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Nettuno D'oro
The Golden Neptune (Italian: "Nettuno d'oro") is a prize conferred by the Bologna, City of Bologna, since 1974, to citizens, companies, associations and cultural institutions that have brought honour to the city, through their professional or public activity. The prize, awarded by resolution of the municipal council of Bologna, is a reproduction of the statue of the Fountain of Neptune, Bologna, Neptune fountain in Piazza Maggiore, a symbol of the city. The prize is not to be confused with another of the same name, awarded since 1971, by the Bologna chapter of the Lions Clubs International, Lions Club, for emerging local artists. Winners {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Recipient , - , 1974 , ''I Franco,'' restaurant , - , 1975 , Dr. Ubaldo Belli, President of the Court of Appeals , - , rowspan="3" , 1976 , Gen. Renzo Apollonio, Regional military commander for Tosco-Emiliana , - , Dr. Giuseppe Lettieri, Questore di Bologna , - , Dr. Tommaso Boccardi, Secretary Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its Metropolitan City of Bologna, metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. It is known as the Fat City for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its Spanish-style red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to the oldest University of Bologna, university in the world. Originally Etruscan, the city has been an important urban center for centuries, first under the Etruscans (who called it ''Felsina''), then under the Celts as ''Bona'', later under the Romans (''Bonōnia''), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later ''signoria'', when it was among the List of largest European cities in history, largest Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
