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reality, only a small number of Venetians were interested in the radical
ideas of the enlightenment. The University of Padua lost its luster, giving
way to Bologna (where the distinguished anatomist luigi Galvani graced
the faculty) and the University of Pavia (where ruggiero Boscovich,
alessandro Volta, and other notable experimental scientists taught) as the
most important scientific centers in italy.107 after two centuries of having
played a leading role in the Scientific revolution, Venetian science—
and italian science in general—was pushed to the margins of european
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