Palazzo Cavalli alle Porte Contarine, Renaissance palace near Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, Padua, Italy.

Palazzo Cavalli alle Porte Contarine is a Renaissance palace in Padua located at the intersection of Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi and Via Giacomo Matteotti. The building features multiple interior rooms with elegant fresco decorations and today houses the Museum of Nature and Humankind operated by the University of Padua.

Built in the 1560s for Marino Cavalli, a Venetian ambassador, the palace was never the family's main residence. In 1585 Paolo Giordano Orsini fled Rome here with Vittoria Accoramboni, who was murdered in the building a month after his death; her story inspired John Webster's play The White Devil (1612). In 1743 the palace passed by dowry to the Bollani family, and in 1840 the state installed a customs office.

The palace's name comes from the Cavalli family, who from the 16th century transformed medieval buildings here into their residence. The ground-floor frescoes, depicting mythological, historic and biblical episodes, are attributed to Michele Primon. The main salon of the piano nobile was decorated by Louis Dorigny.

The building is accessible as a museum and allows visitors to explore both artistic and scientific collections. Guests should plan to spend several hours to properly appreciate the interior rooms and their decorations.

The ground-floor frescoes, with mythological, historical and biblical episodes, are attributed to Michele Primon. The main salon fresco on the piano nobile was painted by Louis Dorigny, but the original ceiling fresco was repainted in the late 19th century with a Triumph of Science and Technology.