Bologna Travel Information

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna. The name derived from a Latin word and situated in the PO valley of northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and Apennine Mountains; specifically we can say that this city lies between the rivers Reno and Savena. The city of Bologna has its highest ranking in the lifestyle and ranking of living standard in whole Italy. The oldest university of this world exists here at Bologna it is established in 1088. It ranked 5th in 2006 and 13th in 2007 out of total 103 cities in Italy.

In 4th century BC the area was covered by the tribes named as boli. Bologna has got humid and subtropical climate, this is the characteristic of northern Italy plains. Heat waves are common during the summer. Bologna is a very important railway and motorway hub in Italy. The University of Bologna was a centre of intellectual studies and research centre is establishing there.