Porta San Donato (Bologna, Italy)
This gate, with its Gothic arch, belongs to the third and last circle of the walls of the second half of the 13th century. It was transformed in the 15th century and still retains the ancient forepart or ravelin (a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress).
Bologna (Bulåggna in Emilian and Bononia in Latin) is the capital of and largest city in the Emilia-Romagna region and the Province of Bologna in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in the country, with about 400,000 inhabitants in the 2020s. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. The city is known as la grassa (or the 'Fat City') for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to, what many consider, the oldest university in the world.
Originally Etruscan, the city has been an important urban center for centuries, first under the Etruscans (who called it Felsina), then under the Celts as Bona, later under the Romans (Bonōnia), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later signoria, when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical center, thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy which began at the end of the 1970s. Home to one of the oldest university in continuous operation, the University of Bologna, established in 1088 C.E., the city has a large student population that gives it a cosmopolitan character. In 2000, it was declared European capital of culture and in 2006. In 2021, UNESCO recognized the lengthy porticoes of the city as a World Heritage Site.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna
Porta San Donato (Bologna, Italy)
This gate, with its Gothic arch, belongs to the third and last circle of the walls of the second half of the 13th century. It was transformed in the 15th century and still retains the ancient forepart or ravelin (a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress).
Bologna (Bulåggna in Emilian and Bononia in Latin) is the capital of and largest city in the Emilia-Romagna region and the Province of Bologna in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in the country, with about 400,000 inhabitants in the 2020s. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. The city is known as la grassa (or the 'Fat City') for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to, what many consider, the oldest university in the world.
Originally Etruscan, the city has been an important urban center for centuries, first under the Etruscans (who called it Felsina), then under the Celts as Bona, later under the Romans (Bonōnia), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later signoria, when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical center, thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy which began at the end of the 1970s. Home to one of the oldest university in continuous operation, the University of Bologna, established in 1088 C.E., the city has a large student population that gives it a cosmopolitan character. In 2000, it was declared European capital of culture and in 2006. In 2021, UNESCO recognized the lengthy porticoes of the city as a World Heritage Site.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna