Sacred Places of Bologna
Bologna · Italy
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk through Bologna’s sacred places, moving from churches and basilicas to the Metropolitan Cathedral of St Peter. Along the route, you will encounter distinct dedications, including Santa Maria della Vita, San Domenico, San Nicolò degli Albari, and San Francesco. The sequence is worth taking for its focused look at how churches shape the city’s religious landscape, without leaving the subject of sacred places.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.
Santa Maria della Vita Sanctuary
A Baroque sanctuary built over a medieval confraternity hospital, with terracotta drama inside.
Basilica of San Domenico
A Dominican church built around Saint Dominic’s tomb, reshaped by art, devotion and centuries of change.
Piazza Santo Stefano
A pedestrian square where Bologna’s Seven Churches meet medieval family power and merchant life.
Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi
Basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi, a Christian church in Bologna
Church of San Nicolò degli Albari
San Nicolò degli Albari is a Catholic church in Bologna, Italy.
Metropolitan Cathedral of St Peter
Metropolitan Cathedral of St Peter, a Christian church in Bologna
Stop 7
Stop 8
- 2 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Bologna
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How a walk works
2 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 8 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.
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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.