ro” comes from an old iron and copper beating works. In the Lock of Casalecchio di Reno - Photo Paolo Cortesi surrounding area there are many industrial archaeological fi nds: on the right bank of the canal: the remains of a rice husker and a brick kiln. And on the other the fi rst hydroelectric power station in Bologna, built in 1901. Finally, the Fornace Galotti brickworks, - novemre 2015 now restored and used as a museum. 10. Industrial Heritage Museum - Via della Beverara, 123 Built in 1887 by Celeste Ga- lotti, the brickworks with its a metropolitana bolognatipografi Hoff mann furnace was used until 1966. Th e Museum illustrates the economic history of the city and return to the river the gravel and sand that would reduce the and its surrounding area, riverbed if deposited. from the Modern to the During harsh winters, the surface spillway of Paraporto Scaletta, Contemporary Age. better known as “the ice house”, stopped sheets of fl oating ice An interesting section shows from being carried towards the city, where they could damage the how between the XV and wheels of the water mills and thus harm local industries. the XVIII centuries Bologna For further information: was a centre of silk produc- Museo del Patrimonio Industriale Consorzi dei Canali di Reno e Savena in Bologna tel. +39 051.6493527 tion, thanks to technological www.consorzireno-savena.it innovations and a system of production that used water power. Th e focal point of the section is a working model of a silk mill, scale 1:2, rebuilt to evoke the memory of this astonishing machine lost Stazione viale P. PietramellaraCentrale via I. Barozzi in the 19th century. www.museibologna.it/patrimonioindustriale via G. Matteotti via A. Muggia via Bovi Campeggi Autostazione via Boldrini Piazza XX via Boldrini Settembre viale A. Masini via F. Zanardi via L. Cipriani via Cairoli via Amendola Artifi cial hydraulic Hiddenvia Stalingrado via Milazzo viale P. Pietramellara via Milazzo Parco della via C. Casarini Montagnola Porta Mascarella viale C. Berti Pichat via Don Minzoni via Antonio Gramsci system via F.lli Rosselli Piazza via C. Ranzani dei Martiri canals via Pier de’ Crescenzi Th e Savena and Reno Canals were dug during the Middle Age MANIFATTURA 1943-1945 via dei Mille via Galliera Porta DELLE ARTI via del Porto Lame via del Pallone via Mascarella to bring the waters of the two rivers into the city centre. Th e via Capo di Lucca via delle Lame via del Borgo di S. Pietro via del Porto via dell’Indipendenza via Azzo Gardino Piazza via F.lli Rosselli via Irnerio Savena canal enters the old city at Porta Castiglione. via Malvasia dell’8 Agosto via Galliera viaErcolani in Bologna Th e Reno canal starts from a big lock in the nearby town of Ca- via G. Marconi via Irnerio v.del Rondone viale A. Silvani v. Filippo Re Largo via S. Donato via L. Calori Avesella via Caduti del via San Carlo Porta via Alessandrini salecchio and runs beneath via Riva Reno and via della Grada as Lavoro via Polese San via G. Brugnoli via delle Lame via dello Scalo via Augusto Righi via F. Malaguti via Capo di Lucca Donato via de’Falegnami via Mascarella Bologna has a 60 km network of largely covered viale Q. Filopanti via del Borgo di S. Pietro via Battistelli Piazza far as via Capo di Lucca. v. A. Bertoloni via Graziano 7 v. delle Moline via Centotrecento Piazza della via N. Nannetti M. Azzarita via Riva di Reno via A. Saffi Resistenza via Bertiera over canals. As early as the twelfth century the city Once out of the centre, the canals fl ow into the Navile, a once via Belle Arti via U. Lenzi Porta via Riva di Reno S. Felice via Riva di Reno via Piella via S. Giacomo via Marsala largo navigable channel, 36 km long, which connected Bologna with via Galliera provided itself with a hydraulic system consisting of via San Felice Respighi v. Mentana via Zamboni via G. Oberdan via delle Lame via G.B. Morgagni Piazza UNIVERSITÀ via S. Giorgio via Marsala the cities of the North and international trade. v. de’ Monari via Goito S. Martino locks,largo Trombetti canals and underground pipes that distributed piazzetta Piazza via G. Marconi Marco Biagi G. Verdi via F. Selmi via Parigi via Manzoni via Albiroli GHETTO via della Grada via Nazario Sauro via San Felice via dell’Indipendenza EBRAICO via G.the Petroni watervia which Belmeloro was used mainly as an energy source via A. Zanolini i via M. Calari e via Zamboni d via S. Gervasio u via Monte Grappa i G via Sabotino via Altabella via dell’Inferno Lock of Casalecchio di Reno via Pietralata ’ for trades. viale G. Vicini e via S. Leonardo via Paradiso d via Ugo Bassi a via dell’Unione v. S. Apollonia i Porta v via Ugo Bassi via G. Oberdan