Bologna

Italy · Emilia-Romagna

Bologna is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with 391,473 inhabitants from 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people as of 2026. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the oldest university in continuous operation, the University of Bologna, established in AD 1088.

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica

Region

Emilia-Romagna

Main language

Italian

On the map

44.49° N, 11.34° E

Near Bologna

• Modena · 37 km away
• Maranello · 38 km away
• Ferrara · 44 km away
• Ravenna · 69 km away
• Florence · 81 km away
• Montecatini Terme · 82 km away

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