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Via Del Pratello
Via Del Pratello has the reputation of being quite bohemian, cool and consequently where many pubs are located. The reason for this lies in its historic roots for being a breeding ground of criminality. It was also said of this street that, ‘if you sow beans in the Pratello new thieves will be born.’
Between 1859-1860 there were 483 robberies recorded for this area, which represented quite a staggering statistic on average for the whole city at that time.
Some of the houses reflect their medieval origins from the gothic arches and architectural elements still noticeable today. It’s also still one of the few streets in Bologna that boasts cobbled stones the length of the street.
Towards the end of it is the Church of San Rocco. Originally, there was a gate way into and out of the city here in 1445 but when the assassins of Andrea I Bentivoglio escaped through this opening it was subsequently walled up as an act of reprisal. This meant that the people of this area had to walk up to the next gate way to leave the city, a mere fact of inconvenience for most but with the ulterior message to those here who may have aided in Bentivolgio’s untimely death.
References
Tiziano Costa, Elisa Panzacchi, Welcome to Bologna, Bologna 2007, p28.
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