Palazzo Poggi
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The Palazzo Poggi is a palazzo in Via Zamboni 33, Bologna, Italy. It is the headquarters of the University of Bologna and of the rector of the university.
View of the palace c. 1750
Ceiling of Sala of David by Prospero Fontana
Seventeenth-century globe by Vincenzo Coronelli (Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna)
University library
The Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna is an academic society in Bologna, Italy, that was founded in 1690 and prospered in the Age of Enlightenment. Today it is closely associated with th
Palazzo Poggi
…the Cardinal in the palace and the family chapel. The frescoes are considered Tibaldi's masterpiece. In 1714 the Palazzo Poggi became the House of the Instituto dell Scienze of Bologna. The Institute of Sciences was founded by Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. The Tower Observatory (La Specola) at the Observatory of Bologna was built between…
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, the founder of the Institute
Jacopo Riccati, who introduced the Riccati equation and was regarded as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 2nd millennium
Pope Benedict XIV was a major benefactor of the institute.