Palazzo San Bonifacio is a historic building located in the centre of Padua, between the Basilica of St. Anthony and the historic Palazzo della Ragione. It is named after the family of the Counts of San Bonifacio, an ancient and noble family originally from Verona. Count Giovanni Francesco bought the property in the second half of 1800 and made it his residence in the city of Padua. The hall of the palace is painted and decorated with busts of famous people. A sixteenth-century marble slab bears an inscription in Latin that conceals an unsolved mystery, the famous riddle of Aelia Laelia Crispis. The main staircase is made of Custoza stone. It has a beautiful painted ceiling and houses the magnificent family tree of the Counts of San Bonifacio (5 x 8 m), painted on canvas in the eighteenth century. On the main floor, the piano nobile, are the frescoed rooms and the large ballroom named Salone degli Specchi, entirely decorated with stucco and portraits attributed to the painter Cesare Laurenti. On the walls there are two large mirrors (3 x 4 m) facing each other, forged by the Saint Gobain glassworks, with carved wooden frames decorated with the coat of arms of the San Bonifacio family, attributed to F. Planta. Six half-length and life-size portraits represent the most illustrious members of the family. The main floor of the palace is a place of rare beauty. It can be visited by small groups of tourists and can be rented for private and business events, meetings and weddings.