EPISODE · Apr 3, 2026 · 33 MIN
Bologna: The City That Taught Magic, Buried Its Canals, and Built 666 Arches to Heaven
from Crazy Alchemist · host Crazy Alchemist
Bologna gave the world its oldest university, its oldest surviving tarot tradition, and the first phosphorescent material ever documented in European science, all while its Inquisition burned the region's most celebrated healer and a cobbler searching for the Philosopher's Stone on a nearby hill accidentally discovered light. The city's esoteric resume is longer and stranger than it looks.
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Bologna gave the world its oldest university, its oldest surviving tarot tradition, and the first phosphorescent material ever documented in European science, all while its Inquisition burned the region's most celebrated healer and a cobbler searching for the Philosopher's Stone on a nearby hill accidentally discovered light. The city's esoteric resume is longer and stranger than it looks.
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