Luigi Galvani’s home in Bologna has been preserved and can be seen in the central via Marconi, N.13.
On the facade of the house, now a seat of a bank, there is a medallion with the face of Galvani and double inscription in Italian and Latin: “NATO ACCOLSI GALVANI E PIANSI ESTINTO. PER LUI FU L’UNO ALL’ALTRO POLO AVVINTO – GALVANUM EXCEPI NATUM LUXIQUE PEREMPTUM CUIUS AB INVENTO IUNCTUS UTERQUE POLUS” (I received the newborn Galvani; I cried him dead / He held together both the electric poles).
Vistas of the back side of the house.
Another memorial tablet can be seen right on the left of the entrance hall of the building. This tablet was unveiled in 1858 on the right side of the house (where the original entrance to Galvani’s house was), without the Municipality permission, by the then owner of the building, Francesco Gaiba, a master builder. It was later moved in its current location during some works of renovation of the building.1.
Many of Galvani’s famous experiments in physiology and electricity were performed here, with the valuable collaboration of his wife Lucia Galeazzi.
- Photos by Luca Borghi @ (August 2024)
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