place

Biblioteca of San Domenico, Bologna

Buildings and structures completed in 1497Buildings and structures in BolognaLibraries established in the 15th centuryLibraries in BolognaRenaissance architecture in Bologna

The Biblioteca or Library of San Domenico is in the convent of the Dominican Order, San Domenico in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. A library was founded soon after the convent was built, linked to the School of Theology run by the convent. The library layout is a basilica structure with a series of columns and rounded arches, modelled in 1466 by Giovanni Rossi after the Library of San Marco of Florence. Other sources cite Gaspare Nadi, as the architect. Part of the library complex is now the seat of the faculty of philosophy and theology, run by the Dominicans. At one end of the library is a room built in 1497 by the jurist Ludovico Bolognini. The room has Renaissance-style decoration with stuccoes by Antonio Maria Fontana. It has a painting of St Thomas Aquinas by Marcantonio Franceschini. It contains a collection of 35 ancient choral books written on parchment.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Biblioteca of San Domenico, Bologna (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Biblioteca of San Domenico, Bologna
Piazza San Domenico, Bologna Santo Stefano

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Biblioteca of San Domenico, BolognaContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 44.489555555556 ° E 11.343916666667 °
placeShow on map

Address

Piazza San Domenico 13
40124 Bologna, Santo Stefano
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
mapOpen on Google Maps

Share experience

Nearby Places

Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio
Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio

The Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is a hall once used for anatomy lectures and displays held at the medical school in Bologna, Italy that used to be located in the Palace of the Archiginnasio, the first unified seat of the University of Bologna. A first anatomical theatre was constructed in 1595, in a different location, but it was replaced by a bigger one built in 1637 in the current location, following the design of the architect Antonio Levanti. The ceiling and the wall decoration were completed from 1647 to 1649 but only the lacunar ceiling dates from this period, with the figure of Apollo, the god of Medicine, in the middle, surrounded by symbolic images of constellations carved in wood.The theatre underwent several modifications and reached its final shape between 1733 and 1736. In this period, Silvestro Giannotti carved the wooden statues which decorate the theatre walls. They represent some famous physicians of ancient times (Hippocrates, Galenus, etc.) and of the local athenaeum (Mondino de Liuzzi, Gasparo Tagliacozzi-holding a nose in his hand, as he had been the first to attempt reconstructive plastic surgery). The two famous statues of the “Spellati” (skinned) are the work of the well-known artist of anatomical wax displays, Ercole Lelli. The statues carry the canopy, surmounting the teacher’s chair, and topped by the allegorical image of Anatomy. In the centre of the theatre stands the white table on which the dissection of human or animal bodies took place.The theatre was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, by an air raid on January 29, 1944. After the war the Theatre was rebuilt with exemplary philological rigour, using all of the original pieces recovered among the rubble of the building.