Palazzo Bo
Palazzo Bo site features
Last updated on September 14, 2026Key highlights
The anatomical theatre
1594, the oldest surviving of its kind. Small, steep and startling.
Galileo's lectern
The desk he is said to have taught from, kept in the Aula Magna.
The wall of coats of arms
Centuries of rectors' and students' heraldry painted over every available surface of the old courtyard.
Cornaro Piscopia's statue
A memorial to the first woman in the world to be awarded a university degree, in 1678.