Piazza dei Martiri is dedicated to those martyrs killed in WWII. Originally called after Umberto I, this piazza has hosted a market since the second half of the 20th century and was also a stop-off point for the corriere. The roundabout boasts a unique feature too, not for the faint hearted.

Piazza dei Martiri Photos

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About Piazza dei Martiri

This piazza, named after those who were killed in WWII, was first constructed under the name Umberto I and was simply designed to be quite visible for which there can be no doubt about that. Since the second half of the 20th century it was also the centre for a street market from which it was connected to Via dei Mille – one of the roads that stretches out from here. In fact, the market still continues today albeit a much less influential affair than in the past. More recently though, towards the end of the 1960s the piazza was one of the main terminals for the suburban public transport called the corriere. Quite a unique feature of this roundabout are the pedestrian crossings emanating from the centre here, that is to say, that actually cut across another pedestrian crossing on the main Via dei Mille road. In other words, it’s not for the faint hearted to try and reach the other side from the centre of the roundabout.

References

Tiziano Costa – Marco Poli, Conoscere Bologna, Bologna 2005.