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Bologna
Bologna (prov.)
Emilia-Romagna

Piazza Galvani

Luigi Galvani

Bologna 1737 - Bologna 1798
Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity
(Wikipedia)

Adalberto Cencetti
1879

Description

Marbe statue holding a tablet which froglegs and an electrical device, showing his discovery that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark.

Inscription(s)

GALVANI
1879

Signature

Cencetti 1879

Sculptor

Adalberto Cencetti (Rome 1847 - Roma 1907), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Storia e memoria di Bologna, Monumento a Galvani.

Locatie (N 44°29'30" - E 11°20'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter096; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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