A Brief History of Bologna 🇮🇹

For the few hours I had in Bologna to spend, I thought I'd make a video of the "Due Torri" the two leaning Towers of Bologna built between the 12th and 13th century.
Before ascending the treacherous climb up the 498 stairs to see the view of the city, you have to buy a 5 Euro ticket from the Tourist Office which is located in the "Piazza Maggiore", a 5 minute walk from the tower.

[@bootlegger1974]

love to watch this guys travels

[@shawnmcclure7282]

Agreed

[@4dept5]

@@shawnmcclure7282 seconded

[@joaopedroegreja]

Just loving the fact the at 2.32 there is someone playing Muse - New Born in a piano while Kurt is talking. Magical

[@vonhiltz]

Thank you so much for identifying that piece I adore it

[@h.a.s.42]

Bologna is one of the best places in Italy. I studied there and it was meraviglioso.

[@littlebigjohn69]

i liked bologna too but too much of a socialist or communist bend for my like.

[@christiansoru2734]

@@littlebigjohn69I think the same

[@humungushumungus213]

You didn’t like it there, you should go away, it’s a big world out there

[@dietistabusacchi965]

Ciao Kurt! I'm from Modena, near to Bologna. You're super chill, super friendly, super true and real, super storyteller. I'm addicted to your colombian, peruvian and mexican journeys..! Good luck for all bro! 👊 we're waiting again in italy 🇮🇹 you're welcome! We haven't seafood in Modena, we have pork 😅🤟🏻

[@TheVgonz123]

I wish I had the chance to stop in Modena while I was in bologna for a few days

[@datdargal]

I love, at ur intro, how the three ladies waved, smiled and laughed. Makes me wonder if people ever see themselves in ur videos.

[@AleXanDer.3.3.3]

I have watched almost all your videos for the last 3 days... Well done for the enthusiasm and desire to, you make such quality content, I wish you great success! Thank You!

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Still watching?? If not here’s your reminder

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Love the channel, great scenery.

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The Dominican Republic videos caught my attention now I can't stop watching all your videos.

[@kapilair1770]

Dominican republic is wonderful I loved the vid. in Pakistan too

[@denistaray368]

I love latinas

[@evilivy666]

I can watch this guy all day!

[@Mcoogie]

I love the Italy series 👍 such a beautiful country, in many ways.

[@shockandaweawakentheworld1910]

Love this guy for some reason and Im a straight dude! This is better than the travel channel times 💯 🔥

[@denistaray368]

You love him your not dude man

[@shockandaweawakentheworld1910]

@@denistaray368 hahaha 😆

[@camillachopinet3828]

Omg I've been following your adventures for over a year and hadn't realized you had been to my city! So glad you liked it haha

[@EAT-TOM]

looking real good Bro, interesting vlog

[@jhaze918]

The view is amazing

[@MIKlLLA]

I was involved in a fraternity in college that originated in Bologna in the 1500s I think. I learned a lot about Bologna and I was always looking to visit for myself. Looks like a chill place.

[@doobisu4272]

What 🤣🤣

[@CgColleenGorman]

It’s awesome.

[@shibbymiyah6614]

Very good video...Very interesting

[@aelowens3175]

Being rinsing your vids, glad to see you visited Bologna 🇮🇹

[@yy_moo5490]

i literally jumped out of my seat around 21:10 lmao

[@lucanitro]

Great 👍🏻 video Kurt!!I’m from Bologna!!👏🏻

[@owennolan1084]

Bologna is fantastic. A University town for centuries. The porticos are amazing.glad I didn't climb the towers.

[@same_ole_lemonz4195]

It is very true that you never know how tall something is until you are standing under it and look up. I did this while visiting NYC one new years eve and looked up at the Empire State Building. I could only do so for a minute at a time because it makes you very dizzy and I am not certain if it was really swaying back and forth but it certainly seemed to be. Wonderful video, thank you for sharing it.

