La Dotta — The World's First University & Bologna's Intellectual Life
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.
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La Dotta — Arrival & Overview
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.
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La Dotta — Main Attraction
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.
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La Dotta — Historical Context
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.
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La Dotta — Cultural Experience
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.
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La Dotta — Local Life
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.
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La Dotta — Final Stop
Bologna is 'La Dotta' (the 'Learned One' — the nickname that refers to the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, founded in 1088, the university that has educated Dante, Petrarch, Copernicus, Thomas Becket, and Albrecht Dürer and that has defined the European university tradition for 900 years) — the university city par excellence, the city where one in six residents is a student and where the intellectual and the academic tradition permeates every aspect of civic life.