The history of the Seminario Vescovile di Pavia It is surprisingly rich and multi-layered, much older than its founding at Trent. Extensive historical research by authoritative scholars offers a framework that intertwines the Lombards, the Council of Trent, monastic architecture, and a valuable archival and book heritage.
In this context of extraordinary beauty, which is located in the historic centre of Pavia, the lessons of the Architectural Restoration course, Degree course in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Pavia. The course is coordinated by Professor Olimpia Niglio and had as teachers for the Restoration Theory part the architect Keoma Ambrogio, official of the Ministry of Culture at the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan city of Bologna and the provinces of Modena, Ferrara and Reggio Emilia and for the Restoration laboratory the architect Luisa Vanzini, freelancer from Pavia.
The course had as its object of study the ancient cloister of the Lombard monastery of Saint Mary Theodote whose monastery became the seat of the Episcopal Seminary at the end of the 1860s after various events that saw it located in various locations in the historic centre of the city of Pavia.
This interesting history of the complex of the former monastery of Santa Maria Teodote has been the subject of study by the students of the Architectural Restoration course (5th year) under the authoritative guidance of the teachers Keoma Ambrogio e Luisa Vanzini that the February 3, 2026 to the 3:00 PM inaugurate the course exhibition in the hall of the ancient refectory of the Episcopal Seminary of Pavia.
Msgr. will be present at the meeting to offer institutional greetings. Daniele Baldi, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pavia; Professor Andrea Penna, director of the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Pavia; Dr. Maria Cristina Barbieri, councilor for culture of the Municipality of Pavia and the professor Gianpaolo Angelini, vice president of the Association of Friends of Pavia Museums and Monuments. Speakers will include: Don Giovanni Iacono, rector of the Episcopal Seminary of Pavia and Professor Olimpia Niglio, professor of architectural restoration at the University of Pavia. Presentations will follow. student restoration projects accompanied by the conclusions of the doctor Giorgio Boatti, writer and journalist from Pavia.
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