San Giovanni Battista

San Martino

Villa Ghillini

La Bamboza

Eremo di Ronzano

Villa Guastavillani

Villa Aldini

Museo dell'Assistenza Infermieristica

Museo Storico Didattico della Tappezzeria

Portico di San Luca

Arco Meloncello e Portico San Luca

Arco Bonaccorsi

Porta Saragozza

Porta Castiglione

Palazzo di Giustizia

Collegio di Spagna

Oratorio di San Rocco

Palazzo Bevilacqua

Oratorio Spirito Santo

Teatro Duse

Museo Mille Voci e Mille Suoni

Porta San Stefano

Museo degli Studenti e della Goliardia

Torre Galluzzi

Tombe dei Glossatori

Torresotto del Pratello o di porta Nuova

Archiginnasio di Bologna

Teatro del Navile

Palazzo Marescalchi

Palazzo Orlandini

Other attractions in Marzabotto

Museo di Ronzano

Museo Storico del Soldatino "M. Massacesi"

Museo di S. Domenico

Torre e Mura della Grada

Baraccano

Ex Chiesa di Santa Lucia

Casa Natale di Guglielmo Marconi

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Sasso Marconi

Vergato

Casalecchio di Reno

Grizzana Morandi

Zola Predosa

Bologne

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