There are some nice shops on Via D’Azeglio. From Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore, on the right-hand-side as you face the Basilica di San Petronio, head south-east, gently up hill towards the city wall and then the Apennines. And now, I even know who D’Azeglio was. Another of those pesky Risorgimento politicians. Listen to today’s brief biography […]
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“Dedicò la sua vita alla fisica” + online Italian lessons offer
Here’s the ninth in our series of twelve short articles about famous Italians who have streets, schools or hospitals named after them in my home city of Bologna. You’ll find the others here: Garibaldi | Marconi | Cavour | Galvani | Leonardo da Vinci | Mazzini | Malpighi | Galileo Today, Enrico Fermi, who dedicated his life to physics, […]
“Il padre della scienza moderna” & fantastic discount on online lessons
Buongiorno, today we have a short biography of Galileo, known as “the father of modern science”, according to my teenage daughter. Scroll down to find the listening plug-in, and the transcript. But first, a reminder about our new promotion on online Italian lessons. In the P.S. at the end of this article you’ll find a discount […]
They smashed his microscopes and burnt down his villa
Here’s the latest in our ‘street names’ series – short biographies of famous Italians who have streets named after them in my home town of Bologna. Today you’ll read about another famous alumnus from the world’s oldest university. This guy has both a high school and a hospital named after him, but as you’ll discover, […]