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Padua Destination Guide

Touring Padua in Italy

Padua in the region of Veneto with its 204,870 citizens is located in Italy - some 245 mi or ( 394 km ) North of Rome , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Padua

Time in Padua is now 09:07 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Rome " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Munich, Volta Barozzo, Villa Osti, Vicenza, and Verona. Being here already, consider visiting Munich . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Padua ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Padua - Padova

3:45 min by panafigo
Views: 27007 Rating: 4.39

website www.emmanuelepanzarini.it Padova (in veneto Pàdoa) è una città di 212.500 abitanti, 440.023 con l'area metropolitana, dell'Italia nord-orientale, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia della regione ..

Padova, Italy: A Haven in Veneto

5:20 min by RickSteves
Views: 21503 Rating: 4.92

Padova's old town, even when crowded with today's students, is a colonnaded time-tunnel experience. And Padova's museums and churches hold their own in Italy's artistic big league. For more informatio ..


A Tour in Padua, Italia

3:03 min by Horacio Arevalo
Views: 10882 Rating: 5.00

El 11 de Enero 2008 visitamos brevemente Padua, por la Basilica de San Antonio de Padua y otros atractivos de la Ciudad. Nos encanto la breve visita! Muchas gracias a Luciano Pavarotti por su excelent ..

BUON 2010

1:13 min by monarimarco
Views: 3470 Rating: 4.50

AUGURI DI BUON 2010 E BUONE FESTE REALIZZATI DA MARCO ZUIN E MARCO MONARI ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Scrovegni Chapel

The Scrovegni Chapel, or Cappella degli Scrovegni, also known as the Arena Chapel, is a church in Padua, Veneto, Italy. It contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed about 1305, that is one of the most important masterpieces of Western art. The church was dedicated to Santa Maria della Carità at the Feast of the Annunciation, 1303, and consecrated for use in 1305. Giotto's fresco cycle focuses on the life of the Virgin Mary and celebrates her role in human salvation.

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Located at 45.41 11.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 1300s paintings, Chapels in Italy, Churches in Padua, Fresco paintings, Paintings by Giotto

Church of the Eremitani

The Church of the Eremitani, or Church of the Hermits, is an Augustinian church of the 13th century in Padua, northern Italy. It was built in 1276 and dedicated to the saints Philip and James; it is however best known as degli Eremitani from the annexed old monastery, which now houses the municipal art gallery. The chapel of SS. James and Christopher, formerly illustrated by Mantegna's frescoes, was largely destroyed by the Allies in World War II, because it was next to a German headquarters.

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Located at 45.41 11.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 13th-century architecture, Augustinian churches, Churches in Padua

Ponte Altinate

The Ponte Altinate is a Roman segmented arch bridge in Padua, Italy. The late Republican bridge once spanned a branch of the Brenta river whose course is today followed by the street Riviera del Ponti Romani. The structure is located at the crossing with Via Altinate and, lying underground, completely obstructed from view by the modern pavement. The rise-to-span ratio is 1:4 for the main arch and 1:3.7 for the two lateral ones, while the ratio of pier thickness to clear span is ca. 1:5.

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Located at 45.41 11.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 1st-century BC bridges, Buildings and structures in Padua, Deck arch bridges, Roman bridges in Italy, Roman segmental arch bridges, Stone bridges

Pedrocchi Café

The Pedrocchi Café is a café founded in the 18th century in central Padua, Italy. It has architectural prominence because its rooms were decorated in diverse styles, arranged in an eclectic ensemble by the architect Giuseppe Jappelli. The café has historical prominence because of its role in the 1848 riots against the Austrian Hapsburg monarchy, as well as for being an attraction for artists over the last century from the French novelist Stendhal to Lord Byron to the Italian writer Dario Fo.

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Located at 45.41 11.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Padua, Coffee houses in Italy, Visitor attractions in Veneto

Palazzo della Ragione, Padua

The Palazzo della Ragione is a medieval town hall building in Padua, in the Veneto region of Italy The building, with its great hall on the upper floor, is reputed to have the largest roof unsupported by columns in Europe; the hall is nearly rectangular, its length 81.5m, its breadth 27m, and its height 24 m; the walls are covered with allegorical frescoes; the building stands on arches, and the upper storey is surrounded by an open loggia, not unlike that which surrounds the basilica of Vicenza.

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Located at 45.41 11.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures completed in 1219, Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century, Buildings and structures in Padua, Palaces in Veneto

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Padua