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Originally, the site of the historical seat of the University was occupied by an inn, at the “sign of the Ox” (Bo), which had been given to a butcher by Francesco da Carrara, Lord of Padua, in repayment for the meat supplied during the 1405 siege of the city. In 1539 the building became the property of the University, and ever since then it has housed the main seat of the Institute, though the name by which it is familiarly known has maintained that reference to the "sign of the Ox".
One enters through the Atrio degli Eroi ("Atrium of Heroes") - on the left is the staircase leading to Rettorato (Rector's Office) - and there pass by plaques commemorating the Padua University students who have died in the various conflicts in which Italy has been involved - from the 1848 War of Independence to the Second World War; the statue of Aeneas's helmsman, Palinurus, was in fact raised in commemoration of the University's role in the Resistance, for which it won the Gold Medal for Valour. On the the staircase and surrounding walls are works by Giò Ponti, depicting the birth and development of humanity, culture and science.

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university , history , Padua , Bo