Piazza Maggiore is the main square and most famous of Bologna, as the name suggests, is very large and measures 115 meters long and 60 meters wide, as a football field.

Its beauty will leave you breathless, here are the most important medieval buildings of Bologna as the Palazzo del Podestà, built in 1200 topped by the splendid dell'Arengo Tower, Palazzo Re Enzo and the Palazzo dei Bianchi. But the beauty does not end there, in fact, to the west of the square is the beautiful Palazzo Comunale d'Accursio built during the fourteenth century, where today are located the offices of the municipality of Bologna and the Museo Morandi.

In the south of the square you can see the magnificent Basilica of San Petronio was built in the late 1300 in pure Gothic style. In the east of Piazza Maggiore hand is the Palazzo dei Bianchi, built a little more recent than other buildings of the square, was built precisely to the end of'500, adjacent to this building is the porch where he dell'Archiginnasio established the University of Bologna.

Some history: Piazza Maggiore development during the Thirteenth century for reasons of logistics, the Bolognese sought a space that was large enough to hold markets and fairs of the country, in fact the old buildings were purchased by the town and then killed.

We then summarize the buildings that you can find a center: the building of Notaries, built between 1384 and 1422, the Palazzo d'Accursio (Town Hall), built in 1290, located in the Municipal Collections of Art Bologna and the Museo Morandi, Palazzo del Podestà, built in 1201, the Palazzo dei Banchi, of 1412, the Basilica of San Petronio, begun in 1390 to designs by Antonio di Vincenzo and never really finished.