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Exploring Bologna’s blend of the medieval, the modern and the mouthwatering
About an hour from Milan by train and bursting with traditional trattorias, historical sites and a rich cultural scene, Bologna offers a perfect getaway from the design capital’s hustle and bustle.
Turn up for the books
Bologna’s Children’s Book Fair proves that the business is anything but child’s play.
Show offs
Monocle visits the annual trade fairs where craft aficionados are upholding traditions such as barrel-making and basket-weaving and forward-looking ceramicists are reinventing the humble tile.
Design/architecture
A new glass-wrapped campus in Bologna, a Milan retail venture for a US design firm and our design editor on the peculiar beauty of pasta
Whipping up a storm
Italians want the world to know how to make gelato. Which is why one school is attracting foreigners to study the art.