[@shyamsunder77777]

Wow so beautiful place historical

[@4dept5]

2:55 love this song he played right here 🎹 It’s like background music for your vid🔥❤️

[@tripx3033]

Amazing thank you , I’ll soon visit on my own

[@historyvlog]

Nice brief history video!

[@minervabrown1749]

Good job! I been there before. Thanks kurt. 💯🖐🖐

[@raulruelas9443]

Awesome video!

[@nmm0343]

I can see why you’re not a fan of tourist areas anymore in your vlogs

[@MrLiquid323]

Why?

[@andpop2157]

Tourists areas isnt brings you views

[@abderaoufdouadi9570]

good luck, it is nice vlog

[@KurtCaz]

Thank you! 🙏

[@Twobarpsi]

Great video!

[@cecilyung3280]

You're reactions after taste is a timeless. 👍

[@ginabelle530]

Man I’m out of breath watching him climb those stairs omg 😱

[@McBuggs.]

If I were those stairs, I would have collapsed by now! 😝✌

[@Koldobika8A]

Jeez louise 🤯 my stomach churned and sweaty palms at 21:10 👀

[@annealbaugh919]

Omg I could never I’d pass out !

[@uzi__jeff5754]

i love your videos Kurt im determined to watching all your videos. and hopefully maybe one day get to meet you. i just wish more people would watch and like your videos more... take care and seeya in the next video. ONE (means goodbye or later for now)

[@hasanmarei3623]

Keep going bro, simpatico 😉🤟

[@nicolanobili2113]

3'35'' Yes, the façade was never completed. The building was made of bricks and it was supposed to be covered with marble, but marble is not present in that Italian region (it is no coincidence that most great Italian sculpturers are from Tuscany or Veneto, that is where the marble is). All the white marble you see there came from Dalmatia by boat, whereas the red one came from Verona, it was extremely expensive.

[@CookieMonsterMC11]

That is a really cool fact!

[@Bolognabeef]

@@CookieMonsterMC11 another cool fact is that it wasn't completed because it was gonna be larger than St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican & the Pope didn't like that

[@mikejimenez1518]

Wow! Incredible! That’s amazing! But I don’t think I’m gonna go up those stairs 🥵… no way Jose!!! 😁 Great content, 👍 take care and be safe bro!

[@letstacoboutvallarta1498]

Alright bro, good video. I'm gonna see em all now I guess 🤪

[@leventutin6405]

Cool!

[@BlackiceLORD]

In Piazza Maggiore there was less than 50 executions in 700 years ;) The fact of hundreds towers was half unreal. In XIVc there was 98-100 towers but 70 of those was less than 30m tall. The leaning of towers is not because of architects but because of soft-clay ground, with a river every 5-6km.

[@drivenhome3257]

It's a 20 floor walk up those 498 steps. Whoa...

[@EvanJr]

Italian buildings are beautiful. Nice architectural style.

[@josejuan1264]

It was a cool video

[@diogocarvalho2080]

Bologna è troppo bella! 1L from Portugal

[@aribizajj9261]

1 liter from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@dabrokest530]

I keep watching the videos all the way through but I keep forgetting to like. You should remind people at the end man. You deserve it for all this great content! I've never wanted to learn more languages like I do after watching you in all these countries.

[@D-Mny]

@kurtcaz I believe in English portico is called Colonnade.

[@nicolanobili2113]

The word "portico" does exist in English, though it is the kind of term that architects would use, not common people on the street.

[@BlueSkies09]

The stairs omg 😳

[@hellurmoto3163]

Binge watching all your videos because L4 Lockdown made this happen! I'm so grateful!

[@chandrakanthatmode4875]

Bologna tower I remembered when I was wondering in Delhi India in qutub minar similar to

[@jstsumguy29]

WOW they named a whole entire city after my favorite type of sandwich!

[@nicolanobili2113]

2'28'' No, San Petronio was NEVER the largest church in the world: it was designed to become the largest church in the world, but it was never finished. It was extremely expensive and, according to some unproven but very credible rumors, the pope did not want any church to be larger than St. Peter's in Rome.

