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The Quadrilatero is the oldest historical centre of Bologna: in these streets, whose geometry recalls the old Roman buildings, took place the city life, made up of trade, culture and economic power since the beginning of the second millenium; in the Quadrilatero there were schools, banks, hospitals and shops of artists who left indelible imprint on the city.

The commercial vocation of the area still appears in many of the names of the historic streets: Pescherie, Calzolerie, Caprara, Orefici, Clavature, the portico of Pavaglione, everything is alive and still lives in this part of town.

In the Quadrilatero, a stroll under the arcades or in the narrow alleys, you can capture the atmosphere of the past, discover historic shops still active along to the most exclusive signatures of modern shopping, enjoy the scents of traditional cuisine, sit for a aperitif under the frescoed vaults of the arcades or dine in old rooms built on the embankment of the old city walls.

The most exclusive signatures

Il Mercato di Mezzo

La gastronomia tradizionale

I bar e ristoranti più trandy