Photo: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0Things to do in Bologna
150 places selected among attractions, museums, squares and viewpoints
Bologna is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with 391,473 inhabitants from 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people as of 2026. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the oldest university in continuous operation, the University of Bologna, established in AD 1088.
Must-see in Bologna

1. ⛪ place of worship
San Petronio Basilica
The Basilica of San Petronio (Italian: Basilica di San Petronio) is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was the Bishop of Bologna in the fifth century. (Wikipedia)

2. 🌉 architecture
porticoes of Bologna
The porticoes of Bologna are an important cultural and architectural heritage of Bologna, Italy and represent a symbol of the city together with the numerous towers. No other city in the world has as many porticoes as Bologna: all together, they cover more than 38 kilometres (24 mi) only in the historic centre, but can reach up to 53 kilometres (33 mi) if those outside the medieval city walls are also considered. On account of their cultural and artistic significance, in 2021 the porticoes of Bologna have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Wikipedia)
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3. 🗿 monument
Fountain of Neptune, Bologna
The Fountain of Neptune (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is a monumental civic fountain located in the eponymous square, Piazza del Nettuno, next to Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy. The fountain is a model example of Mannerist taste of the Italian courtly elite in the mid-sixteenth century. (Wikipedia)

4. ⛲ square
Piazza Maggiore
Piazza Maggiore (Piâza Mażåur in the Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, a hub within the city since medieval times. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno with its Fontana del Nettuno, while the Northeast corner opens into the narrower Piazza Re Enzo, running along the flanks of the Palazzo Re Enzo that merges with the Palazzo del Podestà. Flanking the Piazza del Nettuno is the Biblioteca Salaborsa. (Wikipedia)

5. ⛪ place of worship
Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca
The Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca is a basilica church located in Bologna, northern Italy, situated atop the forested hill of Colle (or Monte) della Guardia, approximately 300 metres above the city plain, just southwest of the historical centre. 8 km-long monumental portico consisting of 666 arches, constructed between 1674 and 1793. This covered arcade, part of the Porticoes of Bologna UNESCO World Heritage Site, was originally designed to shelter the annual procession of the sacred icon of the Virgin Mary from the cathedral in central Bologna to the sanctuary. (Wikipedia)
6. 👑 palace
Palazzo Re Enzo
Palazzo Re Enzo is a palace located on Piazza del Nettuno, 1 in the historic center of Bologna, northern Italy. The palace takes its name from Enzio of Sardinia, Frederick II's son, who was prisoner here from 1249 until his death in 1272. The palace is presently used to sponsor cultural events and exhibitions. (Wikipedia)
🏛️ Museums in Bologna
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
The National Art Gallery of Bologna (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna) is a museum in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Archeological Civic Museum of Bologna
The Archaeological Civic Museum of Bologna (Italian: Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna) is located in the fifteenth-century Palazzo Galvani building at Via dell'Archiginnasio 2 postal code 40124 Bologna, once known as the Hospital of Death. (Wikipedia)

Cineteca di Bologna
The Cineteca di Bologna (officially Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna) is a film archive and cultural institution in Bologna, Italy, founded on 18 May 1962 and regarded as one of the most important cinematheques in Europe. (Wikipedia)

Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita
The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita is a late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in central Bologna, near the Piazza Maggiore. (Wikipedia)
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International Museum and Library of Music
The Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica ('international museum and library of music') is a music museum and music library in the Palazzo Aldini Sanguinetti, in the historic center of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Fava
Palazzo Fava or Palazzo Fava-Ghisilieri is a historic palace at 2 via Manzoni in Bologna, now housing art exhibitions and the Caffè Letterario Carracci Fava. (Wikipedia)

Bologna Museum of Modern Art
The Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna or MAMbo is a purpose-designed modern and experimental art museum in Bologna, Italy — and which includes The Museo Morandi, a collection of more than 250 works by noted painter, Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964). (Wikipedia)

Bologna Gallery of Modern Art
The Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Bologna is the modern art museum of the city. (Wikipedia)
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Casa Carducci
Historic building in Bologna, Italy, former residence of Giosuè Carducci, now house museum
Medieval Civic Museum
Museum in Bologna, Italy

church of San Mattia, Bologna
San Mattia was a former Roman Catholic monastery and church located at 14 via Sant'Isaia in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Davia Bargellini Museum
Museum in Bologna, Italy

