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HER GREATNESS BOLOGNA The historical pre-eminence of Bologna in the world out of print Texts by Giuseppe Coccolini |
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Fruit of a singular yet uncommon research, this book witnesses the 55
feats held by Bologna over the years which involve fundamental principles
and values such as freedom, right, knowledge, technological innovation.
It was Bologna to “invent” the first university in the world
in the remote XI century and to liberate serfs in 1256, six centuries
earlier than the other civil states; it was in the shadow of her towers
that for the first time in 1239 a woman was offered a university teaching
post and the Ars Notaria was born. And it was towards the end of the XII
century that Bologna achieved the supremacy of being the first European
industrial city to provide from its channels the hydraulic resources necessary
to operate mills, factories and spinning mills. It was the Bolognese illustrious
Pope Gregorio XIII to create a new calendar, whilst experts and scientists
such as Fioravanti, Aldrovandi, Marsili, Galvani, Marconi opened bright
and fresh prospects to the entire world thanks to the revolutionary strength
of their researches.
Everything takes shape and develops in a city where still today the many
aristocratic and ancient towers of the old city centre and the so many
porticoed routes make her rare to the point of being unique.
Rich and attractive images and icons crown each of the described primacies.
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