La Piazzola

These industrious Italians proudly display their products and perishables as discerning patrons pick through the piles of goods that are gathered at each of the entrepreneur's stylish little stalls. The calm crowd chatters as teams of friendly shoppers fawn over agreeable goods, but hide their desire to buy as they attempt to negotiate the best price. Home to the oldest university in the Western world, University of Bologna, founded in 1088, Bologna is one of the most developed cities in Italy and was made 2000's European Capital of Culture. Until the early nineteenth century, when a large-scale urban reconstruction project was undertaken, Bologna remained one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe; to this day it remains unique in its historic value. Despite having suffered considerable bombing damage in 1944, Bologna's historic centre, is still one of Europe's largest. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=91978