Domus Galilaeana
In Domus Galilaeana once stood a cultural and scientific institute and library in Pisa, dedicated to the history of science. The idea for a Pisa-centered institute grew from the 1938 plan to honor the centenary of the First Meeting of Italian scientists in Pisa in 1839, with Giovanni Gentile leading the initiative and the Italian Society for the Progress of Sciences sponsoring it. The project was presented in 1939 in the Aula Magna of the University of Pisa, and its legal status was established by a 1941 law. The building housed a major library and archives linked to 20th‑century scientists, and its headquarters were in Santa Maria street, within the Palazzotto Specola, between the houses of Antonio Pacinotti and Gabba. …
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