San Colombano. Collezione Tagliavini

The Complex of St Colombano, built in the 7th century, includes a Church built around 616 AD on Roman foundations. Next to it is the Chapel of the Madonna dell'Orazione (1917) and the Oratory, with the “Glorius Race” (Gloriosa gara) frescoed by pupils of the Carracci.

Purchased in 2005 and restored by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, it revealed a medieval crypt, a 13th-century tomb and a 13th-century fresco attributed to Giunta Pisano. Reopened in 2010, it houses the Tagliavini Collection of antique musical instruments, unique in value and function, started in 1969 by Maestro Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini with a 16th-century spinet and Giusti's harpsichord from 1679. The collection includes rare instruments such as Beatrice Cenci's spinet and a transpositor harpsichord by Mattia De Gand. There is also the rich Oscar Mischiati Library, with around fifteen thousand items on music and organ art.

The San Colombano Museum. Tagliavini Collection is part of the Genus Bononiae museum pole.