Astoria Hotel Bologna
Via Fratelli Rosselli 14 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40121, Italy
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Bologna, Italy
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history, art, cuisine, music and culture.
It is the seventh largest city in terms of population in Italy and it is the heart of a metropolitan area (officially recognized by the Italian government ...
Marroni in Monterenzio
... of five other buildings in the huge, mountainous vista visible from the front of the old farmhouse.
The ancient, wooded mountains jut out from the valleys below with, from a distance, a texture and colour of astro-turf. Occasionally, a rock-strewn rectangular field has been carved into a smooth corrie for cultivation, but for the most part these hills are densely wooded with oak, ferns, blackthorn and chestnut trees. It is for the latter that the ...
Bologna (Rosso?)
... dialect, which was until recently very strong among the city’s inhabitants, is in decline, as the global connections that have been forged demand a greater standardisation of language. Flora, Helen’s second cousin, who works at one of the industrial complexes, gestures towards an Italian-Bolognese dictionary. “I have this, but I don’t use it very often. It’s really only the older generations who still speak Bolognese.” She reflects ...
Homemade Tagliatelle al Ragu Bolognese
... her to think of me like that! We sat down outside, ordered some wine/beer, and talked up a storm. The friend she brought with her is an entomologist and he had some interesting stories concerning his line of work. Even though I can't really understand Italian (and as bad as this sounds), 3 glasses into the wine I began understanding the general idea of what everyone was saying. I'm really glad I got to meet up ...
Exploring the old city of Bologna
... eastern sector of the city centre. Today, the University's 23 faculties, 68 departments, and 93 libraries are spread across the city and include four subsidiary campuses in nearby Cesena, Forlė, Ravenna, and Rimini. Noteworthy students present at the university in centuries past included Dante, Petrarch, Thomas Becket, Pope Nicholas V,
Erasmus of Rotterdam, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Copernicus. Laura Bassi, appointed in 1732,
became the first ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Hotel Astoria



