City in N Italy, 45 km/28 mi W of Venice;
population (1988) 224,000. The astronomer
Galileo taught at the university, founded
1222. The 13th-century Palazzo della Ragione,
the basilica of S Antonio, and the botanical
garden 1545 are notable. It is the birthplace
of the historian Livy and the painter Andrea
Mantegna.