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# Bologna
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/bologna/
- Published: 2007-05-13T18:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-05T18:15:18.000Z
- Description: I had a great time in Bologna, as these photos attest.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

In 2007 I was invited to give a lecture at the University of Bologna. I added a few days to my trip to explore Bologna itself and to visit [Florence](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/florence/). I had a great time, although, of course, the weather helped. Bologna is famous for its arcade lined streets. The Asinelli Tower, the highest of the Two Towers, offers amazing views of the city and surrounding landscape. As in any Italian town you can just walk into a church and happen upon some amazing painting or altar piece. I’d love to go back one day, if only to taste more of the delicious gelato for which Bologna is famous.

![Vintage car inside a courtyard, Bologna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-1.jpg)

I was lucky to be able to visit some historical buildings during my trip to Bologna

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-3.jpg)

![Vintage care inside a courtyard, Bologna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-4.jpg)

Vintage car inside the courtyard of a historical building

![Notice board Bologna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-5.jpg)

I loved these rooms to let notice boards

![Vintage doll at a flea market, Bologna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-6.jpg)

Vintage doll at a flea market, Bologna

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-8.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-9.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-10.jpg)

Arcades/porticoes, Bologna

![Stairs to the top of the Asinelli Tower, Bologna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-12.jpg)

Stairs to the top of the Asinelli Tower, Bologna

![Bologna, View from the top of the Asinelli Tower](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-11.jpg)

View of Bologna from the top of the Asinelli Tower

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-13.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-14.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-20.jpg)

A flea market; an old door and an ordinary street in Bologna

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-16.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-21.jpg)

Certosa di Bologna

![Certosa di Bologna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-17.jpg)

Certosa di Bologna

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-15.jpg)

I forgot which church this was

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-18.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/bologna-19.jpg)

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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