Piazza Maggiore

Piazza Maggiore, the main square ( so the literal translation of his name ) from Bologna. The square is surrounded by the most important buildings of the medieval city center. The oldest among them is a native of the 13th century Palazzo del Podestà, which closes the square to the north side. It is dominated by the Torre dell'Arengo. For the latter soon the Palazzo Re Enzo was added into the building.

Description

The square is bounded on the west by the Palazzo d' Accursio ( Palazzo Comunale ), a majestic building from the 14th century, which today serves as the Town Hall. The same building also houses the Museo Morandi, from where you can take a look at the adjacent Fountain of Neptune.

On the southern side, in front of the Palazzo del Podestà Standing high above the unfinished facade of the Basilica of San Petronio, an example of Italian Gothic, which began towards the end of the 14th century and finished only three centuries later.

Finally, situated on the eastern side of the Palazzo dei Banchi, actually a simple façade, which was built 1565-1568 on the model of Giacomo Barozzi to replace the previously stationed there humbler buildings, although some of the old streets that there crossed. The extended portion of the semicircular canal at the Palazzo dei Banchi is the portico of Archiginnasio, the medieval seat of the University of Bologna, which is now one of the richest libraries of Italy and Europe.

History

The area, which is known as Piazza Maggiore today came in the 13th century, when the Bolognese requested a room as a marketplace. The many people buildings were acquired and degraded by the community.

It was only in the 15th century was the Piazza today's floor plan, while the entire area was transformed by order of the pope by his governor Cardinal Charles Borromeo in the 16th Century: The adjacent Piazza Nettuno has in fact enriched by the Fountain of Neptune by Giambologna and Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio.

Building

The buildings around Piazza Maggiore are:

  • The palazzo dei Notai, built 1384-1422
  • The palazzo D' Accursio ( Palazzo Comunale ), founded in 1290, and after a fire ( 1425) by architect Fioravante Fioravanti renovated: the buildings are the city art collections of Bologna and the Museo Morandi.
  • The Palazzo del Podestà, built in 1201 and extensively renovated in 1472-1484 by the rulers Bentivoglio.
  • The palazzo dei Banchi, from 1412, where banking and currency exchange employee worked, was built in 1568 on instructions from Vignola, along with its famous archway, the name the Bolognese Pavaglione.
  • The Basilica of San Petronio was built in 1390 on instructions by Antonio di Vincenzo and actually left unfinished.

Curious thing

  • In 1860, the Piazza Maggiore was dedicated to King Victor Emmanuel II, the so- called until 1945, when the monument was transferred from the king on horseback in the Giardini Margherita (where it still is).
  • Very often, the Piazza Maggiore is confused by outsiders with the beautiful Piazza Grande, Modena. One reason for this is the successful song Piazza Grande (1971 ), which was sung by the Bolognese singer Lucio Dalla.
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