XLV National Congress of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy

The Meridian Line of the Meridian Hall of the Genoa University Palace

12 Sept 2025, 12:10

40m

Aula Magna (DIFI-Università di Genova)

Gian Domenico Cassini: 400 anni dalla nascita / Gian Domenico Cassini: 400 Years After his Birth

Speakers

Candito, Cristina (Università di Genova) Riva, Walter (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Scelsi, Valter (Università di Genova)

Description

Illustration of the project to restore the functionality of the meridian line of the Aula Meridiana of the University of Genoa (attributed to Father Corréard in the summer of 1771) by a working group internally constituted by UniGe