Landmark
Via dell'Indipendenza
Ruler-straight boulevard cut through a medieval quarter, lined with covered porticoes on both sides.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Via dell'Indipendenza in Bologna traces the ruler-straight boulevard that engineer Coriolano Monti drove through a tangle of medieval streets starting in the eighteen sixties, and the hospice, palace, and church that stood in its way before the project finally closed out in eighteen eighty-eight. Best heard walking from the train station toward Piazza Maggiore, looking up at the porticoes overhead.
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