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THE TOWERS OF BOLOGNA Texts by Fabio Morellato, Eugenio Riccomini and Paola Rubbi |
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Everyone knows that “towers” means Bologna. And vice versa. Nowhere else in the world there is a city with such a strong peculiarity affecting the urban skyline. There was a time, in the Middle Ages, when they were more than one hundred. These days only twentytwo have survived, each of them with its own story to tell, a story that dates back one thousand year, since the towers are the unique urban architectural reality that may boast such a venerable age. This book is concerned with the history of this invaluable cultural inheritance and its centuries-old relationship with Bologna. How were the towers built? And why? What’s the purpose of all of them? How can they still be standing after such a long time? These and many other questions are exhaustively answered by this book.
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