BOLOGNA

Bologna  is the largest city (and the capital) of Emilia-Romagna Region in Northern Italy  Famous for its towers and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical centre (one of the largest in Italy) Bologna is home to prestigious cultural, economic and political institutions as well as one of the most impressive trade fair districts in Europe. In 2000 it was declared European capital of culture and in 2006, a UNESCO “city of music”. The University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is the oldest existing university in the world, and was an important centre of European intellectual life during the Middle Ages, attracting scholars from throughout Christendom.

The most famous towers of Bologna are the central "Due Torri" (Asinelli and Garisenda), whose iconic leaning forms provide a popular symbol of the town. The Portico di San Luca is possibly the world's longest. It connects Porta Saragozza (one of the twelve gates of the ancient walls built in the Middle Ages, which circled a 7.5 km (4.7 mi) part of the city) with the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca, a church begun in 1723 on the site of an 11th-century edifice which had already been enlarged in the 14th century.

UNESCO declared Bologna

a)    “city of fashion”

b)    “city of music”

c)    “city of universities”

d)    City of Italian gastronomy

Bologna has

a)    The longest river in Italy

b)    The longest Portico in the world

c)    The highest tower in the world

d)    The oldest Sanctuary in the world

 The oldest university in the world was founded in

a)    Bologna

b)    Naples

c)    Paris

d)    Cambridge