Palazzo d'Accursio
Renaissance town hall with a clock tower and a courtyard scarred by a political massacre in 1920.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Palazzo d'Accursio in Bologna returns to the afternoon of November 21, 1920, as the city's new socialist mayor Enio Gnudi prepared to take office and fascist squads opened fire on the crowd gathered in Piazza Maggiore outside. Inside the courtyard, a paramilitary unit called the Red Guards heard the gunfire and watched a wave of people rushing toward them, certain of only one thing: that the fascists had broken through the gates. The guide also follows a second death that same afternoon, upstairs in the council chamber. Stand under the courtyard's quiet arcades and look up at the first-floor windows as you listen.
This audio guide was created using AI.