Bologna is a city in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. Bologna was a Roman colony which survived as a medieval city to become a centre of learning and then a major city of the Renaissance papal states. Its townscape is enriched by elegant and extensive arcades.
Gratian and Irnerius, two of the formative influences on legal study both taught at the university in the 12th century (and Copernicus was also there to study in 1495).
The city was one of the first European settlements to experiment with the concept of "free" public transport.
