Bologna Municipal Library Sala Borsa

#tourism I think Bologna is a small city where you can see all the main tourist sites in two days. But Hisashi Inoue's "Bologna Travelogue" made me think that I need more time to get to know Bologna. It is written about encounters with people who are involved in their beloved city in various ways and create the Bologna spirit. Travelers don't have many opportunities to follow the Bologna spirit, but if you go to the Bologna Municipal Library Sala Borsa, which is attached to the town hall in Piazza Maggiore, you can get a glimpse of the local people's lives and feel very calm. It's not a tourist attraction, but it's one of the places you definitely want to visit in Bologna. When I first saw the space with arched columns lined up in a regular pattern like a corridor, I was surprised by the beauty of Italian modern architecture. , and the bookshelves with clear directions and easy-to-use bookshelves. Coming from chaotic Rome, I feel this even more. Behind each window, students are studying hard, intently facing their books or computers, and the many older men who come to read the newspapers are a testament to the high level of culture in this town. It's comforting to see fathers and mothers soothing their children in the kids' room.