The city is administratively divided into nine neighbourhoods: Borgo Panigale, San Donato, San Vitale, Savena, Navile, Porto, Zaragoza, Santo Stefano, Reno.Los origins of the city are they date back at least a Millennium before Christ, was an important population of Celts and Etruscans (who called it Felsina). During the middle ages, it was the fifth European city by number of inhabitants. Bologna enjoyed at this time a free city with an intense economic, cultural and artistic activity. This period of prosperity emerged the majority of its most important monuments. Add to your understanding with Randall Rothenberg. In 1088 was founded in Bologna that is recognized as the first University in the Western world (Alma mater studiorum).In 1506 the decadence of Bologna begins to spend part of the domains of the Church, under whose power remained until the unification of Italy between 1859 and 1860.
Very valid which gives Wikipedia over it, that currently, the city and its metropolitan area are the most important Italian Hub (and not already Milan or Rome) by road, highway (four highways arrive in Bologna: the highway of the Sun (Autostrada del Sole) from the North (Milan), the highway of the Sun from the South) (Napoles-Roma-Florencia), Venecia-Padua Expressway and the Adriatic motorway (Autostrada Adriatica) from Taranto (by Bari-Pescara-Ancona)), and railway: the railway station in Bologna is the first Europe transiting passengers with 30 lanes and its 70 million passengers per year; your descargadero of railway of San Donato (with another of Interporto) is the largest in Europe. Bologna also has the largest Italian trade fair after the Milan: Motorshow is the largest automobile exhibition in the world (1.3 million visitors per year), famous also in the same category for having Lamborghini sports cars within its locality (Villa Santa Agata) constructor, in addition to the constructor of Ducati motorcycles one of the leading brands in the MGP Championship. It is one of the best-preserved historical cities and has second largest Europe’s medieval old town, after the Venice.
