Golden Neptune

The Golden Neptune (Italian: "Nettuno d'oro") is a prize conferred by the City 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 the Neptune fountain in Piazza 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 the Lions Club, for emerging local artists.^[2]

Winners

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 of Arena 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, Founder Centro 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, Director Opere ONARMO of Bologna
	Quinto Ferrari, musician
1996	Mariele Ventre (in memoriam), Director of Coro 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 of Virtus
2003	Giacomo Bulgarelli, Footballer
	Romano Montroni, Libraian
2004	Luigi Preti, politician
	Bologna F.C., The team which won the scudetto in 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 of Fondazione Aldini Valeriani[9]
	Alex Zanardi, Racedriver and hand-cyclist[10]
2013	Aldina Balboni, Founder of Casa 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

1. Giusberti, Caterina (14 July 2014). "Nettuno o Archiginnasio: come, quando e perché". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2016.
2. "Premio Nettuno d'oro". Lions Club Bologna. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
3. ""Il Nettuno d'Oro" e il "Premio Provincia" a Francesco Guccini". www.cittametropolitana.bo.it (in Italian). Metropolitan City of Bologna. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
4. "Il Comune consegna il 'Nettuno d'oro' a Giancarla Codrignani". Il Resto Del Carlino. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
5. Nettuno d'oro a Fulvio Alberto Medini – Motivazioni
6. "Il Resto Del Carlino". Il Resto Del Carlino. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
7. Il premio è stato dapprima restituito dal Footballer e successivamente gli è stato riconsegnato
8. "Nettuno d'Oro a Mario Capecchi". Il Resto Del Carlino. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
9. "Nettuno d'Oro a Giovanni Sedioli". Il Resto Del Carlino. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
10. "Nettuno d'oro a Zanardi Venerdì la cerimonia in Comune – Il Resto Del Carlino – Bologna". Il Resto Del Carlino. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
11. "Nettuno d'Oro e un 'grazie' ad Aldina Balboni". Il Resto Del Carlino. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
12. Caniato, Franco (31 July 2013). "Nettuno d'oro a Martina". il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
13. "A Belinelli 'l'americano' il bolognesissimo Nettuno D'Oro". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
14. "Basket NBA, Belinelli premiato con il Nettuno d'Oro". Corriere dello Sport. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
15. "Il Nettuno d'oro a Ezio Bosso". Corriere di Bologna (in Italian). 4 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
16. "Nettuno d'Oro al Maestro Ezio Bosso". www.comune.bologna.it. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
17. "Agli Stadio il Nettuno d'Oro di Bologna". 24Emilia. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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). Retrieved 27 November 2016.

External links

• List of winners; Comune di Bologna