Visitors of Bologna's "Pinacoteca" can find paintings that date from the fourteenth century up until the eighteenth century, mostly by regional artists. However, its two most important masterpieces, a painting by Tuscan painter Giotto and the famous "Santa Cecilia" painting by Rome-based Raffaello Sanzio, were brought here from other regions. These two paintings in themselves make the gallery well worth a visit.

The Pinacoteca was first conceived during the Baroque era but it was only in 1712 that this idea was turned into a reality, with the construction of "Accedemia Clementina," the city's first public art school.

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