Built around the 12th Century, probably at the same time as the Torre degli Asinelli was built, the leaning Torre della ... More
Torre della Garisenda
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Built around the 12th Century, probably at the same time as the Torre degli Asinelli was built, the leaning Torre della Garisenda is about 48 meters high. It is also called the Mozzata (Docked) tower, because it is said to have been hight than it now is. Dante Alighieri supports this hypothesis in Canto XXXI of Inferno (v136-138) when he said: "...Qual pare a riguardar la Garisenda sotto 'l chinato, quando un nuvol vada sovr'essa sì, che ella incontro penda..." ("It seems that I am looking at the Garisenda Tower under its incline, and when a cloud passes over, it leans a little..."). We can also deduce that the tower acquired its lean quite quickly, perhaps due to a subsidence in the ground. There is a plaque inscribed with Dante's verses on the leaning side of the tower. Admission: Not open to the public.
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Giorgio Morandi used to teach sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and he loved this city. He
used to like to stroll around the streets, taking in everything around him and then sit in Piazza Maggiore ...
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The entrance to this museum can be reached by walking through the Santuario. The Museum exhibits tell the story of
the Confraternita dei Battuti a Bologna, the founders of the Santa Maria della Vita Hospital. The exhibition includes medical ...
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