Beneath San Lazzaro's hills opens a world that in 2023 became UNESCO heritage: the Bolognese gypsum karst, Europe's most studied evaporitic system — the Farneto cave, explored since the nineteenth century, is its historic door. The "Donini" prehistory museum tells of those who dwelt in these cavities millennia ago.
The town, Bologna's first belt on the Via Emilia, lives on research and services, with a cultural calendar worthy of a capital. The Gessi park is the Bolognese weekend on foot or mountain bike: ridges, sinkholes and the plain opening until it fades.
The San Lazzaro di Savena guide
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