For years traveling through Italy, our only glimpse of Bologna was from the railway station as we passed through. Then some years ago we visited a relative of my wife’s who was studying at Bologna’s ancient university.
Our eyes were opened to the charms of this medieval city with its endless porticoes, good food and long history. In this blog I’ll bring to you various aspects of life in Bologna and some fascinating glimpses of the city’s history.
You can spend many hours walking around Bologna and nearby places visiting the places mentioned in my posts.
Bologna on Foot 
On your page that covers the Etruscans & Bologna ( https://pauls-bologna.blog/2017/11/22/the-etruscans-and-bologna/ ), this link does not work: https://www.comune.castenaso.bo.it/aree-tematiche/cultura/muv-museo-della-civilta-villanoviana
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Thanks for your message. It’s a bit strange as the link is correct. I’ve pasted it below for you .
https://www.comune.castenaso.bo.it/aree-tematiche/cultura/muv-museo-della-civilta-villanoviana
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I find that the https link you cited (https://www.comune.castenaso.bo.it/aree-tematiche/cultura/muv-museo-della-civilta-villanoviana) does not work for me (now), but the same link with just http (http://www.comune.castenaso.bo.it/aree-tematiche/cultura/muv-museo-della-civilta-villanoviana) does work.
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Thanks
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On your comment on the Certosa
In English a Certosa is a Carthusian monastery or Charterhouse named after the Grand Chartreuse near Grenoble. The architecture varies
The monks are Carthusians.
Cistercian is the name of another order founded by St Bernard their architecture is a simple Gothic with no frills
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Whoops thanks Francisco, slip of the pen. It’s easy in Italian as they’re called Certosini!
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