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Via Serenari 13, Castel Maggiore, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40013, Italy
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Please direct me to the correct location. I read that the church listed above has frescoes of hell depicted in the vault. Is this true?????
If not, which Italian church has those frescoes depicting hell????
Thank you,
Joseph007
Do you mean Orvieto's cathedral? That's where the frescoes of Luca Signorelli are (famous). But on walls not in the vault. Have a look here, scroll down to see the frescoes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvieto_Cathedral
Ingrid
Ah, no, sorry, indeed Bologna, but Cappella Bolognini in Basilica di San Petronio. See here, fourth tip:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/658ac/25f78/4/
or here at the bottom:
http://www.summagallicana.it/lessico/p/Petronio%20santo.htm
Ingrid
The Last Judgement is a common topic in churches and those frescoes exist in many places, usually on the western wall of the nave. They show heaven on the left and hell on the right, with Christ as the judge of the world in the middle, surrounded by angels and saints, who divides the resurrecting dead into good and bad.
This gallery features traditional art, on sale are paintings and prints by native son Morandi; Italian modern master De Chirico; and foreigners Chagall and Magritte. This is a great place to go if you're looking to buy some excellent works of art.
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I came across this tour on the hotel website. I tried doing some research but can only find information in Italian. Based on the translated website and an email from the organization that runs the tour, it is a tour of the underground waterways in Bologna, which sounds quite fascinating. Images of the Phantom of the Opera came to mind.
The tour is offered (currently) from 2pm to 4pm on Sundays. I think the time changes from year to year. There are also other variations of this urban adventure. In a nutshell, there are 2 parts of the journey - first, you travel by raft through the underground waterway (you do go above ground for a bit) and second, you get a walking tour of part of the ancient waterways. Sounds pretty cool and you don't really have to do any rafting. The only catch (that we know of), the public tour (cost 10 euros) is only offered in Italian. (The staff at Vitruvio said that you can arrange to have a tour in a different language, but you'll need to pay for the translation and other costs involved.)
When we showed up at the meeting point (at the corner of Riva Reno and Via Polese), we saw what looked like a manhole with a ladder attached to the side. We quickly confirmed that we indeed have to climb down the manhole to board the raft. My friends and I looked at each other doubtfully but still paid our fee to participate in the activities. We were handed helmets (that had a pretty pungent smell...) and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. We weren't the only ones surprised by the turn of events. There was another group of English speaking tourists whose faces dropped when they saw the setup. A bunch of people showed up at the last minute so we ended up having to use 3 rafts.
Just past 3pm, 2 guides showed up in full gear and climbed down the manhole to grab the rafts. The adventure is about to begin! We decided to bravely let other people go first and got on the second raft. We climbed down the ladder into the raft and were told that we wouldn't get wet. The waterways (which felt more like sewers with dubiously clean water) were really dark and with really low ceilings (?). The guide didn't actually paddle but dragged our raft through the waters. We quickly learnt the Italian for "duck", since that's pretty much what we did the whole way. All of the sudden, the guide "parked" us next to some "catwalk" looking structure and made us get off the raft. We had to craw through this boardwalk onto a different raft to continue the journey. It was kind of disorienting, since you really don't know where and how far you've gone. Then suddenly, we emerged from darkness onto a canal. As we "raft" along, pedestrians on nearby bridges waved at us and we waved back. We passed through a couple of "bridges" (and thus had to duck again) before we entered yet another underground passageway that eventually leads to a flight of stairs. We got off the rafts, completely confused at this time but glad to not have to crouch anymore and went up a flight of stairs to, well, an alley somewhere.
Our guide greeted us and took our helmets. She then tell us we have to wait for the last raft to arrive and that we should get some gelato. Lucky for us, we had lots of hand sanitizer and wet naps, so we could enjoy the treat with clean hands (we did just came out of the sewer!) The gelato place was quite good, unfortunately, I can't remember where it was ... I think the street is Via Moline or something like that. That's the problem when you just traveled in a dark underground waterway!
Anyway, as we finished our gelato, we followed the guide towards the entrance of another set of ancient waterways. This part is a bit more high-tech - they pressed a button to raise the "manhole" to review a pretty wide flight of stairs. These tunnels were much wider and better lit (since Vitruvio runs a show in this part of the passageway on Friday nights), so we could see the construction better. As we walked along the passage, the guide told us some history about this part of the waterways (in Italian). A nice guy on the tour translated some of that in English for us, so the gist is that this part was actually built on top of some Roman aqueducts. This second part of the tour wasn't too long and soon we exited onto a square near Piazza Maggiore. Our guide had to help us identify our location on the map so we could get out of there!
Afterthoughts - Once I got over the fact that I was in fact visiting the sewers (albeit clean-ish sewers) and purposely not think about the possibility of rats (there weren't any), I was definitely quite excited (not sure about my friends) about this tour. After all, it is a side of Bologna that not a lot of people get to see. Just remember to bring lots of hand sanitizers and wet naps - your hands do get a bit dirty from climbing the ladder and your feet might get a bit wet if you sit in front of the raft!
Many students also choose to travel to by the city bus. If you happen to live in the outlying areas travel will probably be your only option. Single tickets cost 1 euro at the time of writing. Month and year passes are also available form the ATC office near Piazza Maggiore. Personally I thought this was a little steep, so during my stay in Bologna I never bought a ticket. In theory you can be fined for riding without a ticket, but it's not something I would really worry about. The bus system closes down from 1-6 am so this could make getting home at night problematic.
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It's odd. Great works of art somehow look like great works of art. Well, usually, anyway.
So it is that the Fontana di Nettuno, the famous Neptune fountain from the 16th century (1566 to be precise) was designed by Tommaso Laurent though it's Giambologna's magnificent bronze figures that catch the eye.
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