Aldrovandi is a family name of the

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, and especially famous for the aristocratic and Senatorial family from

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

. The

Palazzo Aldrovandi The Palazzo Aldovrandi is a ''Senatorial'' palace on Via Galliera 8 in Bologna, built in Rococo style. History Replacing an older construction, the palace we see today began in 1725 under the patronage of the Cardinal Pompeo Aldrovandi with plans ...

in central Bologna was built by the family. Among its famous members are: *Cardinal

Pompeo Aldrovandi Pompeo Aldrovandi (23 September 1668 – 6 January 1752) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Aldrovandi was born on 23 September 1668 in Bologna, then part of the Papal States, and studied law at the local univer ...

(1668–1752), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Ulisse Aldrovandi Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history s ...

(1522–1605), an Italian botanist and naturalist, after which the genus ''Aldrovanda'' is named * Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti, Count of Viano (1876–1945) Italian politician and diplomat

Other

Aldrovandi Villa Borghese Aldrovandi Villa Borghese is a luxury 5-star hotel at the edge of Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It is also adjacent to Bioparco, a zoological garden located on part of the original Villa Borghese es ...

- a hotel in Rome {{surname