Jewish Museum of Bologna
Museum in Italy
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Palazzo Rossi Poggi Marsili
The Palazzo Rossi Poggi Marsili is a palazzo in Via Marsala #7, Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Museum of the Risorgimento, Bologna
The Civic Museum of the Risorgimento is located in the ground floor of the Casa Carducci, located in Piazza Carducci 5, in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
🏰 Castles and fortresses in Bologna
Porta Saragozza
The Porta Saragozza is one of the historic gates in the medieval walls of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Porta Castiglione
Porta Castiglione was a portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Porta Galliera
Porta Galliera was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Porta San Donato
Porta San Donato, also known as Porta Zamboni, was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Porta Maggiore
Porta Maggiore, now known as Porta Mazzini, was the main eastern portal of the former medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Porta Mascarella
Porta Mascarella was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Porta San Felice
Porta San Felice was the westernmost gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Porta San Vitale
Porta San Vitale, sometimes known as Porta per Ravenna, was an eastern portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Porta delle Lame
Porta delle Lame or Porta Lame was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

walls of Bologna
Ancient city walls in Bologna, Italy
👑 Palaces in Bologna

palazzo del Podestà
The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo d'Accursio
Palazzo d'Accursio (or Palazzo Comunale) is a palace once formulated to house major administrative offices of the city of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo dei Banchi
Palazzo dei Banchi is a Renaissance-style palace façade located on the eastern flank of the Piazza Maggiore in the center of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

palazzo dei Notai
Palazzo dei Notai is a historic building in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio
The Archiginnasio of Bologna is one of the most important buildings in the city of Bologna; once the main building of the University of Bologna, it currently houses the Archiginnasio Municipal Library and the Anatomical Theatre. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Magnani
Palazzo Magnani is a Renaissance palace located on Via Zamboni number 20 in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, built by the Magnani noble family with the same name. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Bentivoglio
The original Palazzo Bentivoglio was a palace in Bologna, which was destroyed by a mob in 1507. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Ghislardi Fava
Palazzo Ghisilardi Fava is a Renaissance style palace, located on via Manzoni 4 in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy; it houses the Medieval Civic Museum of Bologna. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Poggi
The Palazzo Poggi is a palazzo in Via Zamboni 33, Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi, Bologna
Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi is a Renaissance palace located on Via Zamboni number 22, at the corner (southwest) with Via Marsala, in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Collegio di Spagna
The Collegio di Spagna (Royal Spanish College or Royal College of Spain in Bologna) (officially Real Colegio Mayor de San Clemente de los Españoles) is a college for Spanish students at the University of Bologna, Italy, which has been functioning since the 14th century. (Wikipedia)

palazzo Davia Bargellini
The Palazzo Davìa Bargellini is a Baroque style palace located on Strada Maggiore in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Pepoli
The Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio is a medieval palace located on Via Castiglione number 8, in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Albergati
The Palazzo Albergati is a Renaissance style palace located on via Saragozza 26-28 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Hercolani
The Palazzo Hercolani or Ercolani is a large Rococo or Neoclassic-style palace in Strada Maggiore in central Bologna, which now serves as the offices for the Political Science Department (Facoltà di Scienze Politiche) of the University of Bologna. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande
The Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, also known as Palazzo Pepoli Nuovo, is a Baroque style palace on Via Castiglione 7 in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Aldrovandi
The Palazzo Aldovrandi is a Senatorial palace on Via Galliera 8 in Bologna, built in Rococo style. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Felicini
The Palazzo Felicini is a Renaissance style palace in Via Riva di Reno 79 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Palazzo Fantuzzi, Bologna
The Palazzo Fantuzzi is a monumental Renaissance style palace located on Via San Vitale number 23 in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Malvezzi de' Medici
The Palazzo Malvezzi de' Medici is a Renaissance-style palace located on Via Zamboni #13 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Torfanini, Bologna
The Palazzo Torfanini is a Renaissance architecture palace located on Via Galliera 4, in central Bologna. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Isolani
The Palazzo Isolani is a palace located on located on Via Santo Stefano #16 facing Piazza Santo Stefano in the center of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with both Gothic and Renaissance architecture features. (Wikipedia)
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Palazzo Caprara
The Palazzo Caprara, also called Palazzo Galliera is a Renaissance-style urban palace located on Via IV Novembre #22 in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Grassi, Bologna
The Palazzo Grassi is Gothic-style, 13th-century palace located on Via Marsala #14 in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Legnani Pizzardo, Bologna
The Palazzo Legnani Pizzardi, also known as Palazzo Pizzardi e Volta or just Palazzo Pizzardi, is a Renaissance style palace located on Via d'Azeglio #38, on the corner with Via Farini, in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Ranuzzi
The Palazzo Ranuzzi, also called Palazzo Baciocchi or Palazzo Ruini, is a Baroque style palace in central Bologna. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Pallavicini
The Palazzo Pallavicini is a sprawling 15th-century palace located on Via San Felice #24 in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Bolognini Amorini Salina
The Palazzo Bolognini Amorini Salina is a Renaissance architecture palace located on Piazza Santo Stefano (Via Santo Stefano 9–11) in the center of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Palazzo Zambeccari
The Palazzo Zambeccari at 11 Via Carbonesi is a Neoclassical urban palace in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
⛪ Churches and places of worship in Bologna

