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03 December 2021
New logo for Bologna porticoes

The Porticoes of Bologna, inscribed on the World Heritage List, are now represented by a new logo, designed by Jessica Bottaro and Francesco Piazza, the same young graphic designers of the visual identity which accompanied the nomination process. 

The new logo is the result of an overall...

16 November 2021
Testing the BOforAll application

The World Heritage Cities Programme is collecting examples of management practices, events, and activities related to World Heritage and historic cities.

The collected case studies are shown on the World Heritage Canopy online platform.  As part of this compilation, the case study about...

29 September 2021
Porticoes of San Luca

The Porticoes of Bologna have been inscribed on UNESCO WorldHeritage List
This addition was made during the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee held online and chaired from...

17 August 2021
Portico dei Servi, Bologna

In the school year 2020-2021, some classes of the "Laura Bassi" Liceo carried out a project about Porticoes and UNESCO in connection with the syllabus of Art History and Citizenship Education. Their work included observation and documentation of the porticoes whose result is summarized in this...

28 June 2021
Locandina dell'evento

On Tuesday 29 June Omar Bortolacelli, in a wheelchair for 10 years due to an accident at work, will walk the last 500 meters of the Portico di San Luca. The "solo" physical test, made possible by a latest generation exoskeleton, will face the steepest section of the portico that goes up to the...

24 June 2021
Locandina dell'evento

On June 30th at 3 p.m., at the Aula Ghigi in via San Giacomo 9, the book Tutela e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale mondiale nel diritto internazionale, will be presented. The book is edited by Prof. Elisa Baroncini and is the result of research promoted by the Department of Legal...

08 June 2021
Portici di Bologna

RSI, the Italian-language Swiss Tv channel, produced and broadcast a report on the porticoes of Bologna.

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29 April 2021
cartello avvio lavori

Redevelopment works are starting on some former shops under the portico of the Treno building in the Barca district, one of the 12 components of the serial site "The Porticoes of Bologna".

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