#(a young pascoli was arrested at a student protest and held there for a year and spent all his time miserable cold and sewing apparently)
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via castiglioni, via orfeo, and every other alley in between via castiglioni and via santo stefano
#long post#n 1 and 5 some very nice graffiti today#n 5 nsfw. ish#n 2 i loooooove those old timey mail boxes i wonder if they're still in use anywhere? 🤔#n 3 that church has now apparently been repurposed as an university aula magna#(best possible use of an old church)#it was closed today but i NEEDDDDD to go inside#the facade looks like that because it was never finished btw which i love#exactly like san petronio :) bolognesi kings of starting shit and then running out of money halfway through. just like me <3#n 4 JAIL BREAK TIME!!!#so apparently this building was originally a convent (there's a church still right beside it)#until napoleon got to bologna in 1797 and said he needed a place to stash his opponents so he kicked everybody out &turned it into a prison#(a young pascoli was arrested at a student protest and held there for a year and spent all his time miserable cold and sewing apparently)#fast forward to 1944 this prison is being used to hold a lot of resistance and antifascist prisoners#so a group of resistance fighters decided they were going to Break In and get Everybody Out#they dressed up as nazis/fascist republicans bringing in new prisoners got the guards out of the way and then opened all the doors!#im gonna be honest reading about it this sounds like the easiest break in job ever like those guards were not smart#but still. kings!#i'm learning so much shit on these walks i LOVE IT#n. 7 apparently in 1341 45% of the population of the city worked in silk factories which i just think is 1 very cool and 2 very funny#and this house used to host a water silk mill! the first of its kind in the city! revolutionised the industry!#and i'm gonna have to read all about it now! [voice offside: you don't have to] no i gotta#n. 8 i overheard a tour guide saying this sign actually indicates a ww2 bomb shelter????#he might have been bullshiting those tourists#i can't find any info on this online but have it here anyway#n 9 and 10 LABAS! ✊✊#they just got kicked out of there unfort but i don't think they'll stay down for long#the hands on the wall are spelling 'LOVE' in italian sign language btw <3#txt
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