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With Bologna’s complicated and highly interesting historical past, passing through the hands of many different leaders and rulers and tribes over the time, a large scale urban reconstruction was commissioned until the end of the 19th Century, so that Bologna could preserve the tag of the Best Medieval City in Europe, and to this present day it holds this unique title, with its original and delicately interwoven history. This background makes the city incredibly invigorating and in many ways inspiring to wander round and absorb the atmosphere on many victorious battles, defeats, sieges and marches that took place on it baked earth.

There is a triangular piazza to the south east of the with a highly ornate basilica and monument of Santo Stefano. While this demonstrated highly elaborate Italian Renaissance architecture at its finest, the best church building in Bologna must go to Basilica Santo Pretinio, which is named after the patron saint of the city. The corner stone for the building was laid in 1932 and was planned to be made bigger that the basilica of St. Peter in The Vatican City, Rome. Alongside this, Basilica Santurario Della Madonna di San Luca, is the most beautiful hill top sanctuary to the Madonna and on a clear day looks over the extant of the city from its eagle eye viewing point. It is connected to the walls by a series of walkways.

Other sites of beauty and wondrous architecture include Fontana del Nettuno (Fountain of Neptune) along with the Palazzo Comunale and the Palazzo Re Enzo. This fountain was commissioned by Pope Pious IV following the urban renovation project in the 19th Century. Despite suffering considerable damage from bombing raid in 1944, Bologna historic centre still contains a wealth of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque architecture and history of considerable admiration and importance.

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