Bologna, IT

Chiesa di San Procolo

The church of St. Procolo dates back to the 11th century when it was rebuilt by the Benedictine monks of Cassino. The Gothic cross vaults were built later, between 1383 and 1407, by order of Abbot Giovanni di Michele. Between 1535 and 1557, the architect Antonio Morandi, known as Terribilia, built the fifth bay of the church, the choir and the bell tower. In 1744, the architect Carlo Francesco Dotti directed the internal transformation, which was redone after 1826, after the church had been closed to worship for almost thirty years due to Napoleonic suppressions.

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Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • On street parking at the building
  • Café within 500m

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Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore

The Basilica of San Paolo Maggiore was commissioned between 1606 and 1611 by the Barnabites to the architect Ambrogio Magenta or Mazenta. The Barnabites named the church Maggiore to distinguish it from the other two churches dedicated to St. Paul in Bologna. During the Napoleonic invasion, the Barnabites were suppressed and the church became a parish in 1819. Subsequently closed, it was rededicated in 1878. In 1959 it was returned to the Barnabites and two years later Pope John XIII gave it the title of minor basilica.

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Basilica di San Petronio

The Basilica of San Petronio is a major church in Bologna, one of the largest brick Gothic buildings in the world. Although construction began in the late 14th century, the building, which was to be larger than St. Peter's Basilica, is largely unfinished since the 17th century.

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