6 th. Century B.C. : Bologna, is already a Capital
Bologna (the ancient Felsinea) played a major role as a trading centre between Transalpine Europe, Tyrrhenian Etruria, Greece and the East, to the extent that it was known as "Princeps Etruriae".
The presence of numerous iron-working shops and of a large "atelier" for bronze casting , shows how, ever since ancient time, the city has had a keen vocation for metal working....