{"id":41327,"date":"2018-11-15T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/historical-places-university-of-bologna\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:42:17","slug":"historical-buildings-university-of-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/historical-buildings-university-of-bologna\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of Bologna’s historical buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we take you to have a walk across the main places of study and research that over the centuries made the University of Bologna<\/a><\/strong> famous all over the world.<\/p>\n

Universities have always looked at Bologna as their Alma Mater <\/strong>(lit.\u2009’nourishing mother’), acknowledgment formally recognized in 1988 \u2013 on the occasion of the 900th0 anniversary of UniBo (the acronym that stands for University of Bologna) when more than 800 universities from all the continents have signed the Magna Charta Universitatum<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

As many of you already know, the University of Bologna is the oldest university in the world<\/a><\/strong>: its origin dates back to 1088 AD<\/strong>, date established by a committee of historians chaired by Giosu\u00e8 Carducci.<\/p>\n

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A charming panoramic view of Bologna | Credit: Steffen Brinkmann, via Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The birth of The University of Bologna<\/span><\/h2>\n

The University of Bologna started to take shape at the end of the 11th century<\/strong> when professors of grammar, rhetoric and logics started to apply themselves in law.<\/p>\n

In 1158, with the Costitutio Habita<\/i> by Federico I, the work of research of the university started to be independent<\/strong> of any other power.<\/p>\n

From that moment onwards, the fame of Bologna and its University spread throughout Europe and became the destination of many illustrious guests, such as Thomas Becket<\/em>, Albrecht D\u00fcrer<\/em>, Carlo Borromeo<\/em>, Torquato Tasso<\/em>, Carlo Goldoni<\/em>,\u00a0Pico della Mirandola<\/em>, Leon Battista Alberti<\/em> and Nicol\u00f2 Copernico<\/em>, who studied here pontifical right, starting meanwhile his astronomical observations.<\/p>\n

Starting from the 14th\u00a0century, along with the schools of law<\/strong>, developed also the schools of artists i.e. students of medicine, philosophy, maths, astronomy, logic, rhetoric and grammar, finally introducing in 1364 the teaching of Theology.<\/p>\n

In this period, some personalities like Dante Alighieri<\/em>, Francesco Petrarca<\/em> and Guido Guinizelli<\/em> carried out some of their studies in this city.
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