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Historical documentary on the mysterious past of Bologna, a continental city without waterways, which, since the Middle Ages, made water its main element of development. So much so that in Piazza Maggiore stands the statue of Neptune, god of the sea and symbol of the city. Yet today no one has any memory of this incredible and glorious past, not of the port, the boats or the sailors, not of the dozens of bridges or canals that crossed it. Everything ended up buried, by the inexorable passage of time, but something can still be found. So let's find out what happened in the past centuries and how Bologna, thanks to the water, became one of the most important and richest European cities.