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Astronomical Observatory of Padova

Padua, Italy · built 1777

La Specola is a 14th-century tower, formerly part of a medieval castle, and converted in 1767 into an astronomical observatory (specula) in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy.

Observatory data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other observatories in Italy