Italy – STUDIA PHOTOS

ITALY – SIENA II

More shots from Siena

IHS Christogram, Palazzo Publico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Date Clock, Torre del Mangia, Palazzo Publico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

San Pietro in Castelvecchio, Via San Pietro, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Loggia della Mercanzia, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Two statues on the outer pillars of the loggia depict St. Peter and St. Paul and are from Vecchietta (1458 - 1462); the other three statues depict three of the four ancient patron saints of the city, San Savino, Sant'Ansano and San Vittore, and are by Antonio Federighi (1458-1459). (not all included here)

Entrance, Palazzo Chigi Zondadari, Banchi di Sotto, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Duomo di Siena, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Old Staircase, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

  Exhibits Beneath Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

 Beneath Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, 18 Via Fusari, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Courtyard, La Terrazza Sul Campo, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Passageway, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Wine Shop, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Key Hole & Knocker, Via dei Pellegrini, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Cellar Stairs, Il Battistero Siena Residenza d' Epoca, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena,Tuscany, Italy

The four-storey Il Battistero Siena Residenza d' Epoca is an historic palace on St. Giovanni Square in front of the Cathedral Baptistery. A Pope, famous authors, artists and architects have all stayed here. Below the Palace and Square is a stone cellar and medieval aqueduct – a secret path once used by Pope Alexander VII.

Morning Frost, Via Fosso di Sant'Ansano, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

A New Friend, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Stone Framed Window, Via dei Pittori, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Old Statue, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Torre del Mangia, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Window & Arch, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Ferro di Facciata, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

RP 1746, Piazzetta dell'Indipendenza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Unity Commemoration, Piazzetta dell'Indipendenza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Bust, Piazzetta dell'Indipendenza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

ITALY – SIENA I

The next leg of our journey is spending four nights in Siena, staying in a wonderful old building that once accommodated popes.

Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico, Piazza San Domenico, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni Battista, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Siena Baptistery of San Giovanni – built between 1316-1325. This is right outside our front door.

Bust of Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Francesco di Giorgio Martini…1439-1501 was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer.

Stairs, Il Battistero Siena – Residenza d’epoca, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Old Door, Piazza Del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, Via Del Capitano, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Hand Painted Ceramic Plate, Ceramiche Antica Siena, 29 Il Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Fountain & Christmas Tree, Piazza di Postierla, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Costa Larga, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

See Google Street View

Wall Point, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

See Google Street View

Vicolo di Tone, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Statue of Pope Julius III, Chigi Saracini Palace, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Water Well, Santuario Casa di Santa Caterina, Costa Sant’Antonio, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Door, Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Chiasso del Bargello, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Historic Building, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Ferro di Facciata, Via dei Pellegrini, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Ditta Lombardi, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

The Town Hall

Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

This is the site where the Palio di Siena is held twice yearly

Romulus & Remus, Palazzo Publicco, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Security Patrol, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

These patrols are everywhere you go in Italy

Former Taverna, Via Sant’Agata, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

View over Town, Via di Fontarella, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

The church tower in the distance is San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi

San Pietro in Castelvecchio, Via San Pietro, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Initially built in the 12th century, this parish church was completely rebuilt in a Baroque style in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of Glory of St Peter. The belltower dates to 1699, and the facade to 1706.

Exhibit, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

ITALY – PISA III

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Birthplace of Vincenzo Galilei at the junction of Via Mercanti & Borgo Stretto in Pisa, Italy

Vincenzo Galilei (3 April 1520, c. 1520, or late 1520s – buried 1 or 2 July 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and the father of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and the lute virtuoso and composer Michelagnolo Galilei. He was a seminal figure in the musical life of the late Renaissance and contributed significantly to the musical revolution which demarcates the beginning of the Baroque era.

In his study of pitch and string tension, Galilei produced perhaps the first non-linear mathematical description of a natural phenomenon known to history. It was an extension of a Pythagorean tradition but went beyond it. Many scholars credit him with directing the activity of his son away from pure, abstract mathematics and towards experimentation using mathematical quantitative description of the results, a direction of utmost importance for the history of physics and natural science.

Originally built from 1440 & reconstructed after taking damage, this fortress now houses a garden

Inscription:

A ULISSE DINI
MATEMATICO INSIGNE
ONORE DELLO STUDIO PISANO
GLORIA D’ITALIA
CITTADINO BENEMERITO
PISA RICONOSCENTE
1845-1918».

