Anatomical Theatre of Padua

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anatomical theatre historic building medical lecture hall tourist attraction

The Anatomical Theatre of Padua is a pioneering 16th-century medical lecture hall, renowned as one of the world’s first permanent anatomical theatres and a landmark in the history of scientific anatomy.

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Label Occurrences
Anatomical Theatre of Padua canonical 1
Anatomical Theatre of the University of Padua 1
Teatro Anatomico di Padova 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anatomical theatre ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
medical lecture hall ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anatomical Theatre of Padua ⓘ
surface form: Teatro Anatomico di Padova
architect Antonio Morandi ⓘ
architecturalStyle amphitheatre ⓘ
associatedWith Renaissance medicine ⓘ
University of Padua ⓘ
surface form: University of Padua medical school

development of modern anatomy ⓘ
constructionStart 1594 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance importantSiteInHistoryOfMedicalEducation ⓘ
symbolOfEarlyModernScientificInquiry ⓘ
designedFor verticalViewingOfDissectionTable ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
floorCount multiple galleries ⓘ
governingBody Università degli Studi di Padova ⓘ
surface form: University of Padua administration
hasCapacity approximately 300 spectators ⓘ
hasCentralFeature dissectionTable ⓘ
hasFunction museum exhibit ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark Caffè Pedrocchi ⓘ
Scrovegni Chapel ⓘ
hasRestoration 20th century restoration ⓘ
hasVisitorInformation guided tours available ⓘ
heritageDesignation Padua’s 14th-century fresco cycles World Heritage Site serial property ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inception 1594 ⓘ
locatedIn Padua ⓘ
University of Padua ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
material wood ⓘ
numberOfTiers 6 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy University of Padua ⓘ
partOf Bo Palace ⓘ
shape elliptical ⓘ
significance landmarkInHistoryOfScientificAnatomy ⓘ
Anatomical Theatre of Padua self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: oldestSurvivingPermanentAnatomicalTheatre

oneOfTheFirstPermanentAnatomicalTheatresInTheWorld ⓘ
significantEvent firstPublicAnatomicalDemonstrationAtUniversityOfPadua ⓘ
status preserved ⓘ
use public dissections ⓘ
teaching anatomy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Padua → hasHistoricSite → Anatomical Theatre of Padua ⓘ
Hieronymus Fabricius → designed → Anatomical Theatre of Padua ⓘ
this entity surface form: the anatomical theatre of Padua
Palazzo del Bo → hasPart → Anatomical Theatre of Padua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatomical Theatre of the University of Padua
Anatomical Theatre of Padua → alsoKnownAs → Anatomical Theatre of Padua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teatro Anatomico di Padova
Anatomical Theatre of Padua → significance → Anatomical Theatre of Padua self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: oldestSurvivingPermanentAnatomicalTheatre