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Original fileThe photograph captures the classical stone archway entrance to the historic Academy of the Lynx, featuring the institution's name carved into the pediment. Next to the gateway is a three-story ochre-colored building along a cobblestone street lined with modern cars and pedestrians. The site is located in the Trastevere district, historically significant for its association with the early Scientific Revolution.
Founded in 1603 by Federico Cesi, the Accademia dei Lincei was the first modern scientific academy, marking a transition from Renaissance natural philosophy to empirical science. It is deeply connected to the work of Galileo Galilei, who was an early member and whose revolutionary astronomical observations were supported and published by the Academy.
ACCADEMIA DEI LINCEI 230
Translation
Academy of the Lynx 230
Federico Cesi
The founder of the Academy who sought to replace traditional scholasticism with a new philosophy based on the observation of nature.
Galileo Galilei
The Academy's most famous member, whose 'The Assayer' (Il Saggiatore) was published by the Lincei in 1623.
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