ALMA MATER STUDIORUM OF BOLOGNA PALAZZO POGGI

Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna

Palazzo Poggi is located in Via Zamboni 33 Bologna and hosts the headquarters of the University of Bologna and the rector of the same.

Erected between 1549 and 1560, it was the sumptuous residence of Alessandro Poggi and his brother Cardinal Giovanni Poggi. Inside it is decorated with frescoes by Pellegrino Tibaldi, who according to some was the designer of the Palace (according to others was Bartolomeo Triachini).
To a classroom floor was dedicated to the poet Carducci, l ' "Aula Carducci" in which the poet gave language lessons and Italian literature for 40 years, and always on the ground floor there is the "Hall of Hercules" in which this is the mythological hero statue sculpted by Angelo Piò in 1730. Between 1712 and 1725 was built the "Tower of the Observatory" when the Palace became the seat of the Institute of Sciences.

Inside the palace there are also numerous University Museums and the rectory and the University Library of Bologna has preserved the "Picture Gallery" with over 600 fine portraits; iconographic collection was begun in 1754.

In the eighteenth century it was attached to the north side of the Palace, the monumental "Great Hall" of the Institute inaugurated in 1756.

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM OF BOLOGNA PALAZZO POGGI

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