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]
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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] |