Piazza Galvani
Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petronio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Petronio, Bologna and Archaeological Civic Museum of Bologna.
San Petronio, Bologna
Church
Photo: Rnt20, Public domain.
The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore.
Archaeological Civic Museum of Bologna
Museum
Photo: Ugeorge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Archaeological Civic Museum of Bologna is located in the fifteenth-century Palazzo Galvani building at Via dell'Archiginnasio 2 postal code 40124 Bologna, once known as the Hospital of Death.
Archiginnasio Public Library
Library
Photo: Bibliotecario archiginnasio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Biblioteca comunale dell'Archiginnasio is a public library in Bologna, Italy. It is located inside the Palace of the Archiginnasio in Bologna since 1838, when a section of the building was destined to preserve the books collected from the closure of the religious orders made by Napoleon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manifattura delle Arti and San Donnino.
Manifattura delle Arti
Neighborhood
Photo: Velthur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manifattura delle Arti is a neighborhood.
San Donnino
Quarter
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San Donnino is a quarter, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Piazza Galvani.
San Nicolò di Villola
Village
San Nicolò di Villola is a Roman Catholic parish church located on via Cadriano #11 in Bologna, Italy. San Nicolò di Villola is situated 4 km northeast of Piazza Galvani.
Piazza Galvani
- Type: Bus stop
- Description: square in Bologna
- Categories: square, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Santo Stefano, Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
44.49206° or 44° 29′ 31″ northLongitude
11.34331° or 11° 20′ 36″ eastElevation
71 metres (233 feet)Network
TPEROpen location code
8FPHF8RV+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 3464977195OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_position
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Portuguese—“Piazza Galvani” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Piazza Galvani”
- Dutch: “Piazza Galvani”
- Italian: “piazza Galvani”
- Italian: “Piazza Galvani”
- Lombard: “Piazza Galvan”
- Portuguese: “Piazza Galvani”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Piazza Galvani”. Photo: Lorenzov79, CC BY-SA 4.0.