Founded in 1561 by St. Charles Borromeo
Professor Mellerio educates Fraser & Cari on the Borromeo family history
Mosaic Borromean Rings (BRs) on the floor of the lobby
Cari spots BRs on a plaque hung on the lobby wall
The Borromeo family crest
The college courtyard
The student records room, with handwritten records dating back to the 16th century
A wall in the college chapel
Close-up of BRs on the wall
The crest reappears on the chapel fresco
One of many BRs appearing on the fresco (but it is not Brunnian!)
Stained-glass BRs in the chapel
BRs coat the wall of an office
One of the BRs on the wall
Fraser & Cari pose in front of the Borromean backdrop
BRs on the office cabinets
Fraser & Giorgio confirm that the link is not Borromean!
View of Pavia from the 2nd story of the college
The gardens of Borromeo College
Cari & Fraser relax in the garden...
...before finding more BRs on the garden wall
A plaque in the garden listing all previous directors of Borromeo College
View into the college from the back gardens
Fraser and Professor Mellerio behind the original garden gates
Professor Mellerio translates the Latin Plaques for us
Plaque 1
Plaque 2
As we approach the next garden, Professor Mellerio warns Fraser to "Beware of swans"
One of the four unique exterior facades of the college
Despite the warnings, Fraser taunts the Swans in the Borromeo Gardens
The alpha swan asserts his dominance over Fraser
An original brick that was set in the basement in 1564
Cari dries her hands on a Borromean hand towel
BRs on the fire screen in the Rector's dining room
BRs on the courtyard rooftop
Lorenzo and Fraser
Fireplace in the Rector's Parlor
The Borromean family crest above the fireplace
Close-up of the crest
Fraser inspects the nodes of BRs on a cabinet in the Rector's parlor...
...to discover that they aren't Borromean either!
The fireplace in the Rector's bathing room
The BRs in the mantle are true Borromean Rings (alternating nodes)
Cari, Professor Mellerio, and Fraser don matching Borromean caps