We stopped at a little campus restaurant for some pizza and, spoiler alert, it was amazing. Shocking, right?
Once we had a belly full, we were off to the Museum di Palazzo Poggi. Once one of the grandest palaces in Bologna, now a natural history museum. You can still see some of the old 14th c frescos on the walls ceilings.
I won't bore you with the exhibits as most natural history museums are the same, but one notable thing is Bologna University medical school was the first to use wax anatomical models (with real skeletons as the base). Here is the world's first known female professor of anatomy, Anna Morandi, dressed for an evening out while dissecting a brain.
Our last stop was Santa Maria Della Vita. Built in 11th century, then rebuilt in the 16th, much if the art is based on the concept of De laude flagellorum or 'In praise of flaggation' (not flatulation, Chris). We weren't allowed to take pics of the masterpiece, Compianto sul Cristo Norton, but you can Google it. Here is what we could photograph.
All for today. Ciao!
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