[@rodneytrotter9327]

Have a day off

[@nicolanobili2113]

@@rodneytrotter9327 What do you mean?

[@connorgames9142]

@@rodneytrotter9327 Clearly he doesnt

[@JustinVenture-]

I'm surprised no one actually took the time to stop and take time inside the tower and recognized all the detail and everything... I guess that's most tourists though...

[@bonitasindoni4627]

WOW.

[@Nilafila76]

A portico is kinda like a porch both etymologically and being the same thing.

[@EAT-TOM]

what's up with Italians and leaning towers

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

Too much often in Italy we have bad soil to build high structures, so in the Middle Ages the towers always starting leaning and construction stops, until after many years a new architect decide to accept the challenge of such an enterprise and usually he completes the job even if it is a leaning tower we got in the end... 🤣🤣🤣

[@Podzzy]

Moreover, the towers in the Middle Ages had not very deep foundations, this certainly made things worse.

[@nicolanobili2113]

@@Podzzy Actually, those towers have very deep foundations, at least 5 metres high... At least in Bologna. The point is that the ground is not always stable. In Pisa, for instance, this is very evident, indeed most historical buildings in that town are leaning, though people may not see that because they only pay attention to the famous tower.

[@Podzzy]

@@nicolanobili2113 I've read that about Pavia towers, which, since they are similar to those of Bologna and dating back to the same period, I thought they were built with the same construction technique.

[@nicolanobili2113]

16'40'' You missed one of the functions of the towers: prestige. The taller your tower was, the richer and more powerful your family was. And yes, they had a defensive function, but it was mostly a sort of "deterrent": do you really want to attack a family which has such strong and tall towers?

[@redterrorz]

is it the same way down? or a different set of stairs?

[@alessandrodemaria4544]

Same way

[@v.a.chieco3052]

This video is full of Bologna !

[@rodrigocardozo6428]

i can see ezio auditore on the rooftops

[@kenknowlton3085]

Someday try to get to Koln, Germany and climb to the top of the great Dom.

[@brandonmerideth5450]

Damn those stairs would sketch me out! They were probably originally made for one a person at a time let alone a hoard of people 10 hours a day lol

[@nmm0343]

Squirting water out their memory glands 😂

[@addeem6190]

He's really funny 😂

[@MoAli-wm4of]

Mammary lol

[@honeymoon4130]

Are you from the woods, Kurt? Lol the smallest amount of noise bothers you 🤣

[@nicolanobili2113]

The Two Towers are a bit older than you wrote. Legend has it, they were built between 1109 and 1119, however there are hints at an earlier origin. In particular, the taller one was designed using the Roman foot (about 29 cm) instead of the Bolognese foot (about 38 cm), which can only be explained as follows: 1) they used some bricks and stones from an older Roman building 2) the tower, or at least the basement and the first few floors, are much older and date back to the Roman age or early Middle Ages, when the traditional Roman units of measurements were still being used in Bologna.

[@logicalperson8825]

U ok bro

[@Kultz]

@@logicalperson8825 lmao he posted 20 comments on this video, who knows for what reason lol. ridiculous lmfao

[@brithozierhozier4718]

It can't be leaning 3 meters surly ?

[@sbeity]

2:35 what song was he playing on the piano?

[@michelleg4346]

💗☮✝💗☮✝💗☮✝💗Be safe!

[@aboutthebook3213]

Yoh my bru, those stairs weren't ending lol

[@annarabelikvern3001]

You should go to Argentina!!🇦🇷🙏

[@joeybanana9611]

that is like a Kojima climb

[@judywilson9003]

Kurt, those stairs look dangerous.

[@Bolognabeef]

Not really. I've been there it's just tiring

[@nicolanobili2113]

7'48'' The architects didn't do too good of a job? I hope that was ironic... After over 900 years, those buildings are still standing and are regularly used. That proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that those architects did a fantastic job.

