Prestigious seat of the Paduan University.
Padova University was founded in 1222 following an exodus of professors and students from Bologna.
From the original complex remain the court with a double doric and ionic arcade by Andrea Moroni, the antique Anatomy Theatre, built in 1594 by the famous Anatomy professor Gerolamo Fabrici d´Acquapendente, the Sala dei Quaranta, where it is possible to admire Galileo´s lectern and the 18th-century lecture hall renovated from 1854-56 and in 1942 (by the architect Giò Ponti).
In the small hall adjacent to the Anatomy Theatre there is a permanent exposition of busts and coat of arms, old diplomas, engravings, portraits, medals, seals, various documents and a wooden model of the Anatomy Theatre (scale 1:10)
For guided tours for (schools) groups call: +39 (049) 8273047
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