via S. Croce via S. Rocco San Vitale via San Vitale via G. Massarenti via del Pratello v via San Vitale Via Porrettana 187, Casalecchio di Reno ia Rizzoli Piazza Piazza Piazza via del Pratello S. Francesco del Re Enzo Nettuno via Orefi ci Piazza Strada Maggiore viale G. B. Ercolani via A. Testoni V. Caprarie Th e current structure of the lock on the Reno dates back to 1894, Piazza via Begatto via Porta Nova Roosevelt v. IV Novembre Piazza della via G. Reni via Pietralata QUADRILATERO Mercanzia Piazza vicolo Bolognetti via A. Costa Maggiore via Castiglione Porta Aldrovandi Piazza via Clavaturevia Drapperie built after the river overfl owed its banks, and is a real “hydraulic via S. Isaia Malpighi S. Isaia Via dei Musei via S. Isaia via de’ Marchi via Begatto via Torleone via A. Guidotti Piazza via Cesare Battisti via Broccaindosso Galileo Corte Isolani monument”, stretching the entire width of the river. v. Volto Santo Piazza via Santo Stefanovia Santa Strada Maggiore v. S. Margherita S. Stefano www.bolognawelcome.it via de’ Gombruti v. de’ Fusari via Cavallotti F. via del- It consists of the lock itself (the oldest part about 160 meters l’Archiginnasio Piazza de’ via de’ viale C. Pepoli Celestini Corte Pepoli via Barberia via d’AzeglioGalluzzi Piazza via R. Audinot via Farini Minghetti via Borgonuovo touristoffi [email protected] Ca’ Selvatica Piazza long) and an overfl ow (85 metres); between them there is a Piazza via Nosadella via Castiglione v. Val d’Aposa Galvani via Farini S. Giovanni Piazza de’ in Monte vicolo Posterla Porta via Guerrazzi via G. Piazza Calderini via San Petronio Vecchio Maggiore Mazzini sturdy watershed. Piazza Maggiore 1/e via de’ Carbonesi Cavour v. dei Bersaglieri via de’ Chiari via Santo Stefano via Frassinago Just downstream of the lock of Casalecchio are the Paraporti: via A. Guidotti Aeroporto G. Marconi, via Triumvirato 84 via de’ Poeti via Collegio via Fondazza viale G. Carducci via del Riccio di Spagna via del Cane via del Fossato Piazza Scaletta, Verocchio and San Luca. via S. Caterina via Senzanome via Urbana via Marsili S. Domenico Piazzetta Tourist information Morandi via Saragozza via Garibaldi via d’Azeglio via Nosadella via Tagliapietre Porta via Cartoleria Together these hydraulic works are able to clean the channel Saragozza tel. +39 051 239660 - via+39 Saragozza 051 6472201 via Castellata via Saragozza via Remorsella Via Capramozza via Castiglione Piazza viale A. Aldini Piazza dei Carducci v. delle Tovaglie Tribunali Via Castelfi dardo Via S. Domenico via Rialto via Santovia Fondazza Stefano Via Malpertuso via Vascelli via Del Cestello via Solferino via Dante via Arienti via de’ Coltelli viale del Risorgimento via d’Azeglio via Mirasole viale A. Aldini via Paglietta via Orfeo viale XII Giugno via de’ Buttieri via O. Belluzzi via Vallescura via dell’Oro Porta San via San Giuliano via G.C. Gualandi Mamolo via Savenella via F. Petrarca Porta via degli Angeli Piazza viale E. Panzacchi via G. Pascoli Castiglione del Baraccano Porta viale G. Gozzadini S. Stefano via A. Murri via S. Mamolo Giardini Margherita via Castiglione 1. Grada - Viale Giovanni Vicini 3. Church of the Bridge 6. Little window in via Piella The structure dates back to the fourteenth century and is where the Reno canal enters the city. of Blades - Via delle Lame, 50 Via Piella Its name comes from the iron gratings still visible on the dun- After the plague of 1572, the “Sanctuary of the Bridge of Blades” You can enjoy another charming view over the Reno Canal from geon building, which prevented debris being carried in by water (from “blade” which indicated a swampy area) was built at the a little ‘window’ in the nearby via Piella. to block culverts and damage the water wheels inside the walls. intersection of via Riva Reno and via Lame, on the stone bridge which spanned the canal at this point. 7. View in via Oberdan Via Oberdan 4. Manifattura Tabacchi The Moline Canal (branch of the Reno Canal) runs partially unco- Via Riva di Reno, 72 vered for a stretch between the buildings. The name comes from The large Liberty style building, which now houses the Film Library the 15 big grain mills of the XV century. The energy to drive the of Bologna, is on the site once occupied by the convent of Santa mill wheels is due to the steepness of the canal bed and to 9 Maria Nuova, suppressed by Napoleon in 1801 and converted into artificial drops with a system of movable sluice gates. a tobacco factory. On the right side of the street there still are some Renaissance The canal waters were used to drive the mills that cut the tobacco millers’ houses, designed by Vignola, which are a rare example of leaves.