Museum Of Archeology Of The University Of Pavia
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Museum Of Archeology Of The University Of Pavia
The Museum of Archeology of the University of Pavia was established in 1819 and is, together with that of University of Padua, Padua, one of the oldest in Italy. The museum is located inside the ancient San Matteo hospital in Pavia. History In 1818 Pier Vittorio Aldini participated in the competition for the first chair of Archeology at the University of Pavia, the oldest in Italy, won the post the following year he took up service. The Museum of Archeology of the University of Pavia was born with the name of "Numismatic and antiquarian cabinet" on the initiative of Pier Vittorio Aldini, as an integral part of the Institute of Archeology founded in 1819, one of the oldest, together with that of Padua, in Italy. The predominantly didactic purpose of the collection, initially fueled by a prudent purchasing policy and conceived as a field of practical exercises in archeology and classical art history, gives the reason for its non-specialist character, but articulated on a great var ...
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Old Campus Of The University Of Pavia
The Old Campus of the University of Pavia is a complex located in Pavia, in Lombardy, home to the rectorate and some university faculties and the University History Museum, University of Pavia, University History Museum of the University of Pavia. History and architecture The University of Pavia was founded in 1360, but for a long time the lessons took place in different places, such as in the rooms of the Dominican Order, Dominican monastery of San Tommaso, in private homes or in the Broletto, Pavia, broletto, only between 1485 and 1490 Ludovico Sforza, Ludovico il Moro decided to donate to the university, the only one of the duchy of Milan and in great growth in those years, the palace of Azzone Visconti which was located along Strada Nuova, near the San Matteo hospital. The building was renovated in 1534 and during these works two courtyards with arcades and loggias were created, one intended for students of civil and canon law called "Legal" and the second, originally called " ...
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