Considering the Hotel Accademia Palace in Padova?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Padova:
Carvings, sculptures... by meteorologist1
This is something you would typically see on the walls and architecture at the University of Padova. Very detailed and fine carvings and sculptures. Once again, you feel you are more like at a museum than at a university. In fact, this is one of the oldest universities in Italy.