This is a follow up blog which offers a tourist trail around Bologna city centre. On my visit to Bologna I took part in an organised walk around the city centre. Of course, you can make your own way around the city quite happily, but on my last day I decided to give a guided… Continue reading Our twin city of Bologna: the tourist trail
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Our twin city of Bologna: the memorialisation of the recent past
We recently visited Bologna to attend a conference on memory cities. This posts describes how the city remembers its history of resistance and suffering. Coventry was formally twinned with Bologna in 1984. No-one seems entirely sure why this particular partnership came about, but in some ways it was not surprising that the two cities should… Continue reading Our twin city of Bologna: the memorialisation of the recent past