Bologna Cathedral
Bologna Cathedral, formally known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro, also called Cattedrale di Bologna), is the cathedral of Bologna, Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Bologna. (Wikipedia)
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Basilica of San Domenico
The Basilica of San Domenico is one of the major churches in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Santo Stefano Church
The Basilica of Santo Stefano (Italian: Basilica di Santo Stefano) encompasses a complex of religious edifices in the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Giacomo Maggiore
The Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore is an historic Roman Catholic church in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, serving a monastery of Augustinian friars. (Wikipedia)

Basilica of Saint Francis
The Basilica of Saint Francis (Italian: Basilica di San Francesco) is a historic church in the city of Bologna in northern Italy. (Wikipedia)

Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano
Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church in central Bologna; it is located near the Two Towers, adjacent to the Strada Maggiore. (Wikipedia)
San Martino
San Martino church, also called San Martino Maggiore is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located at the corner of Via Marsala and Via Guglielmo Oberdan in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna
San Paolo Maggiore, also known as San Paolo Decollato, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic basilica church located on Via Carbonari #18 in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi
Santa Maria dei Servi is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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San Giovanni in Monte
San Giovanni in Monte is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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San Procolo
San Procolo is an early Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church and former monastery-hospital located on Via Massimo D'Azeglio #52 in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Santissimo Salvatore
Santissimo Salvatore is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church in central Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Corpus Domini, Bologna
The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa, is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. (Wikipedia)

Basilica of St. Mary Major
Santa Maria Maggiore is a former Collegiate, Roman Catholic church, located on Via Galliera #10 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
chapel of Santa Maria dei Bulgari
Private chapel in Archiginnasio of Bologna, Italy

oratory of San Filippo Neri, Bologna
The Oratory of San Filippo Neri in Bologna is a restored late-Baroque religious structure in central Bologna. (Wikipedia)

San Giorgio in Poggiale, Bologna
San Giorgio in Poggiale is a Baroque-style, deconsecrated, former Roman Catholic church, now serving as the Art and History Library of Fondazione Carisbo (the former owner of Carisbo), located on Via Nazario Sauro 20 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Eremo di Tizzano
Sanctuary in Casalecchio di Reno, Italy

Madonna del Baraccano, Bologna
The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Baraccano is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church, located at Piazza del Baraccano 2 at the southern edge of the formerly walled central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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former church of San Barbaziano
San Barbaziano is a former Mannerist-style, Roman Catholic church located on via Cesare Battisti, 35 in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Madonna di Galliera, Bologna
The Madonna di Galliera is a church with a Renaissance facade and Baroque interiors, located on Via Manzoni, in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

San Colombano
The Oratory of the Madonna of San Colombano, also called the Chiese di San Colombano e Santa Maria dell'Orazione, is a religious site in central Bologna, found on Via Parigi #5, near the Bologna Cathedral. (Wikipedia)
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Santi Gregorio e Siro
The church of Santi Gregorio e Siro is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic parish church on Via Montegrappa 15 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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San Nicolò di 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. (Wikipedia)