Translation:

TO ULISSE DINI
NOTABLE MATHEMATICIAN
HONOR OF PISAN STUDY
GLORY OF ITALY
WORTHY CITIZEN
GRATITUDE OF PISA
1845-1918

Part of the Museo delle Sinopie used as the ticket office for the attractions.

Constructed in 1278, the Camposanto was established to safeguard the burial sarcophagi that were in the Cathedral in a new building. As such, it has a collection of sarcophagi from Roman, medieval, and Renaissance times. It is decorated with an amazing collection of frescoes that you can see reconstructed in pictures in the museum. It was one of the first burial structures that became a museum.

Taken from the upper dome of the Baptistery.

This pulpit dating to 1310, survived a fire in 1595. Having been packed away during the redecoration, it was not rediscovered and restored until 1926. The pulpit is supported by plain columns (two of which are mounted on lion’s sculptures) on one side and by caryatids and a telamon on the other: the latter represent Saint Michael, the Evangelists, the four cardinal virtues flanking the church, and a bold, naturalistic depiction of a naked Hercules. A central plinth with the liberal arts supports the four theological virtues.

The present-day pulpit is a reconstruction of the original. It does not lie in its original position, which was nearer the main altar, and the columns and panels are not original. The original stairs (perhaps of marble) were lost.

Construction began on 17 April 1565 in order to build a church for the Order of Knights of St Stephan, founded by the Grand Duke Cosimo de’ Medici to fight Saracen piracy in the Mediterranean.

A long history dating to1061 but is now the official church of the University of Pisa.

Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo bought this tower in 1785 and merged a new bell by Alessandro Tognozzi to mark the hours of study for the students of the University, starting at 7.30 in the morning.

The bell was inscribed:-

Audite disciplinam et et estote sapientes.

Translated:- Hear instruction and be wise.

Cassetta Per le Lettere = Mailbox

ITALY – PISA II

Ruins of Largo del Parlascio, Largo Parlascio, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Porta a Lucca, Largo Parlascio, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Monument to Paolo Savi, Orto e Museo Botanico, Via Roma, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

26-28 Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Dingy Lane, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Across the River Arno, Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Ponte Solferino, River Arno, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

River Arno, Ponte Solferino, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Vicolo del Ricciardi, Lungarno Gambacorti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

[“Vicolo” = Alley]

Vicolo del Mecherini, Lungarno Gambacorti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Lungarno Gambacorti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Ponte Mezzo, River Arno, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza XX Settembre, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Logge dei Banchi, Piazza XX Settembre, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

River Arno, Ponte di Mezzo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Palazzo Pretorio (L) & Logge dei Banchi(R), Piazza XX Settembre, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Alfresco Dining, Vicolo del Vigna, LLungarno Antonio Pacinotti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Cinema Lumiere, Vicolo del Tidi, Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Shutter of Closed Shop, Via Bernardo Tanucci, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Torre di Pisa, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Ferro di Facciata, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

[Used in medieval time for tethering horses – see more]

Chiesa di San Sisto, Piazza Francesco Buonamici, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

[Constructed between 1087 and 1133]

Stone Bordered Doorway, Chiesa di San Sisto, Via Corsica, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Stone Bordered Doorway, Via Corsica, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Vintage Street Lamp, Cnr Via Ulisse Dini & Via delle Sette Volte, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Street Lamp, Borgo Street, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

ITALY – PISA

We caught a train from Rome to begin the planned part of our holiday. We will spend the next four nights in Pisa. Our hotel was wonderfully located a very short walk from the Piazza Delle Duomo.

Rooftops of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Cattedrale di Pisa, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Bells of Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Tedeschi, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Entrance, Collegio Ferdinando, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

In 1593, the Ferdinand College was inaugurated at 102 via Santa Maria. The great portal in marble and the bust of the Grand Duke are works by Raffaele Pagni. Ferdinand I wanted to open its doors to all deserving students, even those who did not have the opportunity to pay for their studies.

Inner Courtyard Door, Università di Pisa – Biblioteca di Antichistica, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, 2 Via dei Mille, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Chiesa di San Sisto, Piazza Francesco Buonamici, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Antica Trattoria Antonietta Pisa, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

The Tower at Night, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni & Cattedrale di Pisa, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Entrance of Tourist Information Office, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Part of the Museo delle Sinopie used as the ticket office for the attractions.

