Historical Sites In Bologna
Piazza Maggiore
★4.7 (80888)City's main square lined with Medieval & Renaissance buildings, lines with cafes & street musicians.
Piazza Maggiore, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Piazza Santo Stefano
★4.8 (10894)Open public area with historic palaces & cultural events leading to the Seven Churches complex.
Via Santo Stefano, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Santuario Madonna di San Luca
★4.7 (10456)Hilltop, baroque-style Roman Catholic sanctuary church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, with a cupola.
Via di San Luca, 36, 40135 Bologna BO, Italy
Neptune's Fountain
★4.7 (5029)Spurting mermaids surrounding a vast 16th-century fountain topped with the bronze figure of Neptune.
Piazza del Nettuno, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro
★4.7 (4559)Catholic church restored in the 17th & 18th centuries, with a tall bell tower & frescoes.
Via dell'Indipendenza, 7, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Basilica di San Petronio
★4.5 (4503)Vast Gothic basilica with an unfinished brick & marble facade, housing 22 art-filled side chapels.
Piazza Maggiore, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Basilica of San Domenico
★4.7 (3753)Prominent historic basilica with a Romanesque facade, many paintings & Saint Dominic's remains.
P.za S. Domenico, 13, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Porta Saragozza
★4.5 (3419)Remnants of the city wall, built in the 13th century & restored in the 1800s, plus a museum.
Mura di Porta Saragozza, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Museo Civico Archeologico
★4.5 (3192)Egyptian, Roman & Etruscan artifacts fill this archaeological museum housed in a 1400s palazzo.
Via dell'Archiginnasio, 2, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
La Piccola Venezia
★4.2 (2342)Via Piella, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo Re Enzo
★4.6 (2338)13th-century palace with a grand interior, host to large-scale events with high-tech equipment.
Piazza del Nettuno, 1/C, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Basilica di San Francesco
★4.6 (2193)French Gothic basilica completed in 1263, featuring soaring vaulted ceilings & ogival arches.
Piazza Malpighi, 9, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi
★4.6 (1706)Italian basilica & former church built in a unadorned yet imposing Gothic style in the 1300s.
Str. Maggiore, 43, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo d'Accursio
★4.6 (1602)Town hall complex dating from the 14th century, home to a fresco-filled chapel & fine art museum.
Piazza Maggiore, 6, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
Porta Lame
★4.3 (1567)Baroque, 1200s gate & WWII battle site with sculptures honoring partisans who fought against Nazis.
Piazza VII Novembre 1944, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
Porta Maggiore di Bologna
★4.4 (1553)Remains of a 13th-century city gate with pointed arches, partially demolished in the early 1900s.
Piazza di Porta Maggiore, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Porta Mascarella
★4.2 (1535)Brick tower with a pointed arch from the 13th century, formerly part of the city's defensive wall.
Piazza di Porta Mascarella, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio
★4.7 (1380)Library & anatomical theater in a 16th-century building with frescoes & an array of coats of arms.
Piazza Galvani, 1, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Museo per la Memoria di Ustica
★4.8 (1375)Museum with recovered airplane parts & objects from an unsolved crash that occurred in 1980.
Via di Saliceto, 3/22, 40128 Bologna BO, Italy
Porta Galliera
★4.3 (1316)Defensive gateway with a baroque facade, rebuilt in the 1600s on the site of a medieval structure.
P.za XX Settembre, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
Porta Castiglione
★4.4 (1255)Medieval gate first built in the 13th-century to mark a canal supplying hydraulic power to the city.
Via Castiglione, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Museo Civico Medievale
★4.4 (1126)15th-century palazzo housing the city's collection of medieval bronzes, armor & illuminated books.
Palazzo Ghisilardi Fava, Via Manzoni, 4, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
Santuario di Santa Maria della Vita
★4.6 (1122)Elaborate Gothic-style Catholic church with a large dome & many historic murals & sculptures.
Via Clavature, 8/10, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Ventana al canal
★4.2 (909)Via Piella, 16, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo Ercolani
★4.6 (740)Str. Maggiore, 45, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore
★4.5 (636)Grand, 14th-century Catholic church with various architectural styles & Renaissance art.
Piazza Gioacchino Rossini, 2, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Le Tre Frecce
★4.4 (518)Str. Maggiore, 19, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Torre dell'Orologio
★4.7 (496)Piazza Maggiore, 6, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Basilica Collegiata dei Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano
★4.7 (420)Str. Maggiore, 4, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Tombe dei Glossatori
★4.5 (395)Elegant mausoleums dating back to the Middle Ages in a tranquil church-garden setting.
Piazza Malpighi, 9, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Teatro Anatomico
★4.4 (365)16th-century hall used for anatomy lectures & dissections, with intricate wood sculptures.
Piazza Galvani, 1, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Oratory of Santa Cecilia
★4.6 (360)Via Zamboni, 15, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Museum of San Colombano - Tagliavini Collection
★4.7 (347)Via Parigi, 5, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo Boncompagni
★4.5 (284)Via del Monte, 8, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Portici di Bologna
★4.7 (255)Via Farini, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo Grassi
★4.4 (216)Restored medieval residence with a courtyard & stuccoed chapel, now an officers' club.
Via Marsala, 12, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo Malvezzi de' Medici
★4.6 (170)Via Zamboni, 13, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
Museo Civico del Risorgimento di Bologna
★4.3 (168)Piazza Giosuè Carducci, 5, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Villa Guastavillani
★4.6 (162)Via degli Scalini, 20, 40136 Bologna BO, Italy
Il Quadrilatero
★4.6 (83)Str. Maggiore, 23, 20125 Bologna BO, Italy
Torre Galluzzi
★4.5 (61)Imposing 98.8-ft. tower with thick walls, constructed in 1257 by an influential local family.
Corte de Galluzzi, 1, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Roman Amphitheater of Bonōnia
★4.4 (50)Via de' Carbonesi, 7, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Torre Scappi
★4.3 (47)Via dell'Indipendenza, 3b, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Palazzo Bevilacqua Ariosti
★4.6 (39)Via d'Azeglio, 31, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Fontana Vecchia
★4.3 (37)· Dogs allowed
Via Ugo Bassi, 2/B, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
Piazza del Nettuno
★4.9 (37)Piazza del Nettuno, 1/ab, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Zani Palace
★4.4 (37)Via Santo Stefano, 56, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
Torresotto di Porta Nuova
★4.5 (34)Via Porta Nova, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
Portico della Morte
★4.6 (26)Via de' Musei, 5, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
Il chiostro
★4.7 (19)40125 Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy