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The Museo della Specola is housed in some of the rooms of the XVIIIth-century tower - built onto Palazzo Poggi, present seat of the University of Bologna - which in the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries were mainly given over to astronomical observation. The museum is today subdivided in three rooms: the Meridian Room, the Globe Room, and the Turret Room, situated on the first, third and fourth floor of the tower respectively.
The same tower also houses the Department of Astronomy of the University and the Astronomical Observatory.