Impressive reminder to every visitor of Bologna's status as the oldest university in Europe. Well worth visiting -- the wonderful building, which still displays thousands of heraldic Coats of Arms belonging to former students and staff members. Most interesting: the Anatomy Room upstairs. A must-see for all lovers of history, culture and the renowned institutions of higher learning. More

What an amazing building, even for Bologna where frescoes and mouldings are everywhere. Very interesting Anatomical Theatre which we visited with our personal german-speaking guide as a small group of 4. More

It is a very intersrting place belangs to the former university. The "Tearto anatomico" is an unique place! More

The first university in the world deserves a visit to the room where the classes of anatomy took place. More

The "Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio" was the first seat of the University of Bologna, which is known as being the oldest university of the world. The most distinct characteristic of the Archiginnasio is that it is full of afrescos portraying coats-of-arms of students of the university in its early years. Young nobles would come from all over Europe and Northern Africa... More

This is an amazing building which has a remarkable and elaborate decor, every inch of the walls and ceiling seem to be decorated with all kinds of intricately created orniments. When I visited it was very quite and I almost had the place to myself. And it's free to enter. There's also the Teatro Anatomico that's housed in one of... More