Bologna's Two Towers

In many Italian cities, rich medieval families built towers as a demonstration of their wealth and power. And as a sanctuary in case of possible conflict. These towers were built more or less the same height but when the left one started leaning alarmingly, its top 10m was demolished. A couple of hundred years later the second tower had another 25m built on to it to improve its lookout function.

Bologna

May 15th 2017
Geo: 44.4959, 11.3435Walking tour of Bologna this morning, in glorious weather again. It's a lively city of 1M, with a student population of another 100,000 at the university. Bologna University is the first in Europe, dating from 1088. The city is also known for its great culinary traditions - pasta of all types; its left-wing political orientation; its 40km of covered footpaths (portico ... read more

Europe » Italy

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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