Via Roma, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Fontana dei Putti, Piazza Arcivescovado, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Christmas Lights, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Street Lamp, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni & Leaning Tower, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Torre di Santa Maria, Via Contessa Matilde, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Tower Gate, Torre di Santa Maria, Via Contessa Matilde, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

On the Old City Wall Walkway, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Within The Wall, City Wall, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

ITALY – 2024-2025

The beginning of our trip to Tuscany, Italy. We had booked flights to take us to Pisa to begin the trip and thus made all of the arrangements around this. Unfortunately, Emirates decided to remove their scheduled flight from Dubai to Pisa leaving us with a bit of a problem. We ended up having to leave a couple of days earlier than planned and fly to Rome and then catch a train to Pisa to start our holiday, hence we spent only a single day in Rome. Below is from that day.

Views of The Colosseum

Archaeological Excavation, via Luigi Petroselli, Rome, Italy

Circus Maximus, Viale Aventino, Rome, Italy

Chiesa di San Rocco all’Augusteo, Via di Ripetta, Rome, Italy

(Built between 1499 – 1832)

Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, Foro Traiano, Rome, Italy

Distressed Wall, Chiesa di San Sebastiano al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Ornate Statuette Lamp. Grand Hotel Palace, Via Vittorio Veneto, Rome, Italy

Gateway, Chiesa di San Sebastiano al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

The site was originally for a temple built by the emperor Elagabalus in the third century. The temple was replaced by a church and an attached monastery in the tenth century. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Zoticus, which can be read in an inscription that also contains the name of the founder of monastery, a physician named “Peter”. Originally the church was known as Santa Maria in Pallara, after the Palladium, the ancient image of Athena from Troy which – along with some of the most sacred objects in pagan Rome – was allegedly kept in a pagan temple on the same site. In 1061, the church was given to the abbot of Montecassino. It was then dedicated to Saint Sebastian. The structure that stands today is the result of a rebuilding in 1624.

Terme di Elagabalo, Via di S. Gregorio, Rome, Italy

Roman Baths adjacent to The Colosseum.

Shrine, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Side Wall of Chiesa San Bonaventura al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Ruins, via Filippo Turati, Rome, Italy

Ruins behind Circus Maximus, Viale Aventino, Rome, Italy

Overgrown Gateway, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Courtyard, via Cairoli, Rome, Italy

Colonnade, via Giovanni Giolitti, Rome, Italy

Colonnade, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Poignant Message, Colonnade, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Doorway, Frati Cappuccini (Capuchin Friars), San Fedele Convent, via Cairoli, Rome, Italy

Street Sign, Via Machiavelli, Rome, Italy

Birra Moretti IPA, Hotel Napoleon, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Oops!, Via di Porta Maggiore, Rome, Italy

99 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Part VI

Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria della Carità, Via San Felice, Bologna

Inscription, San Nicolò di San Felice, Via San Felice, Bologna

San Nicolò di San Felice is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic church located on via San Felice 41 in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. Bombardment during World War two caused sufficient damage to close the brick walled structure with a front portico.

A church at the site is documented since the 12th-century, when it was located outside the city walls.

CRUCEM HANC
INSIGNE REDEMPTIONIS HUMANAE VEXILLUM
A BONONIENSIBUS CIVIBUS
VIX NASCENTE ECCLESIA
IN SUSCEPTAE FIDEI ARGUMENTUM
ERECTAM
INDE SAEPIUS INIURIA TEMPORUM COLLAPSAM
ITERUMQUE PRISTINO LOCO RESTITUTAM
VESPASIANUS GRIMALDI
ALPHONSO PALEOTTO ARCHIEPI(SCOPO) BONONIEN(SI)
SUB INITIUM SUPERIORIS SECULI (!)
IN VIAE HUIUS MEDIO
SUPER PONTEM QUO FIRMIUS SUBSISTERET
COLLOCAVIT
VERUM PONTE PRO AMPLIANDA VIA DESTRUCTO
EAMDEM CRUCEM
HIERONYMO GRIMALDO S(ANCTAE) R(OMANAE) E(CCLESIAE) CARDINALI
TIT(ULO) SANCTAE BALBINAE
BONONIAE LEGATO

