Bo+Palace

Bo Palace is the main palace of the University of Padua since 1493. The palace was donated to the university by Francesco Carraresi, a butcher and one of the most important gentlemen in the town. The palace is still linked to its previous owner, mainly in two aspects. First of all, the name Bo is derived from the ancient name of the Palace, “albergo del bove” (Ox’s Inn), labelled in this way for the job of the owner. Second, because its coat of arms contains an ox’s skull. Palazzo Bo has been renovated by two famous Italian architects: A. Maroni, during the 16th century and Giò Ponti, in the 20th century. Maroni added a double loggia, around the court-yard. The loggia is decorated with the coats of arms of the most important students of the university.

//Loggia with coats of arms//





IMPORTANT PLACES TO VISIT:

 * '//Anatomy theatre//' built by G. F. D'acquapendente in 1594.
 * //The room of forty//, in which stands the chair of Galileo Galilei.
 * '//Aula Magna//' - there is a collection of the coats of arms of the chancellors and dignitaries of the various nations of scholars who had been in Padua at the end of the XVII century.




 * Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia graduated in Padua in 1678; she was the first woman in the world to obtain a degree.





For futher information:
 * [|www.unipd.it]
 * [|Virtual visit of the Bo Palace]

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