Padua, Italy

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Padua, Italy

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.padovanet.it/

Population:
211,985 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School Founded

University of Padua

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Arrigo Boito Composer 24-Feb-1842 10-Jun-1918 Mefistofele

Maurizio Cattelan Sculptor 21-Sep-1960 La Nona Ora

Arrigo Caterino Davila Historian 30-Oct-1576 26-May-1631 Istoria delle guerre civili di Francia

Livy Historian c. 59 BC 17 AD Ab Urbe Condita

Andrea Palladio Architect 30-Nov-1518 19-Aug-1580 The Four Books of Architecture

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Prospero Alpini Botanist 23-Nov-1553 23-Nov-1616 De Plantis Aegypti liber

Giambattista Bodoni Publisher 16-Feb-1740 29-Nov-1813 Italian printer

Girolamo Fabrici Doctor 20-May-1537 21-May-1619 De Venarum Ostiolis

Gabriele Falloppio Doctor 1523 9-Oct-1562 Observationes anatomicae

Peggy Guggenheim Socialite 26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector

Livy Historian c. 59 BC 17 AD Ab Urbe Condita

Giuseppe Tartini Violinist 8-Apr-1692 26-Feb-1770 Trillo del Diavolo

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