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Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere

Italian academy founded by Napoleon in 1797, now in Milan.

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The Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere is an Italian academy founded by Napoleon in 1797 as the Istituto Nazionale della Repubblica Cisalpina. Initially located in Bologna, it moved to Palazzo Brera in Milan, where it remains. Notable for its early membership limited to 60, with the first 31 appointed by Napoleon in 1802 and Alessandro Volta as its first president from 1803.

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