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Bologna
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An ancient Iberian-Ligurian settlement, in the 6th century B.C. it became an Etruscan town, with the name of Felsina. In 189 B.C. the Romans re-baptised it Bonomia. In the Middle Ages it followed the fortunes of the Ravenna military and, after various dominations, it became a free Comune around the year 1000.
At the end of the 11th century the celebrated University was founded. This soon attracted students from all over Europe. Bologna and Paris can in fact call themselves the cultural capitals of Medieval Europe. "The Studio" (as the university seat was called), by imperial privilege, constituted in the 12th century almost a town unto itself, with autonomous rights and independent magistrates. The complex of 10 000 students was divided in two principal associations: the university of the "citra-montani," or Italians, and that of the "oltra-montani" (over the mountains, or foreigners). An idea of the importance of the Unversity of Bologna can be given by the fact that this was where the re-birth of Roman law was proclaimed.
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