PROSPER LAMBERTINUS S(ANCTAE) R(OMANAE) E(CCLESIAE) CARDINALIS

TIT(ULO) SANCTAE CRUCIS IN IERUSALEM

ARCHIEPISCOPUS BONONIENSIS
SACRI ROMANI IMPERII PRINCEPS
AEMULA MAIORUM SUORUM PIETATE
SUB HAC PORTICU SACRAE HUIUS AEDIS PARIETI
AFFIGI CURAVIT
ATQUE SOLEMNI RITU BENEDIXIT
OMNIBUSQUE CORAM IPSA DEVOTE ORANTIBUS
ET PRO PATRIAE INCOLUMITATE
VOTA SUA OMNIPOTENTI DEO NUNCUPANTIBUS
CENTUM DIERUM INDULGENTIAM BENIGNE CONCESSIT
ANNO MDCCXXXII
—

Translation
“This cross, an extraordinary sign of human redemption, erected by the citizens of Bologna when the church was just being born in defense of the embraced faith, then very often ruined by the ravages of time and each time restored in its original place, Vespasiano Grimaldi, when it was Archbishop of Bologna Alfonso Paleotti, at the beginning of the last century, placed it in the middle of this street above the bridge, so that it could resist more firmly.
However, this bridge having been destroyed to widen the road, when Girolamo Grimaldi, cardinal of the Holy Roman Church with the title of Santa Balbina, Prospero Lambertini, cardinal of the Holy Roman Church with the title of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Bologna, prince of the Holy Roman Empire, took care that the same cross was affixed under this portico on the wall of this sacred building and blessed it with a solemn rite and graciously granted one hundred days of indulgence to all those who prayed devoutly in front of it and who formulated their vows to Almighty God for the salvation of the country.
Year 1732 “.

Entrance, Palazzo Buriani, Via San Felice, Bologna

Basilica di San Francesco, Piazza Malpighi, Bologna

In the foreground is one of the Tombe dei Glossatori – Historical tombs dedicated to the first university teachers.

Coat of Arms, Via Rizzoli, Bologna

Towers of Basilica di San Francesco & Colonna dell’Immacolata, Piazza Malpighi, Bologna

Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore, Via Cesare Battisti & Via VI Novembre, Bologna

Wrought Iron Guard, Via Porta Nova, Bologna

Statue of San Domenico, Cnr Via Porta Nova & Via Cesare Battisti, Bologna

Saint Dominic, also known as Dominic of Osma and Dominic of Caleruega, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo Félix de Guzmán; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), was a Castilian Catholic priest and founder of the Dominican Order. Dominic is the patron saint of astronomers.

The “canopy” above the statue is referred to as a “baldachin” or “baldaquin”.

The church, statues and guard are all visible on this Street View!

Entrance to Residential Block, Via Cesare Battisti, Bologna

Entrance, Palazzo del Governo, Piazza Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bologna

Colonnade, Palazzo del Governo, Piazza Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bologna

Colonnade, Prefettura di Bologna, Piazza Galileo Galilei, Bologna

Artwork in the Colonnade, Prefettura di Bologna, Piazza Galileo Galilei, Bologna

Santuario di Santa Maria della Vita, Via Clavature, Bologna

Salumeria Simoni, Via Drapperie, Bologna

Quadrilatero Fiorito, 6 Via Drapperie, Bologna

Carving, Doorway, 5 Via Drapperie, Bologna

Flags, Cnr Via Drapperie & Via Pescherie Vecchie, Bologna

Memorial, P Marella Padre dei Poveri, Cnr Via Caprarie & Via Drapperie, Bologna

Fr Marella Father of the Poor

This Street View shows a Monk collecting for the charity sitting in front of that memorial plate.

Stone Carving, Cnr Via Caprarie & Via Drapperie, Bologna

Sits above the Memorial to P Marella Padre dei Poveri

Basilica Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

Enjoy a Beer, Caffé Maxim, Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna

Along the Colonnade, Via Rizzoli, Bologna

Along the Colonnade, Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

Strada Maggiore, Bologna

It is the only Bolognese street to have preserved the urban designation of “strada” (from the Latin sternere : “pavement”), dating back to Roman times and confirmed by the Napoleonic reform of 1801

Roadside View, A1-Autostrada del Sole, Roncobilaccio, Baragazza

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Part V

From the Breakfast Table, Hotel San Donato, Palazzo Malvasia, Via Zamboni, Bologna

