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Basilica di San Domenico

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#14 of 349 things to do in Bologna

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Piazza San Domenico 13, 40124 Bologna, Italy

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“young michelangelo”(9 reviews)

“choir stalls”(7 reviews)

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Papselscla

London, United Kingdom

115

Reviewed today

A fascinating and immensely enjoyable visit

The art treasures within the Basilica are extensive and splendid to see. We were fortunate also to receive a personal tour of S Dominic's cell and to see furniture he had regularly used and various of his personal belongings, and to be taken through a...More

Date of experience: November 2018

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HannahHC2015

Wells, Maine

193

Reviewed 1 week ago

It's got it all, Michelangelo, cloisters, size, great paintings

This is a must see in Bologna. Pay the l euro and go behind the altar and see the amazing choir stalls, inlaid with scenes, separated by stop fluted carved wood columns, all circling a central inlaid table on top of which is a huge...More

Date of experience: December 2018

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grascots

Plymouth, United Kingdom

10494

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

worth a visit

Fantastic architecture but charged 2 euros to take photo, which to be fair probably doesn't meet the upkeep.

Date of experience: November 2018

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AlexSwallow

Sheffield, United Kingdom

9942618

Reviewed 26 October 2018

Cavernous church that feels outside the tourist route

This was a short walk outside the main tourist area- just before you get to the church, judging from the names of the shops we walked past, must be one of the wealthiest areas of the city. The church itself is enormous, two of the...More

Date of experience: October 2018

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Alec D

Seattle, Washington

1500284

Reviewed 23 October 2018

Beautiful & Interesting Cathedral

This is a very large cathedral located in the heart of Bologna. Easy to find and worth of visit (if you enjoy seeing churches).

Date of experience: September 2018

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Denise L

Melbourne, Australia

695192

Reviewed 13 October 2018

Beautiful church well worth the effort to get there

Amazing church with a very long aisle and 2 really lovely side chapels one dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary with the other to San Domenico Beautiful frescoes and paintings on the walls and ceilings make it worth your while to sit and just...More

Date of experience: October 2018

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Antoniette D

291

Reviewed 4 October 2018

Visiting Bologna cathedral...

A great cathedral to visit... very big and keep very nice, not to far away from piazza maggiore. Santa Domenico tomba, and other saints.....

Date of experience: September 2018

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Emma70R

Essex, United Kingdom

459

Reviewed 2 October 2018

Well worth a visit

I particularly wanted to visit this church to see the 3 early Michaelangelo sculptures. I liked the fact that the church itself isn't overly elaborate. There are a lot of paintings and the chapel where St Dominic is buried is ornate but the rest of...More

Date of experience: October 2018

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Gerard A

County Westmeath, Ireland

4838

Reviewed 1 October 2018

A must

Bologna , is truly beautiful and although there aren't as many sites to see the city has gems like the wonderful Basillica di San Domenico , make sure to visit when in Bologna

Date of experience: September 2018

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Nadia C

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

10430

Reviewed 29 September 2018

a real museum

Get inside this beautiful Place visita ala its Chapel and above all its peculiarità arca, it is a real museum !

Date of experience: September 2018

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