Bologna was and is a great center for the production of art cribs.
It is in particular from the 18th century that the artists who were commissioned to create great saints for churches were also dedicated to the creation of cribs for a high clientele, and also to a serial production of quality.
The refined models of the Scandellari, the Piò and others, have influenced the manufactures that carried on the great tradition of the Bolognese terracotta, which has continued over time and is expressed today in many sculptures and plastification works.
Many notable cribs of the past are present in churches and institutions and collectors, and many are the artists who today are dedicated to the nativity scene, interpreting and keeping the creation of traditional Bolognese figures young and current. Artists, groups, associations, institutions and even private individuals are working to keep alive a great Bolognese tradition and offer admiration of all the most beautiful works.
For this reason, every year it is possible to trace an ideal route that winds through the streets of the city and leads to meet admirably set antique nativity scenes, cribs of recent construction and high quality, notable exhibitions, in an itinerary that enhances environments and artists together from the heart of the city, from the Cortile d’Onore of the Palazzo del Comune, it leads to the suburbs.
The cribs.
St. Peter’s Cathedral, Independence Street 9
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8 – 19
Basilica San Petronio, Piazza Maggiore
24 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 7.45-12.30 and 15-18
Basilica of San Petronio, “Presepio della Cometa” Piazza Galvani
15 December 2018 – 3 February 2019 from Monday to Thursday, 10 am-1pm and 3 pm-6pm; Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10 am-1pm and 2.30pm-6.30pm
Palazzo d’Accursio, Courtyard of Honor, Piazza Maggiore 6 “The Crib of the Magi” by Elisabetta Bertozzi and Luigi E. Mattei
December 13, 2018 – January 6, 2019, |8-20
Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore 6 Anteroom of the Mayor, 1st floor “Nativity” by Nunzio Rossi (Naples 1626 – 1651) Monday – Friday, 8-19, Saturday 8-13, Sundays and holidays closed
Church of Sant’Isaia, via de ‘Marchi 33
25 December 2018 -13 January 2019, Tuesday-Saturday, 8-11am and 4pm-7pm, Sunday, 9-12.30am, Monday, 16-19
Church of San Procolo, via D’Azeglio 52
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8.30-11 afternoon call 051331223
Basilica San Domenico, Piazza San Domenico 13 25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 9-12.30 and 15.30-18.30
Davia Bargellini Museum, Strada Maggiore 44
7 December 2018 – 20 January 2019, Tuesday-Friday 9-13, Saturday and Sunday, 10-18.30 closed on Monday, Christmas and New Year
St. Stephen’s Abbey, Piazza Santo Stefano 9.30-19
Church of San Giovanni in Monte, Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte 1/2 25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8-12 and 15.30-18
Loggiato of San Giovanni in Monte, via Santo Stefano 27 XXVI International Festival of the Nativity Scene
December 15, 2018 – January 13, 2019, hours 9-12 and 15-19
Palazzo Isolani, Piazza Santo Stefano 16 “Nativity – The Nativity Scene by Ivan Dimitrov”
15 December 2018 – 6 January 2019, weekdays, 9.30-13 and 14.30-17.30, holidays and Epiphany, 9.30-13 and 14.30-20 Christmas and New Year 10-13 and 15-20, admission € 7.50, groups of at least 10 people € 5 (free one guide). The ticket office closes half an hour earlier.
Santa Caterina Church of Strada Maggiore, Strada Maggiore 76 25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8-12 and 17-19
Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi, Strada Maggiore 41
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8-12 and 16-19
Corte Isolani, Strada Maggiore 19 and Piazza Santo Stefano 18 8 December 2018 – 6 January 2019, 8-24
Church Saints Bartholomew and Gaetano, Strada Maggiore 4 8 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 9-12,30 and 15,30-19
Church of Santa Maria della Pietà, via San Vitale 112 25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 17-19 Sunday 9,30-12,30
Church of San Giacomo Maggiore, via Zamboni 15
8 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8-12.30 and 15-16.30
Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, via Zamboni 47
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 9-12.30 and 16-18.30
Pinacoteca, via Belle Arti 56, “Presepio di Mezzaratta” Room 8, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9-13.30, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 14-19, closed Monday
Church of San Martino Maggiore, via Oberdan 25
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8-12 and 16-19
Church of San Benedetto, Via dell’Indipendenza 64
8 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8-12 and 15.30-19
Central Station Waiting Room, Piazza Medaglie d’Oro 8 December 2018 – 6 January 2019, 6-22
Church Saints Gregory and Siro, via Montegrappa 15
15 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 8.30-12 and 17-19.30
Church Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Pioggia crossing via Riva di Reno and via Galliera
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 9.15-12 and 15.30-17.30, closed Sunday afternoon and Monday
Basilica San Salvatore, via Cesare Battisti 13
25 December 2018 – 13 January 2019, 9-12 and 15-18
Basilica San Francesco, piazza Malpighi 9
25 December 2018 – 7
