Corpus Domini, Bologna

Bolonia / Italia

The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. It is part of an active monastery complex of the order of Clarissan nuns, that is nuns of the contemplative Second Order of St. Francis. The monastery is semi-cloistered. The complex hosts a museum dedicated to nurses and nursing, inaugurated by Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini in 1919. The museum has written and perhaps painted works of Saint Caterina de' Vigri, also known as Saint Catherine of Bologna . The church structure was built in 1478 and decorated in the 17th-century, among the works are: Frescoes of a "Glory of Angels" in apse and "Evangelists" in medallions by Marcantonio Franceschini Floral decoration by Enrico Haffner Quadratura by Luigi Quaini Stucco work by Giuseppe Maria MazzaThe church allows visitors to enter an adjacent site to see and pray to the enthroned mummified corpse of the 15th-century Clarisse nun and saint, canonized in the 18th-century.

Palazzo Davia Bargellini, Bologna

Bolonia / Italia

The Palazzo Davìa Bargellini is a Baroque style palace located on Strada Maggiore in central Bologna, Italy. It presently hosts the Civic Museum of Industrial art and Davìa Bargellini Gallery, which is an eclectic collection of paintings as well as applied arts and functional ornamentation, described as curiosities of the old Bologna. The diverse applied art collection includes ceramics, liturgical robes, keys, ornamental door knobs, marionettes from street theaters, furniture, iron grille work, elaborately carved wooden frame, and a gilded carriage.

Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica

Bolonia / Italia

The Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica is a music museum and music library in the Palazzo Aldini Sanguinetti, in the historic center of Bologna, Italy.

Museo Cívico Medieval de Bolonia

Bolonia / Italia

El Museo Cívico Medieval es un recinto de Bolonia dedicado a la Edad Media. Su entrada, como en el resto de museos cívicos de la ciudad, es gratuita.Solamente las dos últimas horas de cada día y no todos los meses, mejor consultar antes.

Piazza Maggiore

Bolonia / Italia

La Piazza Maggiore es la plaza principal de Bolonia, Italia. Tiene 115 metros de longitud y 60 metros de anchura, y está rodeada por los edificios más importantes de la ciudad medieval. El más antiguo es el Palazzo del Podestà, que cierra la plaza por el norte; data del 1200 y está coronado por la Torre dell'Arengo, que haciendo sonar su campana llamaba a reunión al pueblo. A este se le añadió en poco tiempo el Palazzo Re Enzo, sobre el cual se abre la bóveda de una travesía peatonal.

San Michele in Bosco

Bolonia / Italia

San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The buildings of the monastery were acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an orthopedic center named the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute .

Banca del Monte di Bologna

Bolonia / Italia

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Biblioteca Salaborsa

Bolonia / Italia

Salaborsa is the main public library in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.In 2001, the central offices of the public library were moved into the northern portions of the Palazzo d'Accursio, flanking the Piazza del Nettuno, which is just north of the Piazza Maggiore. Visitors to the library are able to see an archaeological site through the crystal floor in the centre of the library. The ancient ruins are also accessible from the basement floor, where there is information about them.

Antonino Sartini

Bolonia / Italia

Antonino Sartini was an Italian painter. He has been called the "painter of serenity" and belongs to that group of landscape painters of the early 1900s, such as Luigi and Flavio Bertelli, Ferruccio Giacomelli, Giovanni Romagnoli, Gino Marzocchi and Garzia Fioresi, who painted the Emilia-Romagna landscapes, reproducing its beauty and witnessing its changes over time, with the paintbrush.