Palazzo Tassoni Mirogli and the Casamento Savonarola are two of the buildings that make up the Ferrara University complex on Savonarola Street. Before the 2012 earthquake, they were the heart of the Athenaeum but, since May 20 of that year, they have been largely uninhabitable while waiting for recovery work to begin. The two buildings have a partly intertwined history, and for a long time they were dedicated to the health function: Casamento Savonarola housed the “Ortolani” children’s hospital, an institution that was at the forefront of the treatment of Cooley’s disease. Since the 1970s, Palazzo Tassoni Mirogli has been home to the Faculty of Education, while today it houses the Library of Humanities. Instead, Casamento Savonarola houses the CTU (University Theater Center), a lively environment