Giosuè Carducci pronounced the commemorative speech for the eighth centenary of the University of Bologna, in the Archiginnasio courtyard (on the 12th June 1888).
Benedetto Croce in 1911, on the occasion of the Fourth Congress of Philosophy.
Albert Einstein, Federigo Enriques and others during a series of lectures on relativity in 1921, in the courtyard of the Archiginnasio.
Alfred Hitchcock, who is jokingly posing alongside an Etruscan canopy on the occasion of the exhibition of the Etruria Padana, held in 1960 in Archiginnasio.
Camilla Cederna and Federico Fellini for the presentation of the volume 8 ½ in 1963 in Archiginnasio.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, while receiving an honorary degree in 1987 at the Archiginnasio. Courtesy of Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, University Library of Bologna – section of the Historical Archive.
Lucio Dalla in 1993 in the Stabat Mater Room.
Dario Fo in the historic rooms of the Archiginnasio, on the occasion of a conference dedicated to Franca Rame in 2013.
Umberto Eco for the presentation of his book “Numero Zero” in 2014 in the Stabat Mater Hall.
Martin Scorsese visiting the Archiginnasio in 2018. Photo by Lorenzo Burlando. Courtesy of the Cineteca of Bologna.
Leather bound album with signatures of famous people visiting the Archiginnasio.
Margherita and Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia’s signatures.
