Bologna (ita)

Bologna

Bologna ranks 86th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Frankfurt, Gothenburg, and Lima. Memorable people born in Bologna include Guglielmo Marconi, Pope Gregory XIII, and Luigi Galvani. Memorable people who died in Bologna include Luigi Galvani, Saint Dominic, and Enzo Ferrari. Bologna has been the birth place of many painters and soccer players and the death place of many painters and religious figures. Bologna is located in Italy.

Bologna is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. It is known as the Fat City for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to the oldest university in the world. Read more on Wikipedia