Piròn and Old Bologna

By Valeria Riguzzi

Multimedia e-book
“This booklet offers a brief historical-touristic itinerary to help you get to know a specific area of Bologna in which the historic bakery Piròn el Furnàr of Angela Bai and Family is situated.”
We will walk along the streets of the center in the area of Via Malpighi. A historical research of all respect to explain the meaning of each place. There are also anecdotes and the audio insert, with a little song in Bolognese dialect sung and performed by Fabio Fioresi.
A project of the city of Bologna
The Municipality of Bologna has financed this work on the city’s shops. The supreme is to have it available in various formats. The tourist can choose between e-book, paper book and audiobook.
The task was entrusted to Valeria Riguzzi, with twenty years experience as an editor. Riguzzi also worked closely with Angela Bai, daughter of Piròn and current owner of the bakery.
The map is designed by Alessandra Pivato.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mnamon
• Release date: Apr 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9788869492587

Valeria Riguzzi

Freelance editor, twenty years of experience, translator from French, degree in Philosophy at the University of Bologna, loves everything a little, including writing ...

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Valeria Riguzzi

Piròn and old Bologna

With the contribution of the city of Bologna

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Introduction

This booklet offers a brief historical-touristic itinerary to help you get to know a specific area of Bologna in which the historic bakery Piròn el Furnàr of Angela Bai and Family is situated.

We’re in the middle of the old town, in an area immediately adjacent to the second circle of city walls on the west side to be precise.

The tour is structured as follows: we’ll first walk towards piazza Malpighi, pass through Porta Nuova, walk along via Mario Finzi coming out onto via Barberia; then turn towards via Nosadella, which we’ll follow on the left-hand side until we meet via del Fossato; turn right onto vicolo della Neve, then cross via Nosadella once more to arrive at via Ca’ Selvatica, up to the corner with via Santa Caterina. We’ll then turn onto via Nosadella to arrive at the modern-day Piròn el Furnàr, which will tell us its history.

Roughly halfway along the route there will be a surprise, an enjoyable anecdote to liven up your journey.

We are pleased to accompany you on this walk and hope that you will enjoy it.

We would like to thank the city of Bologna very much for allowing us to make this project happen, and also the spectacular libraries that are open to all.

This small project, though having made use of certain essential historical sources, first and foremost Cose notabili della città di Bologna (Things to see in the city of Bologna) by Giuseppe Guidicini, is intended as a simplified work, educational but not academic, and with the sole purpose of eliciting interest in times