Panorama of Piazza Maggiore, and the area north and west of it, in Bologna, Italy viewed from the tall tower, Torre Asinelli.
Piazza Maggiore is a square in Bologna, Italy. It was created in its present appearance the 15th century. The square is surrounded by the Palazzo dei Banchi, Palazzo dei Notai, the Palazzo d'Accursio, the Palazzo del Podestà and the Basilica of San Petronio. Bologna (/bəˈloʊnjə/; Italian pronunciation: [boˈloɲɲa] ( listen); Emilian: Bulåggna pronounced [buˈləɲɲa]; Latin: Bononia) 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. Torre Asinelli is one of the Due Torri. The Two Towers, both of them leaning, are the symbol of Bologna, Italy, and the most prominent of the Towers of Bologna. They are located at the intersection of the roads that lead to the five gates of the old ring wall (mura dei torresotti). The taller one is called the Asinelli while the smaller but more leaning tower is called the Garisenda. Their names derive from the families which are traditionally credited for their construction between 1109 and 1119. However, the scarcity of documents from this early period makes this in reality rather uncertain. The name of the Asinelli family, for example, is documented for the first time actually only in 1185, almost 70 years after the presumed construction of the tower which is attributed to them.
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Location: Bologna, Italy
Photo credit: © Derek Gale / Alamy / Afripics
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