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Galileo’s Birth

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Galileo was born in Pisa on February 16, 1564 from the noblewoman Giulia Ammannati from Pescia and the musician Vincenzio Galilei from Santa Maria a Monte.

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Greco, P. (2018). Galileo’s Birth. In: Galileo Galilei, The Tuscan Artist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72032-6_1

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