Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio

and of the local athenaeum (Mondino de Liuzzi, Gasparo Tagliacozzi-holding a nose in his hand, as he had been the first to attempt reconstructive plastic surgery[1]).

The two famous statues of the “Spellati” (skinned) are the work of the well-known artist of anatomical wax displays, Ercole Lelli.

The statues carry the canopy, surmounting the teacher’s chair, and topped by the allegorical image of Anatomy.

In the centre of the theatre stands the white table on which the dissection of human or animal bodies took place.

After the war the Theatre was rebuilt with exemplary philological rigour, using all of the original pieces recovered among the rubble of the building.