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Bologna (BO), Emilia Romagna, Italy
Bologna, situated in the fertile Po River Valley between the Po River and the Apennines is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna and lies.
Over the centuries, Bologna has acquired many nicknames. "Bologna the learned" ("Bologna la dotta") is a reference to its famous university. "Bologna the fat" ("Bologna la grassa") refers to its cuisine, "Bologna the red" (Bologna rossa) not only for its political leanings but also due to its abundance of red brick and marble buildings. Another nickname for Bologna is Basket City, referring to the popularity of basketball, unusual for soccer-dominated Italy. The local derby between the city's two principal basketball clubs, Fortitudo and Virtus, is always a great event.
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Altitude: 54 m a.s.l -- Population: about 370,000 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 40100, but see also all street codes alphabetically -- Phone Area Code: 051
-- Patron Saint: San Petronio celebrated on 4 October
-- Frazioni & Località: the commune includes the frazioni: Frabazza, Monte Donato, Paderno, Rigosa, and is subdivided into 9 quarters: Borgo Panigale, San Donato, San Vitale, Savena, Navile, Porto, Saragozza, Santo Stefano, Reno.
HISTORY:Bologna was founded by the Etruscans with the name Felsina. Next the city was the Roman colony known as Bononia, which survived as a medieval city to become a centre of scholasticim and then a major city of the Renaissance papal states. Due to an efficient system of canals, Bologna was one of the trading centres in northern Italy.Until the late nineteenth century, at which point a large-scale urban reconstruction project was undertaken, Bologna remained one of the best preserved Medieval cities in Europe, though to this day it remains unique in its historic value. Despite having suffered from considerable bombing damage in 1944, Bologna's historic centre, one of Europe's largest, contains a wealth of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque artistic monuments of primary importance. The University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is widely regarded as the oldest existing university in Europe, and was an important center of European intellectual life during the Middle Ages, attracting scholars from throughout Christendom. A unique heritage of medieval art, exemplified by the illuminated manuscripts and jurists' tombs produced in the city from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century, provide a cultural backdrop to the renown of the medieval institution. To this day, Bologna is still very much a university town, and the city's population swells from 400,000 to nearly 500,000 whenever classes are in session. This community includes a great number of Erasmus, Socrates, and Overseas students. Several American Universities, such as Johns Hopkins and University of San Francisco, also sponsor exchange programs in the city. [the text above is derived from Wikipedia and is subject to the GNU licence]
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