Our Hire Car, Courtyard, Hotel San Donato (Palazzo Malvasia), Bologna

Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

Piazza Re Enzo, Bologna

Palazzo del Podestà, Piazza Re Enzo, Bologna

Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna

View Along Via Rizzoli, Bologna

Via De’ Giudei, Bologna

LaFeltrinelli Librerie, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

(A Bookshop)

Doorway, 1 Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

“Spiritus Intus Alit”, Basilica Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

(Main doorway and bas relief each side)

The Latin Inscription “Spiritus Intus Alit” Translates as- “Spirit within sustains”

Short guide to the Basilica of Saints Bartolomeo and Gaetano

Basilica Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

Carabinieri Cars, Via San Vitale, Bologna

Statue Of San Petronius, Piazza Di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

Saint Petronius was bishop of Bologna during the fifth century. He is a patron saint of the city. Born of a noble Roman family, he became a convert to Christianity and subsequently a priest. As bishop of Bologna, he built the Church of Santo Stefano.

Medieval Building, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

Le Due Torri: Garisenda e degli Asinelli, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna

See Street View!

Coat of Arms, Via Rizzoli, Bologna

Biblioteca Salaborsa, Piazza del Nettuno, Bologna

Gated Entrance, Palazzo Re Enzo, Piazza del Nettuno, Bologna

Take a Tour Inside

Ornate Street Lamp. Piazza del Nettuno, Bologna

Fontana Vecchia, Via Ugo Bassi, Bologna

By Sicilian Artist Tommaso Laureti 1565

Entrance, Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro, Via dell’Indipendenza, Bologna

Staircase, Via dell’Indipendenza, Bologna

“Libertas”, Cnr Via Ghirlanda & Via Ugo Bassi, Bologna

(This sits above what is now a menswear shop)

Banco di Roma Clock, Via Ugo Bassi, Bologna

Hotel Carosello (B&B), 26 Via San Felice, Bologna

Arcade, 48 Via San Felice, Bologna

Doorway, Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria della Carità, Via San Felice, Bologna

Porta San Felice, Piazza di Porta San Felice, Bologna

Porta San Felice was the westernmost gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. The gate was erected in the 13th century, and rebuilt in 1334 with a machiocolated tower and drawbridge. It was restored in 1508, and again in 1805 when Napoleon visited the city. In 1840, the flanking walls were torn down. A barracks and tax house for collecting duties was in the past found astride the entrance.

Doorway, 137 Via San Felice, Bologna

Door Furniture, 121 Via San Felice, Bologna

San Marino

Being so close, we decided a days outing to visit the small country of San Marino was on the cards. Having a hire car in areas like this is a blessing as there is much to see along the way from Bologna and return.

San Marino is a mountainous microstate surrounded by north-central Italy and is among the world’s oldest republics, it retains much of its historic architecture. Situated on the slopes of Monte Titano is the capital, also called San Marino. A wonderful city known for its medieval walled old town and narrow cobblestone streets. The Three Towers, castle like citadels dating to the 11th century, sit on the neighbouring peaks.

Monte Titano San Remo from Via Santa Aquilina, Cerasolo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Panoramic Views taken from Various Places within Città di San Marino, San Marino

Water Fountain, Via Piana, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Stone Clock Faces, Via Piana, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Statue, Melchiorre Delfico, Viale Antonio Onofri, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Italian Economist 1744 – 1835

Inscription Reads:-
a
melchiorre delfico
filosofo e storico
della liberta’ perpetva
il senato e il popolo

“For the Peace”, Campo Bruno Reffi, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Inscription Reads:-

GIORGIO OIKONOMOI
PER LA PACE
Repubblica di San Marino 1983-1682 d.F.R.
giornata dedicata dalla
commissione Nazionale Sammarinese
per l’unicef

ALLA PACE
21 marzo

Cavallo Rampante (Horse Rampant), Piazzale Stazione, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Piazzale Stazione, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Monument to San Francesco, Chiesa di San Quirino, Viale Federico D’urbino, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Guaita Fortress, Monte Titano, Città di San Marino, San Marino

The Guaita fortress is the oldest of the three towers constructed on Monte Titano, and the most famous. It was built in the 11th century and served briefly as a prison. It is one of the three towers depicted on both the national flag and coat of arms. It was registered as one of the World Heritage Sites in 2008. Guaita is one of three peaks which overlooks the city of San Marino.

