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Bologna’s center town landscape symbols In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

ARCADES: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.