# @filmedbymatthew on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdosJaAD7j3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70748891-filmedbymatthew-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-23T16:00:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Matthew Rumble (@filmedbymatthew) — https://gondola.cc/filmedbymatthew

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Heaven on Earth

These two towers are over 900 years old, built in 1109 and 1119.

Some of the most beautiful cathedrals in Italy. Basillica Di San Petronio

Every street is full of life, the shops, people, resturaunts, everyone is on a bike moving around the city.

Exploring the museums of Bologna

These books have been here for centuries, this is one of hundreds of bookshelves.

These books date all the way back to the 12th century,

The architecture in these courtyards are stunning

Everywhere you turn, a new statue. This one was created by the sculptor Adalberto Cencetti and was inaugurated on 9 November 1879.

Standing tall above the city.

Built between 1390 and 1663, the Basilica of San Petronio represents one of the most majestic and significant examples of Italian Gothic cathedral architecture.

Neptune 🔱 commissioned by the papal vice-legate Pier Donato Cesi to glorify the government of Pope Pius IV and was completed in 1566.

Walking through the park

St Peter Basilica🙏

Imagine this was my house..

Montagnola - Bologna's oldest park

Statua Civiltà Italica

The town square

This statue dominates Piazza Maggiore from atop the Town Hall with a deceiving inscription. Though the large bronze statue is accompanied by a large plague identifying it as San Petronio, it actually represents Pope Gregory XIII. This false inscription was part of a planned strategy by the Bolognese to protect it from the destructive fury of Napoleon, who, upon arriving in 1796, initiated a violent raid of Italy’s treasures and artworks so they could be taken to the Louvre museum in Paris.

The current layout of Montagnola dates from the early 1800s when Napoleon ordered it to be redesigned in the French style. The large plane trees were planted at this time.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Matthew Rumble | @filmedbymatthew | https://gondola.cc/filmedbymatthew | Editor |

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