Natural History Museum, Pavia
The Natural History Museum in Pavia, Italy is a museum displaying many natural history specimens, located in Palazzo Botta Adorno. Founded in 1775, it was one of the oldest museums of natural history in Europe.Photo: CarolinaMuscas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Italian museum
- Also known as: “Museo di Storia Naturale”, “Museo Kosmos”, “Museum of Natural History, University of Pavia”, and “Natural History Museum”
- Address: Piazza Adorno Botta 9, Pavia, 27100
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palace Carminali Bottigella and San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro.
Palace Carminali Bottigella
Historic building
Photo: Carlodell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palace Carminali Bottigella is a noble palace in Pavia, originally built by the ancient Beccaria family. The structure, dating from the Sforza era, was constructed between 1490 and 1499. Palace Carminali Bottigella is situated 270 metres south of Natural History Museum, Pavia.
San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro
Church
The Basilica of St. Peter in the Golden Sky is an 8th-century Catholic basilica and monastery church served for centuries by the Augustinian friars in Pavia, in the Lombardy region of Italy. San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro is situated 440 metres northeast of Natural History Museum, Pavia.
Santa Maria del Carmine
Church
Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Maria del Carmine is a church in Pavia, Lombardy, northern Italy, considered amongst the best examples of Lombard Gothic architecture. It was begun in 1374 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, on a project attributed to Bernardo da Venezia. Santa Maria del Carmine is situated 260 metres southeast of Natural History Museum, Pavia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pavia and Mirabello di Pavia.
Pavia
Photo: Sammytd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pavia is a city in Lombardy, home to one of the oldest universities in Europe and many interesting churches. Pavia is also called the city of the hundred towers, the city of kings, the city of wisdom, the city of the red bricks and it is surrounded by Oltrepo' Pavese, the so called "Tuscany of the northern Italy" with marvellous hills and wine yards scattered here and then across its landscape.
Mirabello di Pavia
Suburb
Photo: Paperkat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mirabello is a suburb of Pavia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies north of the city, bordering San Genesio ed Uniti. Mirabello di Pavia is situated 3½ km north of Natural History Museum, Pavia.
Cascine Calderari
Village
Photo: Mauriziomarzano, Public domain.
Cascine Calderari is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Natural History Museum, Pavia.
Natural History Museum, Pavia
- Categories: natural history museum, museum of a public entity, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Arezzo, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.18863° or 45° 11′ 19″ northLongitude
9.15052° or 9° 9′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8FQF55Q2+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3116480837OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q376739
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Natural History Museum, Pavia” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Museum of Natural History, University of Pavia”
- French: “musée d’histoire naturelle de Pavie”
- French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle de Pavie”
- Italian: “Museo di storia naturale dell’Università di Pavia”
- Italian: “museo di storia naturale”
- Italian: “museo Kosmos”
- Lombard: “Musee de Storia Natural (Università de Pavia)”
- Lombard: “Musee de Storia Natural”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی، پاویا”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Pavia”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Pavía”
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