[@intellifly747]

Very true

[@tubecated_development]

😂🤡 vloggers aren’t known for being accurate, humble or even smart. It’s the me-me-me selfie effect. Empty vessels make the most noise…

[@alexvmarra]

Bologna

[@firsttnamee8602]

00:19 remember me later

[@cwall3308]

Come on Kurt, the women are climbing those stairs with no problem.

[@firsttnamee8602]

00:19 😆

[@eddyg9612]

there's ppl like this and then there's people that forget your fries

[@TheDevilsAccountant]

Those stairs didn't seem like 100s of people a day should be walking up n down them 😅

[@_ao101]

4:57 tzzzz

[@drivenhome3257]

Built for defense is right, they just waited to see who could make it up the stairs.

[@albertoneri7992]

Why not limitations and those craziness for the Vairus..?!

[@Kilo-sz4ch]

This was 2019

[@rider4033]

Le donne al inizio 😜😎

[@xSinphony]

7:48 the old man thought you was speaking to him 💀💀💀💀

[@user-ey2jq6kq1y]

"Barbarians like myself" 😂

[@nq28153a]

You never had Corona ?? Just asking

[@TheKenton]

Is that the same place Hannibal Lecter tossed that Italian detective out the window? 3:27

[@Marcus_NAFO]

No. This is Bologna, not Florence

[@TeresaMom1]

I would never make it up all those stairs. Your arms are much smaller (no muscles yet) in these older videos plus no tattoos. Amazing what a couple years of you getting older did.

[@relaxingend1098]

Walking up them stairs was unbelievably unbearable to watch but you didn’t give up🤛

[@gotchabiqch8942]

8:32 was that a ferrari or what. what country is rhis

[@gotchabiqch8942]

italia? could be ferrari to be honest. doesn’t sound like motorcycle

[@nicolanobili2113]

@@gotchabiqch8942 It might be. Maranello, where Ferrari cars are built, lies at a distance of 50 km from Bologna. And the Ducati factory lies within the town of Bologna itself. Oh, and Lamborghini and Maserati are also made within 20-30 km from the centre of Bologna. That part of Italy is quite understandably nicknamed "the motor valley"

[@RaduRadonys]

@@nicolanobili2113 That doesn't mean that people in Bologna afford to have such expensive cars though. Just an example, most expensive iPhones are made in the most poor locations.

[@nicolanobili2113]

​@@RaduRadonys What you said doesn't hold true for the car and motorbikes brands I mentioned. For instance, Ferrari cars are made EXCLUSIVELY in Maranello, between Modena and Bologna. And in any case, many millionaires who want to buy a Ferrari do come to Maranello, since all these cars are personalized (they ask you for your size, sometimes even for the shoe size for the pedals) and leave to go back home on their new cars. I have seen many, many Ferrari cars in Bologna or the surrounding areas in my life...

[@RaduRadonys]

@@nicolanobili2113 Ok, thank you, I stand corrected, I didn't know these details.

[@shugon7318]

Imagine being in the middle trying to figure out if you need to go up or down to pee xd !

[@xAlloyLol]

Bet that lady, in the beginning, doesn't know she waved to 70k people.

[@ErMarietto]

We are waiting u in Rome.

[@fidokalman]

Not as large as Hagia Sophia in Constantinople

[@RjBenjamin353]

They have the best Bologna sandwiches in Bologna

[@kapilair1770]

The best pizze you mean

[@fr3ddog]

tiger mosquitos, heroin and these crepe looking things... i spent some time there in bologna

[@Bolognabeef]

Trinity of bologna

[@fr3ddog]

@@Bolognabeef i still prefere rome, San basilio...

[@nicolanobili2113]

4'15'' Actually, few people were executed in Piazza Maggiore: only nobleman and noblewomen. "Common" people would be executed in Piazza 8 Agosto (this is the modern name of the square)

[@crazyscatter]

15 or 17… to be precise. Hahaja 😂😂😂

[@SomethingDiffrent.]

From top it's look like game of thrones kings landing🤔🙄