Observation Area, Salita Alla Rocca, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Studded Doors, Salita Alla Rocca, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Chapel Walls, Cappella Di Santa Barbara, Salita Alla Rocca, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Ristorante Pizzeria Nido del Falco, Contrada Fossi, Città di San Marino, Sab Marino

Bar Pattinaggio, Campo Bruno Reffi, Città di San Marino, San Marino

City Gateway, Via Salita Alla Rocca, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Entrance, Ristorante La Fratta, Via Salita Alla Rocca, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Doorway, Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino, Salita Alla Rocca, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Ambasciata d’Italia, Viale Antonio Onofri, Città di San Marino, San Marino

Italian Embassy

Armoured Vehicles, Museo del Aviazione, Via Santa Aquilina, Cerasolo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Part IV

It’s been a while since the last post so here’s the continuation of Bologna.

Rooftop View from the Dining Room of Hotel San Donato, Via Zamboni, Bologna

Basilica di San Petronio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

Construction began in 1390 and its main facade has remained unfinished since. The building was transferred from the city to the diocese in 1929; the basilica was finally consecrated in 1954.

Alfresco Area, L’Asporto, Via Guglielmo Oberdan, Bologna

Doorway, 2 Via San Nicolò, Bologna

Doorway, 15 Via Altabella, Bologna

Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune), Piazza Pettuno, Bologna

The construction of the fountain was commissioned by the Cardinal Legate Charles Borromeo, to symbolize the fortunate recent election of Borromeo’s uncle as Pope Pius IV. To clear space for the fountain, an entire edifice had to be demolished.

The design and assembly of the fountain was completed by the Palermitan architect Tommaso Laureti in 1563. The fountain was completed in 1565. The over-life-size bronze figure of the god Neptune was completed and fixed in place around 1566.

Palazzo del Podestà, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

Portico, Via Zamboni, Bologna

Reminders of the Past, Arcidiocese di Bologna, Via Altabella, Bologna

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Torre Prendiparte (also called Torre Coronata), Piazzetta Prendiparte, Via Sant’Alò, Bologna

This tower built in the 12th century and standing 61 metres tall, today has a slight incline to the north. The tower was part of the so-called triad of medieval skyscrapers together with those of the Galluzzi and the Azzoguidi . It was sold for the first time in 1293 for 500 lire.

Stone Carving, Via Rizzolo, Bologna

Pope Gregory XIII, Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

The current building is the result of the fusion of three palaces, with the oldest dating to the 12th century: the casa-torre (house-tower), well visible as it is the part of the building with the clock tower. Originally, this was the house of the jurist Accursio (hence the name given to the building, which is also known as Palazzo Comunale), an eminent professor of law at the Studium, the University of Bologna.

Accursio sold the palace to the city in 1287, and, in the 13th century, the building became known as Palazzo delle Biade because it was used as the municipal storage of grains.

In 1336, it became the seat of the Anziani (“Elders”), the highest magistrates of the city (Comune). Thirty years later, the papal legate – the representative of the pope in town – gave the building its fortified look, with walls, merlons and towers (perhaps because papal power had always been seen with suspicion by the Bolognesi).

In 1425, the building was further expanded to house the apartments of the Papal Legate.

L’Amor Patrio e il Valore Militare, Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

These bronze statues by Giuseppe Romagnoli “L’Amor Patrio e il Valore Militare” were returned to the facade of Palazzo d’Accursio after 75 years together with the plaque dedicated to King Umberto I. Originally placed in 1909 at the main entrance of the Palazzo d’Accursio, was removed and partially destroyed in 1943 by order of the Italian Social Republic, with the intention of erasing any memory of the ruling house.

Le due Torri: Garisenda e degli Asinelli, Bologna

TORRE DEGLI ASINELLI

The Tower was built between 1109 and 1119 by the family bearing the same name and was handed over to the Municipality as early as the following century. 498 internal steps lead to the top at a height of 97.02 metres.

TORRE GARISENDA

Torre Garisenda, built at the same time, is different due to its shorter height of 47 metres. It is known for its steep overhang due to a subsidence of the land and the foundations, so much so that Dante featured it in Canto XXXI of the Inferno. It was lowered for fear of it collapsing during the 14th century.

Via Zamboni, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Torre degli Azzoguidi (also called Torre Altabella) , Via Altabella, Bologna

Built in the 12th century the tower is one of twenty “noble towers” that still exist in Bologna. It stands at 61 metres tall and is the second tallest in Bologna.