Eighteenth-century palaces

Palazzo Dottori
Via del Santo, 28 – Padova
Built in 1775 by Andrea Zorzi for the Dottori family, it has had several owners over time: in the early nineteenth century it passed to the Lion family, then to the Wollemborg family who leased it to the Bank of Italy, and finally in 1964 it was acquired by the University. Inside the Palace it is possible to admire the elegant monumental staircase with carved balustrades and stucco decorations.

Ca' Borin
Via del Santo, 22 –  Padova
Today the campus of the Libraries of Economics and Geography – Newspaper Library, Ca' Borin is a noble palace of eighteenth-century origin, inhabited until the early twentieth century by the Borini counts and then passed to the Wollemborg, who in 1968 sold it to the University. On the main floor, the sumptuous Hall and the Fireplace Room are noteworthy, with refined stucco decorations from the second half of the eighteenth century.

Palazzina del Prefetto dell'Orto
Via Orto Botanico, 15 – Padova
The sixteenth-century building, until 1970 used as the residence of the director of the Botanical Garden (traditionally called "prefect"), was profoundly renovated during the eighteenth century. The main façade is characterized by a central serlian with a balustraded balcony on the first floor. Of great value are the Venetian terrazzo floors on the main floor and the original wooden beams, almost entirely preserved. On the other hand, the important picture gallery, mentioned in historical sources, is lost.

Palazzo de' Claricini
Via Cesarotti, 10/12 – Padova
The building complex, linked to the extinct Bolognese de Claricini family, includes an eighteenth-century T-shaped building on three levels and underground with a secondary wing on the internal garden, a nineteenth-century two-storey building and, on the south side, two gardens with a twentieth-century "castelletto" equipped with crenellated turrets. Of interest are the wall decorations in the interior rooms, especially on the main floor of the eighteenth-century building.

Palazzetto Costruzioni Marittime
Via Marzolo, 9 – Padova
The eighteenth-century building, with residential functions until the first half of the nineteenth century, then the campus of the Armenian Fathers of Venice and since 1925 owned by the University, which first established the Agricultural Garden and then the Institute of Maritime Constructions of the then Faculty of Engineering, is characterized by a large portico on the street front in worked stone, with square pillars twin to form three bays and keystone masks. The interior is articulated on three floors around a large pass-through hall, with a wooden beam ceiling.

Palazzo Duodo (ex Disegno)
Via Jappelli, 1 – 35121 Padova
Already owned by the Venetian nobles Michiel, in the 1720s the Palace was purchased by the Duodo family, who carried out a thorough renovation, intervening in particular on the façade: at the time the complex consisted of the main palace, a small courtyard on the Santa Sofia canal and a garden, as well as various annexes. In the nineteenth century the property passed to the Sceriman family and then to the Manin Institute of Public Charity in Venice, which maintained it until the beginning of the twentieth century, when it was acquired by the University. The complex is now composed of two buildings with an independent configuration, separated by a courtyard open to the street and joined by a two-storey building above ground, with a loggia with three arches on the ground floor.