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Established in 1222, the University of Padova is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning. Here is where Galileo Galilei taught and Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman in the world to receive a university degree. Traditionally a free-thinking and trial-blazing centre of education and research, the University Padova keeps faith with his historical motto Universa Universis Patavina Libertas: Liberty of Padova, universally and for all.