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(From Wikipedia) Bologna is the largest city (and the capital) of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, located in the heart of a metropolitan area (officially recognized by the Italian government as a città metropolitana) of about one million.
The first settlements date back to at least 1000 BC. The city has been an urban centre, first under the Etruscans (Velzna/Felsina) and the Celts (Bona), then under the Romans (Bononia), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality (for one century it was the fifth largest European city based on population). Home to the oldest university in the world, University of Bologna, founded in 1088, Bologna hosts thousands of students who enrich the social and cultural life of the city. Famous for its towers and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical centre (one of the largest in Italy) thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy which began at the end of the 1970s, on the heels of serious damage done by the urban demolition at the end of the 19th century as well as that caused by wars.
Caltabellotta, in the Agrigento district of western Sicily, is set on Mount "Kratas", to the south of the Sicanian Mountains in an almost impregnable position surrounded by three peaks: Monte Pellegrino, Monte Castello and the Gogala cliff.
The original medieval town of Caltabellotta occupies the top of the mountain, while the successive expansions and modifications, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, occupy the slopes below. The oldest part of town, called Terravecchia, is located around the Mother Church, dominated by the ruins of the fortress of Castelvecchio.
The cathedral was built by Count Roger in the Norman period after the victory over the Muslims, and has three naves supported by sturdy pillars; the main portal and the top part of the structure of the interior date from the 13th century. The church holds a few statues such as the "Madonna della Catena" by Giacomo Gagini (1517-1598) and the “Madonna and Child” by Fazio Gagini [1520-1567] (son of Antonello).
The chapel of "Santa Maria della Catena" is decorated with stucco and frescoes by Antonino Ferraro da Giuliana (16th century). Ferraro was one of the most important 16th century wood carvers and specialised in religious works with a strong realism.
To the left side of the church is the bell tower, consisting of a square tower, while to north of the church are the ruins of the so-called "Castelvecchio", of uncertainty origin.
Lecce is a historic city of 93,300 inhabitants (2013) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old.
Because of the rich Baroque architectural monuments found in the city, Lecce is commonly nicknamed "The Florence of the South". The city also has a long traditional affinity with Greek culture going back to its foundation; the Messapii who founded the city are said to have been Cretans in Greek records. To this day, in the Grecìa Salentina, a group of towns not far from Lecce, the griko language is still spoken.