Author name: Emilia Delizia

Bologna, the vivacious metropolis in Northern Italy, is renowned for its rich history, iconic food scene, antique markets, lively squares, and of course, the local people’s passion for cycling. This city, widely recognized as a gastronomic paradise, will be extending its magnanimity to host the international cycling event, the Tour de France, on June 30.

Palazzo Bentivoglio on Via del Borgo di San Pietro is one of Bologna’s most significant historic palaces and, since 2019, one of its most active contemporary art venues. The cellars — 16th-century vaulted spaces below the palazzo — have been converted into exhibition galleries that host shows drawing on the building’s own collection of ancient

There are around 62 kilometres of covered walkways in Bologna. In the historic centre alone, the figure is closer to 40. They run along almost every significant street, connecting piazzas, markets, university buildings, churches, and residential blocks without a gap. When it rains in Bologna — and it rains — the city keeps moving. You

Bologna is Guglielmo Marconi’s birthplace, and the city takes that seriously. Marconi was born on April 25, 1874 at Villa Griffone in Pontecchio, a village 12 km south of Bologna in the Apennine foothills, and it was there — in the attic of the same villa — that he conducted his first wireless telegraphy experiments