Bologna... also city of water

Did You not expect it?

True, when one thinks of a city of water, Venice often comes, perhaps Comacchio, but Bologna does not.
Yet it is, this kind of Bologna exists, unusual if you want but there is.We want to tell you a story, the story of Aposa one of the many true tales that populate the adventures we live in this land.
Aposa was a king's partner.The Etruscan Fero, landed in Ravenna and here, in the green flat foothills, built the first settlement. His beloved however fell into the water and disappeared among the waves, which since then took its name. The village the Etruscans called it Felsina, in honor of the fruit of love between Fero and Aposa. The Romans were later and baptize Bononia this city along the Via Emilia.So, when You listen Bologna (Bonomia) with the appellative of Felsinea now you can understand why.The visit to the Bologna of water is a unique experience: an underground path, easy and guided, between the foundations of the city. Layers of history that start from the wooden piers of the Roman bridge on the Via Emilia, and lead under the ancient synagogue, crossing tunnels never completely explored, rich in suggestion and legends. The underground river flows and swells with rainwater dripping from the manholes of the streets, giving echoes and sounds that are lost in the dark horizon of this plot that, someone says, would have inspired even Dante. The visit to this unknown Bologna is completed by the surface areas, following the path of the waters of the Reno, from the Grada lock to the old port area (now covered), to the various locks for navigation outside the city. Or rediscovering the great work of the Sicilian architect Tommaso Laureti, who designed all the hydraulic works that still bring water from the hills to decant to Bagni di Mario (incredible octagonal preservation dug into a hill on the city) and then get clear at the Fonte Remonda and go down again to the Fontana del Nettuno and the nearby Fontana Vecchia, in Via Ugo Bassi.To visit this Bologna of water it is necessary ...No this is for this time a secret that we serve for your next visit by bie with us..-

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