In the "Sala di Giurisprudenza" we find a large fresco completed by Gino Severìni in 1942. In the centre, the personification of governing Venice sits between Justice and Peace.

At Venice’s feet, the lion of Saint Mark, boats, a group of curious pigeons. On the left, Padua’s College of Jurists advances; on the right, the Venetian government. In the background, the skylines of Padua and Venice, almost identical to each other.

The relationship with the Republic of Venice was advantageous for Padua University. When the city requested the monopoly for higher education, Venice granted it in 1406, but in exchange demanded closer control of faculty appointments.

Venice made powerful diplomatic channels available to the university, attracting well-known foreign professors, guaranteeing intellectual freedom and shielding the university from religious interference.

In the 1500s, the University of Padua became the largest centre of learning in Europe for non-Catholic students, including many Germans of Lutheran or Calvinist faith, and many Jews.

The Collègio Vèneto operated out of this room from 1627. This examination board appointed by the Venetians guaranteed a university degree to non-Catholic students, so they were exonerated from the profèssio fìdei – the profession of faith imposed by the Papacy in 1564. In its century of activity, the board ensured that no less than one hundred and forty-nine Jewish students were able to graduate.