Department of Biomedical Sciences and Surgical Specialties

Corso Ercole I D'Este 32

44121 - Ferrara  Italy

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Palazzo Turchi di Bagno is placed on Corso Ercole I d'Este, in front of the prestigious Palazzo dei Diamanti and next to  the crossroad with Corso Biagio Rossetti.

It was designed by the Architect Biagio Rossetti 1492 and built by Ercole I d'Este in 1498.

The building soon became property of Aldobrandino Turchi, who  belonged to the Di Bagno family.  From the 60’s of the last century hosts the Botanical Garden of the University of Ferrara (1962) and is currently also home to the Museum System of the University,  and a branch of the Departments of Bio Medical Sciences, the Humanities, and the Life Sciences and Biotechnology. On the first floor are situated our laboratories of Archeo-Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology and the Laboratory of Anthropometry. On the ground floor are placed classrooms for joint University teaching of the different Departments.

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Anthropology is the study of humankind over the entire world and throughout time.

Ferrara University (Italy) began an academic and research program in human biology in 2002 by Professor Emanuela Gualdi.The program in biological anthropology offers graduate training that integrates diverse research areas toward the common goal of improving our understanding of human anatomy, adaptation, and evolution.  The biological anthropology program includes ongoing research in human ecology, growth and development, skeletal biology, functional anatomy, kinanthropometry.