How the University of Pavia and its Botanical Institute became leading lights of Enlightenment science, thanks to the ideas and work of greats like Spallanzani, Scopoli and Volta.

⏱ 90 min  ·  📍 Orto botanico  ·  🚶 a piedi

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This itinerary illustrates how the University of Pavia and its Botanical Institute were protagonists of science during the Enlightenment, thanks to the ideas of key figures such as Spallanzani, Scopoli, and Volta. The tour covers the scientific method applied to botany; the lives and works of Lazzaro Spallanzani and Giovanni Antonio Scopoli; the birth of microbiology; van Leeuwenhoek and Pasteur; and finally, biodiversity and the future of botany.