Monday, June 30, 2008

Bologna : where the oldest university in the West belongs

The city of Bologna, is the capital of Emilia-Romagna in north Italy, in the Po Valley known as Pianura Padana in Italian, situated between the Po River and the Apennines, between the two rivers of Reno and Sàvena. The oldest university in the West, "Alma Mater Studiorum", was established in the year 1088 in Bologna which is one of the most urbanized cities in Italy.

Bologna most often ranks as one of the leading cities in Italy where quality of life is concerned.

Bologna is a very significant railway and motorway center in Italy. The city's exhibition area or Fiera District is the next to largest in Italy and fourth in line in Europe being the host for key international exhibitions, like the motorshow.

In Bologna you find the Guglielmo Marconi International Airport (BLQ), extended in 2004 by expanding the runway to make room for bigger aircraft. BLQ is the fifth busiest Italian airport for passenger traffic and it is also the third busiest for intercontinental flights. BLQ is about six kms. to the northwest of Emilia-Romagna in Italy and approximately 200 kms. on the eastern side of Milan. BLQ gets its name from Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian national, Nobel prize winner and an engineer in the electrical line by profession.

Regarding the BLQ airport transportation, car rental provisions can be organized at the airport without any hassles. There are normally a lot of authorised cabs queued up by the arrivals terminal and the charges are pretty nominal. A taxi ride from the airport into the city is pretty quick, travelers are advised to take the bypass which is the Tangenziale Road, and if there is not too much traffic the journey could take as few as ten minutes.

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