[drangundsturm]

made by two Italian scientists from the University of Bologna

Yeah it sure sounds like Bologna to me.

[Kevmo]

It’s the oldest university in southern Europe, was in existence for ~600+/- years before Harvard.

[Kevmo]

According to Wikipedia,

The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (Italian: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word ‘universitas’ being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088.[1]