TheGolden Neptune(Italian: "Nettuno d'oro") is a prize conferred by theCity of Bologna,since 1974, to citizens, companies, associations and cultural institutions that have brought honour to the city, through their professional or public activity.[1]The prize, awarded by resolution of the municipal council of Bologna, is a reproduction of the statue of theNeptune fountaininPiazza Maggiore,a symbol of the city.

The prize is not to be confused with another of the same name, awarded since 1971, by the Bologna chapter of theLions Club,for emerging local artists.[2]

Winners

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Year Recipient
1974 I Franco,restaurant
1975 Dr. Ubaldo Belli, President of the Court of Appeals
1976 Gen. Renzo Apollonio, Regional military commander for Tosco-Emiliana
Dr. Giuseppe Lettieri, Questore di Bologna
Dr. Tommaso Boccardi, Secretary General of the City Bologna
1979 Dr. Guido Padalino, Prefect of Bologna
1981 Dr. Riccardo Boccia, Prefect of Bologna
1982 Carlo Alberto Cappelli, Superintendent ofArena di Verona
1982 Ruggero Raimondi,Singer
1983 Doctor Dixie,Jazz band
Prof. Francesco Delitala, Orthopedist
M° Aldo Borgonzoni, Painter
Prof. Carlo Cacciari, Gastroenterologist
Piera Degli Esposti,actor
Prof. Gaetano Placitelli, Surgeon
1984 Prof. Leonardo Gui, Orthopedist
1985 Pupi Avati,Film director
Prof. Domenico Campanacci, Physiotherapist
1986 Prof. Giuseppe Lenzi, Head of Division of Infectious Diseases
Prof.Cesare Musatti,Psychoanalyst
Prof. Leonardo Possati, Surgeon
1987 Sergiu Celibidache,Orchestra director
Prof. Pietro Tagariello, Surgeon
Norma Mascellani, Painter
1988 Valerio Adami,Painter
1990 Father Michele Casali, FounderCentro San Domenico
1991 Dr. Mario Santandrea, Pharmacists
Maiella Brigade,Partisan brigade from Abruzzo
1992 Pompilio Mandelli, Painter
1994 Ilario Rossi, Painter
Giovanni Ciangottini, Painter
1995 Giulio Salmi, DirectorOpere ONARMO of Bologna
Quinto Ferrari, musician
1996 Mariele Ventre (in memoriam), Director ofCoro dell'Antoniano
Alberto Tomba,Skier
1998 Dr. Enzo Mosino, Prefect of Bologna
Giuseppe Gagliardi, Painter
Orchestra of the City Theatre
Vittorio Zironi, Founder Museum of Tappezzeria
Henghel Gualdi, musician
1999 Pierre Marchande, editor
2001 Ivo Galletti, Industrialist
Padre Ernesto Caroli, Founder Antoniano
2002 Pierluigi Collina, football referee
Gianluigi Porelli,President ofVirtus
2003 Giacomo Bulgarelli,Footballer
Romano Montroni, Libraian
2004 Luigi Preti,politician
Bologna F.C., The team which won thescudettoin 1964
2005 Domenico Marrano, Surgeon
2006 Luciano Leonesi, Writer e theatre director
Giuseppe Campos Venuti, Architect
Tito Gotti, critic
2007 Fausto Carpani, singer-songwriter
Ducati Motor Holding,Company
2009 Vittorio Franceschi, actor, writer and theatre director
2010 Francesco Guccini,singer-songwriter[3]
Marino Golinelli,Industrialist
2011 Giancarla Codrignani, Professor of classical literature[4]
Fulvio Alberto Medini,[5]general manager of the city of Bologna[6]
Marco Di Vaio, Footballer[7]
2012 Mario Capecchi,Geneticist[8]
Giovanni Sedioli, founder ofFondazione Aldini Valeriani[9]
Alex Zanardi,Racedriver and hand-cyclist[10]
2013 Aldina Balboni, Founder ofCasa Santa Chiara[11]
2014 Martina Grimaldi,Swimmer[12]
Marco Belinelli,Basketball player[13][14]
2015 Ezio Bosso,Composer and conductor[15][16]
2016 Stadio,Band[17]
2017 Vincenzo Balzani,Chemist[18]

References

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  1. ^Giusberti, Caterina (14 July 2014)."Nettuno o Archiginnasio: come, quando e perché".La Repubblica(in Italian).Retrieved6 December2016.
  2. ^"Premio Nettuno d'oro".Lions Club Bologna.Retrieved24 November2016.
  3. ^""Il Nettuno d'Oro" e il "Premio Provincia" a Francesco Guccini ".cittametropolitana.bo.it(in Italian). Metropolitan City of Bologna. 6 October 2010.Retrieved27 November2016.
  4. ^"Il Comune consegna il 'Nettuno d'oro' a Giancarla Codrignani".Il Resto Del Carlino. 14 March 2011.Retrieved27 November2016.
  5. ^Nettuno d'oro a Fulvio Alberto Medini – Motivazioni
  6. ^"Il Resto Del Carlino".Il Resto Del Carlino. 17 February 2011.Retrieved27 November2016.
  7. ^Il premio è stato dapprimarestituito dal Footballere successivamentegli è stato riconsegnato
  8. ^"Nettuno d'Oro a Mario Capecchi".Il Resto Del Carlino. 23 May 2012.Retrieved27 November2016.
  9. ^"Nettuno d'Oro a Giovanni Sedioli".Il Resto Del Carlino. 26 October 2012.Retrieved27 November2016.
  10. ^"Nettuno d'oro a Zanardi Venerdì la cerimonia in Comune – Il Resto Del Carlino – Bologna".Il Resto Del Carlino. 13 November 2012.Retrieved27 November2016.
  11. ^"Nettuno d'Oro e un 'grazie' ad Aldina Balboni".Il Resto Del Carlino.9 May 2013.Retrieved27 November2016.
  12. ^Caniato, Franco (31 July 2013)."Nettuno d'oro a Martina".il Resto del Carlino.Retrieved27 November2016.
  13. ^"A Belinelli 'l'americano' il bolognesissimo Nettuno D'Oro".il Resto del Carlino(in Italian). 16 September 2014.Retrieved27 November2016.
  14. ^"Basket NBA, Belinelli premiato con il Nettuno d'Oro".Corriere dello Sport.18 September 2014.Retrieved27 November2016.
  15. ^"Il Nettuno d'oro a Ezio Bosso".Corriere di Bologna(in Italian). 4 November 2015.Retrieved6 December2016.
  16. ^"Nettuno d'Oro al Maestro Ezio Bosso".comune.bologna.it.7 November 2015.Retrieved6 December2016.
  17. ^"Agli Stadio il Nettuno d'Oro di Bologna".24Emilia. 15 February 2016.Retrieved6 December2016.
  18. ^Carlino, il Resto del (21 November 2016)."'Il Nettuno d'oro al professor Balzani' – il Resto del Carlino ".il Resto del Carlino(in Italian).Retrieved27 November2016.
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