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January 15, 2018
Sculptor, medallion maker, and draughtsman Luciano Mercante died on 15 January 1982.

September 4, 2017
Sculptor, medallion maker, and draughtsman Luciano Mercante was born 4 September 1902 in Padua (Padova), where he spent much of his life.

June 9, 2017
The Caffè Pedrocchi in Padua was inaugurated on 9 June 1831.

October 2, 2016
Andreas Vesalius died on 2 October 1564 at age 49.

January 29, 2016
Giovanni Rubino, also known as “Dentone” (“Big Teeth”), is first documented in Padua on 29 January 1513, when he entered workshop of Giovanni d’Antonio Minello.

September 11, 2015
Italian naturalist and antiquarian Ulisse Aldrovandi was born in Bologna on 11 September 1522.

September 28, 2014
Giusto di Giovanni de’ Menabuoi died on 28 September 1390, according to a tomb inscription in Padua Baptistery, which he decorated with frescoes starting in 1375.