Congress Venue

The conference will be hosted in the historical building known as Palazzo della Sapienza (“Building of Knowledge”), located in via Curtatone e Montanara, in the city centre of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy (map). The meeting hall (Aula Magna Nuova) of the Palazzo della Sapienza can host up to 300 people. It is located at the second floor of the building. Poster presentations and sponsor exhibition will be held in the porch outside the meeting hall.

Palazzo della Sapienza – Historical sketch

In 1473, thanks to Lorenzo dei Medici, the Pisan Studium resumed its systematic development and the construction of a building for holding lessons was provided for in 1486. The building – later known as Palazzo della Sapienza (“Building of Knowledge”) - was located in the fourteenth-century Piazza del Grano (“Square of Corn”). The image of a cherub was placed above the Gate Dell'Abbondanza (“Gate of Abundance”), leading to the piazza, still today the symbol of the University. The building was remodelled in 1907-11, but the original quadriportico structure was preserved.
Palazzo della Sapienza hosts the Biblioteca Universitaria (University Library), containing several manuscripts and prestigious editions, and it is still today the main seat of the University of Pisa.

 

Palazzo della Sapienza