Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737.

A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petronio.

[2] Since 1449, the area where the square is today was used for the silk market, a production that characterised the Bolognese territory until the 17th century.

[1] In 1563, with the construction of the Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, the square was enlarged by Pope Pius IV and was originally called Piazza dell'Academia.

[4] The statue is the work of the Italian sculptor Adalberto Cencetti [it].