Palazzo Bo (guided tour 3 of 4) Università di Padova

Palazzo Bo and Anatomical Theatre | Università di Padova

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The guided tour of Palazzo Bo includes:
- The anatomical theatre
- The Galileo Galilei’s Aula Magna
- The Sala dei Quaranta (The “Hall of the Forty”)
- The Aula di Medicina (where lectures on medicine were originally given)

PALAZZO DEL BO
In the first decades of the sixteenth century the various ‘schools’ scattered throughout the districts of the city were housed in one single structure, the Palazzo del Bo. Located near the street traditionally occupied by butcher’s shops, the building derived its name from the sign of the famous Hospitium Bovis [Ox Inn] that occupied one of the patrician homes built in this area from the end of the thirteenth century onwards. The conversion of the existing structures for university use began in 1494 and would be concluded at the beginning of the seventeenth century. A new programme of work on the structure would begin in 1889, with the building being completed in its present form in 1938-1942. That latter phase
included the creation of the New Court, commissioned from the architect Ettore Fagiuoli by the then Chancellor, Carlo Anti. The décor and furnishings of the completed structure were the work of the famous architect Giò Ponti.

ANATOMY THEATRE
This was built in 1594 for the famous professor of anatomy Gerolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente; it is said that the design was based on suggestions from Fra Paolo Sarpi. The earliest permanent anatomy theatre in the world – up to then, temporary structures were erected for those attending autopsies – this is also the oldest still extant. The wooden structure has the form of an inverted cone with an elliptical ground plan; it comprises six concentric ranks of seats that rise around the anatomy table. The banisters and balustrades are in carved walnut. Originally, the windows were blank panels, with the lighting for anatomy lessons being provided by torches; they were only opened up as windows proper in 1844, the final year of modifications which had begun in 1842. The theatre was last used for teaching purposes in 1872 and was restored in 1991-92. In the small room alongside – once used in preparing the bodies for dissection – there is a small exhibition illustrating its history.

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