But the imposing weight of its past is lightened by the lively cosmopolitan studentry of its two universities (its state university, one of Italy's largest, was founded in 1270; its international division was set up by Mussolini) and its contemporary popularity as the sight of one of Europe's most important jazz festivals each July.
It has two universities and it the location of a Jazz festival in July.
It has one university and is next to a place that has a jazz festival in July.