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Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore
To the north of the basilica complex, along Via Zamboni, the 13th-century Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore houses a noteworthy collection of paintings and artefacts. The highlight is the Bentivoglio chapel with frescoes by Lorenzo Costa and an altarpiece by Francesco Raibolini (known as Il Francia).
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Collezioni Comunali d'Arte
On the 2nd floor of Palazzo Comunale you'll find the Palazzo's two art galleries: one is the Collezioni Comunali d'Arte with its interesting collection of 13th- to 19th-century paintings, sculpture and furniture.
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Museo Civico Archeologico
Running south off Piazza Maggiore, Via dell'Archiginnasio leads to the Museo Civico Archeologico with its well-documented Egyptian and Roman artefacts and one of Italy's best Etruscan collections.
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Museo Civico Medioevale e del Rinascimento
The Museo Civico Medioevale e del Rinascimento, is housed in the 15th-century Palazzo Ghilisardi-Fava. Of interest in the museum are the fine frescoes by Jacopo della Quercia and the collection of battle armour, bronze statues and medieval coffin slabs.
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Museo Morandi
On the 2nd floor of Palazzo Comunale you'll find the palazzo 's two art galleries: one is the captivating Museo Morandi dedicated to the Bolognese artist Giorgio Morandi. Among the 200 or so works on display are many of Morandi's trademark still lives.
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Oratorio di Santa Cecilia
The magnificent 16th-century frescoes in the Oratorio di Santa Cecilia are one of Bologna's unsung gems. Depicting the life and technicolour death of St Cecilia and her husband Valeriano, they are in remarkably good nick, their colours vibrant and their imagery bold and unabashed. Note the bloodthirsty glee with which the artists portray the decapitation of Valeriano.
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Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio
Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio is the result of Pope Pius IV's project to curtail the Basilica di San Petronio. Seat of the city university from 1563 to 1805 (notice the professors' coats of arms on the walls), it today houses Bologna's 700,000-volume Biblioteca Comunale (Municipal Library).
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Palazzo Poggi
For a break from ecclesiastical art head to the university museums at Palazzo Poggi, where you can peruse waxwork uteri in the Obstetrics Museum and giant tortoise shells in the Museum of Natural Sciences. Further surprises are to be found in museums dedicated to ships and old maps, military architecture and physics.
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Pinacoteca Nazionale
The Pinacoteca Nazionale has a strong collection of works by Bolognese artists from the 14th century onwards, including a number of important canvases by the late 16th-century Carracci cousins Ludovico, Agostino and Annibale. Among the founding fathers of Italian Baroque art, the Carraccis were deeply influenced by the Counter-Reformation sweeping through Italy in the latter half of the 16th century.
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Teatro Anatomico
Housed in the Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, the fascinating 17th-century Teatro Anatomico is where public body dissections were held under the sinister gaze of an Inquisition priest, ready to intervene if proceedings became too spiritually compromising. Cedar-wood tiered seats surround a central marble-topped table while a sculptured Apollo looks down from the ceiling. The canopy above the lecturer's chair is supported by two skinless figures carved into the wood.
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