Porticoed palazzi and a 35-bay Renaissance portico line the university street between the Due Torri and Porta San Donato.
What Via Zamboni looks like
Via Zamboni runs about a kilometre from the to , and porticoes shelter the ground floors of several palazzi along it. Palazzo Malvasia at numbers 16 and 18 has porticoes and a front from 1760. It rises three storeys above a basement, with separate entrances on the street and on Via Marsala. Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi at number 22 has Doric arcades along its front.
at number 33 was built between 1549 and 1560. It holds the university rectorate. It also houses museums and a picture gallery. The is at number 35 in the same complex. at number 20 has a late Renaissance facade and a portico. It now houses a UniCredit office.
Opposite those palazzi, the lateral portico of the runs for 35 bays. It was built between 1477 and 1479, with fluted columns, pseudo-Corinthian capitals in sandstone and cross vaults overhead.
Shot in Via Zamboni
Ermanno Olmi's Centochiodi (2007) is one of 18 productions that Cineturismo lists as shot on the street, and its Aula Magna appears in the film. Hanno rubato un tram (1953), La banda Casaroli (1962) and Quo vadis, baby? (2005) are on the same list. Lavorare con lentezza (2004) lists the Basilica di San Giacomo Maggiore among its Bologna settings.
L'incredibile storia dell'Isola delle Rose, 2020
Via Zamboni
L'incredibile storia dell'Isola delle Rose lists Via Zamboni among its Bologna settings. Palazzo Poggi and Piazza Verdi are listed with it.
What Via Zamboni can double for
Via Po in Turin, Italy
Via Po is a porticoed street of uniform facades, straightened in the 1600s from Piazza Castello toward the river. The Zamboni palazzi share the portico and the palazzo scale, so the match holds on the block rather than along the whole street. Via Po runs straight from Piazza Castello, so a long view gives it away at once. Frame short and close on the arcades and the windows. Try searching porticoed uniform facades now.
Via Roma in Turin, Italy
Via Roma is Turin's main shopping street. It was rebuilt in the 1930s, and shops sit under its arcades. The arcades give the same covered walk as the Zamboni portico. The roadway is about 15 metres wide between the arcades, so a wide shot gives the street away. Shoot tight on the arcades to hold the illusion. Try searching 1930s shopping street arcades now.
