--- title: Bologna the Learned, Bologna the Fat, Bologna the Red - iT's Tissue description: The Italian technology experience image: https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna.jpg --- - [iT’s Tissue Point](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point) - [News](https://www.itstissue.com/news?hsLang=en) - [Newsletter](https://landing.itstissue.com/en/newsletter-subscription?hsLang=en) [![logo-its-tissue](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/logo-its-tissue.svg "logo-its-tissue")](https://www.itstissue.com/home?hsLang=en) - [English](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point/bologna-learned-bologna-fat-bologna-red) - [Italiano](https://www.itstissue.com/it/its-tissue-point/bologna-la-dotta-bologna-la-grassa-bologna-la-rossa) English [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://twitter.com/itstissue) [Follow us on Twitter](https://www.linkedin.com/company/itstissue/) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRlBPcaz35dtortfP2Tfx_Q) # Bologna the Learned, Bologna the Fat, Bologna the Red [< Back](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point) ![](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna.jpg) ##### August 28 2017 *Discovering **It’s Tissue 2018**: getting acquainted with Bologna, Italy’s “old lady”.*   Wondrous, surrounded by ancient medieval walls, red like the bricks of its buildings and the passion of its people.   City of a thousand faces, renowned for its art and culture, it is home to the oldest university in the Western world, the *Alma Mater Studiorum*, founded in 1088. Since the time of Dante Alighieri, Petrarch and Boccaccio, Bologna has throbbed, created, innovated, celebrated through the night…   *When you hear someone speak about Bolognese cooking, salute it, because this cooking deserves it*. With these words, the gourmet Pellegrino Artusi praised the great Bolognese culinary tradition. Impossible – and perhaps even a crime – to pass by Bologna and not stop to taste a plate of lasagna or *tortellini* accompanied by the city’s celebrated broth.   And in the heart of the city’s historic center sprout the leaning towers of Garisenda and Asinelli, symbols to the world of the *turreted* Bologna. Integral to the urban fabric, the towers represent not only a medieval architectural ornament but with their height, the power of the families who had them built: the more imposing the tower, the more important the family.   Bologna, a place that remains in the heart… and on the tastebuds of everyone who visits it!   This is the beautiful and charming Bologna.   [![](https://www.itstissue.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_statua-nettuno.jpg?width=800&height=533&name=Bologna_statua-nettuno.jpg)](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_statua-nettuno.jpg?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.itstissue.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_torre-asinelli.jpg?width=800&height=533&name=Bologna_torre-asinelli.jpg)](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_torre-asinelli.jpg?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.itstissue.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_portici.jpg?width=800&height=533&name=Bologna_portici.jpg)](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_portici.jpg?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.itstissue.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_san-luca.jpg?width=800&height=533&name=Bologna_san-luca.jpg)](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_san-luca.jpg?hsLang=en) ![](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bologna_statua-nettuno.jpg)       ![logo-its-tissue-white](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/loghi/logo-its-tissue-white.svg) - [iT's Tissue](https://www.itstissue.com/itstissue) - [Previous editions](https://www.itstissue.com/previous-editions) - Tissue Italy - [About Us](https://www.itstissue.com/tissue-italy/about-us) - [Network Founding Members](https://www.itstissue.com/tissue-italy/network-founding-members) - [Sponsorship](https://www.itstissue.com/sponsorship) - [iT’s Tissue Point](https://www.itstissue.com/its-tissue-point) - [News](https://www.itstissue.com/news) - [Gallery](https://www.itstissue.com/gallery) - [Newsletter](https://landing.itstissue.com/en/newsletter-subscription) - [Contacts](https://www.itstissue.com/contacts) Tissue Italy Piazza Bernardini, 41 55100 Lucca - ITALY P. iva number 02339490464  [info@itstissue.com](mailto:info@itstissue.com)  DPO: [dpo@itstissue.com](mailto:dpo@itstissue.com) [PRIVACY](https://itstissue-9294601.hs-sites.com/privacy?hsLang=en) [![newsletter](https://www.itstissue.com/hubfs/newsletter.svg)](https://landing.itstissue.com/en/newsletter-subscription?hsLang=en)   [Follow us on Facebook](https://twitter.com/itstissue) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/itstissue/) [Follow us on Twitter](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRlBPcaz35dtortfP2Tfx_Q) Cookie settings