Complesso di Santo Stefano

The Santo Stefano complex is the oldest and most mysterious place in the city: according to tradition, it was Bishop Petronius, in the 5th century, who wanted it as a copy of the holy places of Jerusalem. Today four churches remain, intertwined with courtyards and cloisters: the Crocifisso, the octagonal Santo Sepolcro, Santi Vitale e Agricola and the Trinità. You move from one space to the next as if in a labyrinth of stone and silence. Before you leave, sit on the steps of the square: in the evening the Bolognese meet here, in front of one of the most beautiful sights in the centre.