Bologna
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Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It is the home of the Mondo Bizarro gallery.
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University
There are about 100,000 students of the ancient and renowned University of Bologna, founded in the 11th century.
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Famous natives of Bologna and environs
- Lodovico Carracci (painter, 1555 – 1619)
- Agostino Carracci (painter, 1557 – 1602)
- Annibale Carracci (painter, 1560 - 1609)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (writer, poet, director, 1922 - 1975)
- Pupi Avati (director, born 1938)
- Roberto Raviola (fumetti author, born 1939)
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Long-term residencies
In addition to the above natives, the following became associated with Bologna by long-term residence:
- Marcantonio Raimondi (engraver, studies in Bologna with the goldsmith and painter Francesco Raibolini)
- Vesalius (anatomist, lectured here)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (filmmaker, graduated in economics at Bologna University)
- Carlo Rambaldi (special effects, educated at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna)
- Umberto Eco (writer and academic, born in Alessandria, Piedmont, 1932)
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Famous companies
- Ducati Motor Holding (motorcycles)
- Lamborghini (cars)
- Maserati (cars, now seats in Modena)
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Varia
- A replica of Le Corbusier's L'Esprit Nouveau pavilion of the Paris Exhibtion of 1925 was built in Bologna in 1977.
- Giovanni Bologna or Giambologna (Flemish sculptor, co-designed the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna)
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