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The streets of Bologna are marked by colonades sheltering shops and businesses.
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A farmacia along the colonade.
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And outside the pharmacy, a vending machine of items needed beyond business hours.
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A public fountain/
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Bologna has been the home of the reference weights and measures used for trade and markets. We did not have time to check their accuracy.
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A set of concrete couches in the atrium.
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Translation: William Oberdan, sacrificed for Italy, in fearful warning and rebuke to the tyrants outside and the cowards within.
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The Basilica of San Petronio which contains an astronomical metric- a meridian line representing the annual movement of the earth around the sun.
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I saw that it was “off-axis” with the church, an odd feature, but it was used to track the sun’s position throughout the year by the light through an aperture at the top.
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It is marked with days of the year with tiles marking the signs of the zodiac along the way.
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Today, the first day of summer, is marked at this extreme end of the meridian line.
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The inner city of Bologna is restricted to vehicles. City transport and taxis are ok.
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Motorcycles are ok.
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Bicycles are ok.
Baloney in Balogna.
The large cylinders behind the butcher's head are "mortadella", the finely ground packed pork meat that was the origin of "baloney".
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Another shop in Bologna showing their meat.
