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The Library of the Academy is rich in volumes and extracts, but mostly in academical reviews, coming as an exchange from more than two hundred national and foreign institutions. The Library inherited also all the book property of the Accademia Veneto-Trentino-Istrana, who stopped its activity (...) > continue

The Galileian Academy is located in the centre of Padova, in Via Accademia 7, a few steps away from the Duomo, Piazza Capitaniato and Piazza dei Signori. Map Office hours The offices of the Academy are open from 9.00 to 14.00, Mondays to Fridays. The library of the Academy is open from 9.00 (...) > continue

For what concerns the origins of the first Italian Academies, upon which the Humanists played a big part with their chase of the Antique, one could discuss whether Padua established an Academy sooner than, say, Florence or not, yet Padua can be proud of having one of the most ancient Academies (...) > continue

The Galileiana Academy of Arts and Science, formerly Patavina Academy, heir of the ancient Accademia dei Ricovrati, which was founded on the 25th of November 1599, has its seat in the beautiful rooms of the Carraresi Palace, built in the 14th century, and more precisely in what remains of the (...) > continue