San Benedetto Church
San Benedetto is a Roman Catholic church in central Bologna. (Wikipedia)
chiesa di Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a large, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church, located on Via Castiglione #36 in central Bologna. (Wikipedia)

San Donnino, Bologna
San Donnino is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Via San Donnino in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Santa Maria Maddalena, Bologna
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena is found in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
🎭 Theatres in Bologna

Teatro Comunale
The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Teatro Duse
The Teatro Duse is one of the oldest extant theaters in the city of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Arena del Sole
Theatre in Bologna, Italy
Arena Parco Nord
Arena Joe Strummer, usually called Arena Parco Nord is a natural amphitheatre located in Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
🌳 Parks and gardens in Bologna

orto botanico dell'Università di Bologna
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna, also known as the Orto Botanico di Bologna, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Bologna. (Wikipedia)
Park of Montagnola
The Park of Montagnola is one of the oldest and greenest public parks in the centre of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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giardini Margherita
The Giardini Margherita is a park in Bologna, Italy, located just south of the city centre. (Wikipedia)

Cavaticcio Park
Public park in Bologna
⛲ Squares in Bologna

Piazza Santo Stefano
Piazza Santo Stefano also known as Piazza delle Sette Chiese (Seven churches square) is a piazza of Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Piazza Galvani
Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. (Wikipedia)

Piazza San Francesco
Urban square in Bologna, Italy
🌉 Bridges, towers and architecture in Bologna

Asinelli tower
Tower in Bologna

Certosa di Bologna
The Certosa di Bologna is a former Carthusian monastery (or charterhouse) in Bologna, northern Italy, which was founded in 1334 and suppressed in 1797. (Wikipedia)

Two Towers
The Two Towers (Italian: Due torri), both leaning, are symbols of Bologna, Italy, and the most prominent of the Towers of Bologna. (Wikipedia)
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San Michele in Bosco
San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. (Wikipedia)

Garisenda tower
Tower in Bologne, Italy

oratory of Saints Cecilia and Valeriano, Bologna
The Oratory of Saints Cecilia and Valeriano is a religious site in central Bologna, found on Via Zamboni, contiguous to the portico of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore. (Wikipedia)
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Palazzo di Residenza della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna
The Palazzo di Residenza della Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna is a 19th-century palace, erected as Neo-Renaissance architecture, located on Via Farini #22, Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Castel dei Britti
Human settlement in Italy
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Torre degli Azzoguidi
Tower in Bologna, Italy

torre dei Prendiparte
Tower in Bologna (BO), Italy
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Villa Spada
The Villa Spada is a former-aristocratic suburban Neoclassical mansion with a surrounding formal and informal gardens located on Via di Casaglia #3, outside of Porta Saragozza, to the southwest of central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Aldini
The Villa Aldini is a former-aristocratic suburban Neoclassical mansion located on a hill top on Via dell'Osservanza #35, to the southwest of central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Villa Griffone
Building in Sasso Marconi, Italy

Palazzo Marescotti Brazzetti, Bologna
The Palazzo Marescotti Brazzetti is a Baroque style palace located on Via Barberia 4 in central Bologna, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Herbarium of the University of Bologna
Museum in Italy

Palazzo Leoni, Bologna
The Palazzo Leoni is a Renaissance style palace located on Via Marsala #31, in front of the outlet of Via Mentana, in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Torre degli Alberici
Tower in Bologna, Italy

villa Aldrovandi Mazzacorati
Building in Bologna, Italy
🗿 Monuments and fountains in Bologna

arco del Meloncello
The Arco del Meloncello is an 18th-century Rococo structure in Bologna, that forms a pedestrian portico over the road (hence an arch); it is part of the Portico di San Luca, a long arcade that sheltered the walk from the Cathedral of Bologna to the hillside Sanctuary of San Luca, Bologna. (Wikipedia)
Polish Cemetery at Bologna
Cemetery in Bologna, Italy

Monumento ai caduti del VIII Agosto 1848
🏔️ Nature around Bologna
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Montovolo
📍 37 km from Bologna
Montovolo is a mountain in the Bolognese Apennines, in the municipality of Grizzana Morandi, in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. (Wikipedia)

