These last days UNESCO has been annoucing the new World Heritage Sites. As a UNESCO card collector, I'm always interrested to know which sites will be added to the list. However, this year it seems that won't be easy to get cards from most of the candidates!! I don't even have, and I've actually never seen. cards from the Portuguese candidate, which by now, we already know it won't be classified.
On the other hand, Italy has added one more site to it's already long list of classified sites.
Italy adds new sites almost every year and 2021 was no exception. Portico di San Luca, in Bologna, together with the other city porticoes, it was included in UNESCO World Heritage Site list that year. Óscar went on a short work trip to Bologna but had time to visit a bit of the city and send me a card.
I've been to the city twice and I totally can see myself visiting it again. On a third visit I definitely want to walk along the portico and visit the sanctuary. By the way, the sanctuary card was sent by Marita back in 2011.
The Sanctuary of San Luca, located on Colle della Guardia, has been the symbol of Bologna as well as a place of religious worship for centuries. It is connected to the city centre by a road that, starting from Porta Saragozza, unwinds for four kilometres with a portico that boasts over 600 archways and is the longest in the world.
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Photo: Alessandro Canova
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The portico started being built in 1674 and, during Ascension week, a procession has been walking along it carrying the Byzantine Madonna with Child to the Cathedral since 1433. The Sanctuary church was, however, built later in the 18th century to replace a previous 15th-century construction.
The sanctuary offers marvellous views over the surrounding landscape. In addition, the panoramic terrace opened in 2017 at a height of 42 metres above Colle della Guardia (300 m asl), enables visitors to admire a unique 180° view of Bolognafrom the hills to the centre stretching out as far as Casalecchio di Reno. - in: https://www.bolognawelcome.com
The sanctuary offers marvellous views over the surrounding landscape. In addition, the panoramic terrace opened in 2017 at a height of 42 metres above Colle della Guardia (300 m asl), enables visitors to admire a unique 180° view of Bolognafrom the hills to the centre stretching out as far as Casalecchio di Reno. - in: https://www.bolognawelcome.com
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