Bologna

Bologna, an ancient walled city of Italy, on a fertile plain, at the foot of the Lower Apennines, 83 m. N. of Florence; has many fine buildings, a university, one of the oldest in Europe, schools of music and art, libraries, and art collections. There are some silk and other industries, and considerable trade.

Population (circa 1900) given as 147,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)