Conquering Asinelli
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Some people climb Everest. That’s a little much for me but I conquered Asinelli, one of the two towers that are one of the major symbols of Bologna.
                   The challenge – La Torre Asinelli
I’ve been told that someone attending the university here should never climb to the top before they graduate because it brings bad luck so a lot of them do it right after they graduate. I had not really considered climbing to the top but my friend Andrea encouraged me so today I did it. It really wasn’t that bad. Yes, there are a lot of steps – 498 to be exact as the sign says. The total height is 97 meters and 20 centimeters – pretty exact. That 318.9 feet.
                                 How many steps and how high?
Yes sometimes the stairs are steep, especially the last flight but there are handrails the whole way so it’s not too bad.
                                The stairs looking down
After taking in the great views and coming back down we treated ourselves to a slice of very good and economical pizza at the very small pizza place nearby which is naturally called Due Torri.
                 Andrea and I at the top
         Looking down the main street(Rizzoli and Hugo Bassi)
                Due Torri – highly recommended and always a line.
                                Good pizza by the slice
November 14th, 2015 at 8:47 pm
Joe, What is on those pizzas? They look wonderful.
November 23rd, 2015 at 11:50 am
Hmmm. One was mushrooms and prosciutto with no tomatoes (mine), the other was tomato sauce, prosciutto and mozzarella (Andrea’s).
Yummy,
Joe