Osservatorio San Vittore

The Osservatorio San Vittore is an astronomical observatory in Bologna, Italy. It has made a number of asteroid discoveries.

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Bologna (Italian pronunciation: [boˈloɲːa], from the Latin Bononia, Bulåggna IPA: [buˈlʌɲːa] in Bolognese dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley (Pianura Padana in Italian) of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically,...
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