I have a friend who goes to Italy a lot and keeps telling me that Bologna is his favourite city, so it definitely is on my bucket list! I didn’t know about the 7 secrets, but I love that the city has these quirks and legends. It’s like a little treasure hunt!
Bologna totally deserves the place in your bucket list! I learned about the 7 secrets from a friend who used to live there, otherwise I wouldn’t have heard of it either.
Actually, there’s an eighth. The Passo de San Luca is a covered, arched walkway leading from the southwestern city gate uphill to the Santuario de San Luca, about 4.1 kilometres. Again, the architect and the church had some kind of altercation, the church requiring that costs be cut. The architect ultimately agreed to do so, and his solution partly involved changing the number of gates between arches – from his original number to the new number of…666. Those knowledgeable about the bible will recognize that as the number of the beast, or Satan. The numbers are actually shown on the gates as you ascend, but for some reason, they stop at 658.
Thanks for the posting. Bologna is a wonderful city, with a wonderful attitude.
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I have a friend who goes to Italy a lot and keeps telling me that Bologna is his favourite city, so it definitely is on my bucket list! I didn’t know about the 7 secrets, but I love that the city has these quirks and legends. It’s like a little treasure hunt!
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Bologna totally deserves the place in your bucket list! I learned about the 7 secrets from a friend who used to live there, otherwise I wouldn’t have heard of it either.
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Actually, there’s an eighth. The Passo de San Luca is a covered, arched walkway leading from the southwestern city gate uphill to the Santuario de San Luca, about 4.1 kilometres. Again, the architect and the church had some kind of altercation, the church requiring that costs be cut. The architect ultimately agreed to do so, and his solution partly involved changing the number of gates between arches – from his original number to the new number of…666. Those knowledgeable about the bible will recognize that as the number of the beast, or Satan. The numbers are actually shown on the gates as you ascend, but for some reason, they stop at 658.
Thanks for the posting. Bologna is a wonderful city, with a wonderful attitude.
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I can’t see the link anywhere to the new homepage.
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You just need to click on the text, the link should be working: http://www.gorestless.com/7-secrets-bologna/
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