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# Italy Part 1 - Bologna
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/samantha-browns-places-love/episode/italy-part-1-bologna-tmv39b/
- Published: 2026-01-30T20:45:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-15T05:31:37.000Z
- Description: Samantha explores Bologna’s history, canals, porticos, markets, pasta-making, and local artisans.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Samantha Brown's Places to Love, Season 9, Episode 906, #ZZZ_Episode_05a57f7c-9127-491f-a252-5ebd37176ce7, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_4ca80285-415f-48dd-8d50-4838aff7245e, #v1.16

Samantha explores Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore, its ancient university, medical school, and vast library. She discovers hidden canals and walks the city’s famed porticos to the San Luca sanctuary. With a chef, she shops the Quadrilatero, tastes mortadella, learns pasta-making, and visits a historic cutlery shop and a twins-run leather boutique.