Monte Battaglia
📍 36 km from Bologna
Monte Battaglia is a hill located in the territory of the municipality of Casola Valsenio (Ravenna), in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. (Wikipedia)

Mount Bibele
📍 25 km from Bologna
Mount Bibele is a large mountain in the Apennine mountains which acts as a divide between the drainage basins of the Idice river to the east and the Zena river to the west. (Wikipedia)

Parco regionale del Delta del Po
📍 39 km from Bologna
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0181)
lago del Brasimone
📍 45 km from Bologna
Lake Brasimone (Italian: Lago del Brasimone; also known as the Scalere basin and the Brasimone basin) is an artificial lake located on the Bolognese Apennines along the Brasimone stream, in the municipal territory of Camugnano and is included within the Suviana and Brasimone. (Wikipedia)
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Monte Vigese
📍 38 km from Bologna
Mountain in Italy

Monte Adone
📍 17 km from Bologna
Mountain in Italy

Parco regionale storico di Monte Sole
📍 23 km from Bologna
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0184)

Cassa di espansione Dosolo
📍 18 km from Bologna
Protected area in Italy

Biotopi e Ripristini ambientali di Bentivoglio, S. Pietro in Casale, Malalbergo e Baricella
📍 30 km from Bologna
Protected area in Italy

Grotte e Sorgenti pietrificanti di Labante
📍 36 km from Bologna
Protected area in Italy

Torrazzuolo
📍 30 km from Bologna
Protected area in Italy

Biotopi e Ripristini ambientali di Budrio e Minerbio
📍 22 km from Bologna
Natura 2000 protected area in Italy

lago di Castel dell'Alpi
📍 35 km from Bologna
Lake in Italy

Monte di Rontana
📍 44 km from Bologna
Mountain in Italy
🥾 Hiking trails near Bologna

Percorso CAI 904
Easy · 4.7 km · ↑ 221 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Via San Mamolo to San Michele di Gaibola
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Percorso CAI 902
Easy · 4.9 km · ↑ 275 m · ~1 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Via Codivilla to Forte Bandiera
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Percorso CAI 114
Easy · 6.7 km · ↑ 222 m · ~2 h
Hiking trail from Certosa Monumentale to Percorso126
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Percorso CAI 802
Moderate · 6.6 km · ↑ 243 m · ~2 h
Hiking trail from Parco dei Cedri to Percorso 817 (Madonna dei Boschi)
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Percorso CAI 126
Moderate · 9.5 km · ↑ 381 m · ~3 h
Hiking trail from Parco Talon (bivio 112) to Bivio 102 (Sentiero dei Gessaroli)

Percorso CAI 108
Easy · 4.6 km · ↑ 236 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Bivio 913 (Sesto) to Sacrario di Sabbiuno
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Percorso CAI 804
Moderate · 4.3 km · ↑ 252 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Bivio 817 (Via Cà Bianca) to Bivio 817 (Via Gaibola)
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Percorso CAI 819
Moderate · 4.2 km · ↑ 299 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Sesto to Botteghino Colonna

Percorso CAI 102
Moderate · 16 km · ↑ 737 m · ~5 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Zola Predosa to Palazzo de Rossi
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Percorso CAI 124
Easy · 5.1 km · ↑ 491 m · ~2 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Trabadello to La Gardina

Percorso CAI 831
Moderate · 5.4 km · ↑ 158 m · ~1 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Bivio percorso CAI 831-817 to Poggio Scanno

Percorso CAI 200
Easy · 9.4 km · ↑ 135 m · ~2 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Bivio 209 to Bivio 211 (Via del Lavino)

Anello di Fiagnano
Hard · 8 km · ↑ 250 m · ~2 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Sentiero 719A to Sentiero 719A

Percorso CAI 134
Hard · 15.1 km · ↑ 1297 m · ~6 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Mulinello to Mulinello

Sentiero Luca Ghini
Hard · 7.5 km · ↑ 450 m · ~2 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Casalfiumanese to Monte Maggiore
Photo credits
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- San Nicolò di San Felice, Bologna — Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0
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