Bologna History and Monuments
Bologna · Italy
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk from the Asinelli tower through historic churches, civic architecture and monumental gateways across Bologna. Along the way, look closely at brickwork, façades, arches, towers, sculpture and the changing scale of the city’s landmarks. The route brings together religious buildings, a palace, a fountain and four gates, each offering a different view of Bologna’s built history. Take this walk to follow a clear sequence from the Asinelli tower and central churches to Santo Stefano, the city gates and the Fontana artwork that links the route’s monuments.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 10. The rest are in the app.
Asinelli Tower
Bologna’s tallest tower, built in the twelfth century and still leaning over the city.
Church of San Nicolò degli Albari
San Nicolò degli Albari is a Catholic church in Bologna, Italy.
Bologna Cathedral
A cathedral rebuilt after fire, collapse, and centuries of changing ambition.
Palazzo dei Notai
A notaries’ headquarters built in two campaigns, with a later civic life in Piazza Maggiore.
Basilica of San Domenico
A Dominican church built around Saint Dominic’s tomb, reshaped by art, devotion and centuries of change.
Santo Stefano, Bologna
Bologna’s “Seven Churches,” built as a local Jerusalem around an ancient sacred spring.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 4 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Bologna
7 walks
How a walk works
4 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 10 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
A guide who talks
Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.