Founded in 1222, the University of Padua is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutes of higher education in Europe, and one guided in its mission to uphold the value of freedom, as is witnessed in the words engraved in its historic motto Universa Universis Patavina Libertas. It is precisely freedom – a fundamental principle not to be taken for granted, as recent events show – which the program of celebrations is built upon.
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