Do you assume you already know all the pieces about Bologna?
Bologna: the crimson, the fats, the mental and the “turrita” (sure, we all know it’s a wierd adjective, however we’re going to elucidate it later). Clearly, we’re persevering with our journey as vacationers and at this time we’ve got carried out a tour targeted on porticos and towers, that are traits of Bologna. We’ve met a brand new journey companion, Andrea Moretti, an skilled of art-history who guided us on this go to.
First, we bought to Pepoli Palace located in Through Castiglione 8, so within the heart of Bologna and we met our tour information. Outdoors the palace’s construction appears to be historical however inside it’s up to date and presents interactive points of interest. When you’re there it’s simple to observe the route between completely different rooms, which give data by panels and pictures.
Let’s get to the purpose… we’re Bolognese residents and we thought to concentrate on the historical past of our metropolis, however we discovered we aren’t. So, do you assume you already know all the pieces about Bologna? Don’t be so positive of yourselves and e book a go to as we did!
The town of Bologna developed within the IX century and since then it’s well-known for its structure: certainly, there have been two circles of partitions which at this time don’t exist. With the enrichment of crucial households, the primary towers and palaces had been born. Within the middle-ages, wealthy folks had been having a tower constructed as at this time the billionaires get a Lamborghini personalised! Consequently, there have been plenty of towers so it’s essential to have heard concerning the legend which compares Bologna to Manhattan… please, don’t be dissatisfied: this isn’t fully true, but it surely’s your selection to seek out out why. Sadly, there have been conflicts between households and so they had been at all times in a contest on whose tower was taller, which prompted some issues within the metropolis. The tallest tower, the Asinelli tower was purchased by the county in the long run and at this time everybody can go to it. You do have to be a bit match as you must climb nearly 500 steps!
After this fast museum go to, we began seeing with our eyes all crucial tower and porticos of Bologna, below the information of Andrea. Understanding the true historic significance of locations the place we simply usually stroll by (with out even asking ourselves the rationale of their existence), it’s like visiting this metropolis for the primary time and with plenty of curiosity. We’ve by no means seen our metropolis below this mild: imagining how our ancestors lived is a thoughts blowing expertise! Throughout this absorbing stroll we additionally unmasked completely different city legends and answered completely different attention-grabbing questions on or metropolis and custom. For instance right here (and solely right here) in Bologna we are saying “dammi il tiro” to ask somebody to open the door and we noticed the place this expression comes from: Andrea took us to Mercanzia palace the place we noticed an previous portico fabricated from wooden, lifting our sight we noticed a bit gap within the ceiling. Andrea defined us that the outlet was used as a peephole and to open the door they needed to pull a rope to be able to let folks in (“tiro”=pull).
by Asia Iacoviello, Dario Corsini & Matilde Ferrari
Metropolis explorer is an alternate summer time camp organized by Roxana Iacoban/English with Roxy Celta trainer primarily based in Bologna targeted on the exploration of town in English (for younger learners and youths)
