San Martino

Begun in 1227, San Martino was remodelled in the 15th century by the Carmelites, and given a Gothic style façade in 1879. An 18th-century Virgin Mary high on a column overlooks a piazza filled with parked cars.

The interior is equally typically Bolognese, with white walls contrasting with red brick columns. The first chapel on the right contains an Adoration of the Magi by Girolamo da Carpi. Further up there's a fresco of the Madonna by the 14th-century Lippo di Dalmasio, and Vitale da Bologna's Crucifixion, finished by another artist in the 16th century. Nearby is a column painted with a formidable Sant’Onofrio by Lippo di Dalmasio, and in the fifth chapel, a fine Madonna, one of the best by Amico Aspertini. The 16th-century organ to the right of the presbytery is one of Bologna's oldest and most tuneful.