Bologna
We got up a bit late; we’re finally road weary, sore and tired – we’re getting a little old for schlepping our stuff from city to city for ten days. Breakfast at the hotel was good, we got cleaned up and headed out.
We took a hotel car to the Museo delle Cere Anatomiche, which is located on the second floor of a University of Bologna building that’s still used for anatomy classes (it was a trip to see all the Italian students hanging out).
- Building with students outside
- Sign for the building
- A view of the museum
- Wax model of a female anus
- Wax model of a male anus
- An Italian experiment to check brain size of non-Italians; predates the Nazis ….
- An adult with a rare bone desease
- A young child bent over
- The bones of a skull pulled apart
We walked back towards city center and then off to Santa Spirito, which was closed. But, we had lunch at one of the top rated restaurants for slow food, Ristorante Cesarina at Via Santo Spirito 19, 051 232037. The food and service were excellent, I’d recommend them in a second.
- Ristorante Cesarina card
- Ristorante Cesarina card
- A palazzo with a bunch of cool ceramic heads
- Ceramic head on facade
- Ceramic head on facade
- Ceramic head on facade
- Ceramic head on facade
We walked around the food shopping area, getting some grappa and some candy for people back home, then headed to the Piazza del Neptuno to visit the Basilica di San Petronius.
- A Postcard of Bologna at the time of Dante
- The Basilica is on the left
- Stained glass windows of the Basilica
- Stained glass windows of the Basilica
- Stained glass windows of the Basilica
- Stained glass windows of the Basilica
- Stained glass windows of the Basilica
- A wall of frescoes
- Fresco of the devil
- Fresco detail of a devil, eating souls from both ends….
- A statue of St. Cecilia, important to Bologna
- A whole cabinet of relics (bones of saints, etc.)
- Taurus from the meridian line in the Basilica
- Sagitarius from the meridian line in the Basilica
By now we were tired, so we started walking back to the train station to pick up some water, sodas and a taxi to the hotel. We checked the medieval museum, but it closed at 3P again. So, we stopped at Chiesa di San Martino.
- The facade of S. Martino
- The sign for the Chiesa
- The mosaic above the doors
- An exterior detail
- Altar at SanMartino
- A cool painted column
We continued walking towards the train station.
- The Socialist Party headquarters in Bologna
- A statue of Garibaldi, a hero of the unification of Italy
We got to the train station and cabbed back to the hotel. We repacked everything; hope we can carry on everything we want to carry on! Had a snack for dinner; there’s been so much eating we just don’t have much eating left in us now – I don’t think we’ll have Italian food in Los Angeles for weeks!
Then we relaxed and crashed.
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March 29th, 2009 by alephnaught