Tourist guide of Italy
Padua

museums and galleries  cathedrals and churches  buildings and historical squares  archaeological ruins  parks and gardens  monuments  
 

Located in the kilometer 241 in the county of Veneto, Padua has known how to conserve its historical patrimony at the same time that it has developed an important industry.

The best thing to travel this city is to walk through her leaving you to take for the intricate journey of their streets and channels that hide true marvels.

 
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useums and galleries
 
  • Pinacoteca
    • It shows important works of Titian, Venziano, Bellini, Veronés, Tintoretto, Tiépolo or Giotto among other, the sculptures are also exposed created by Canova among those that the "Hermaphrodite" highlights.

  • Museo Bottacin
    • Alberga una interesante muestra di monedas y la Colección Emo Capodilista con monedas, cerámica y arte flamenco sobre todo.

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athedrals and churches
 
  • Basilica del Santo
    • San Antonio from Padua, pattern of this city, has his sanctuary in the basilica. Although it was born in Lisbon, San Antonio died in Padua in 1231 and it is around his tomb where this impressive building rises, eminently Gothic and románico, although with elements of other styles. It has eight domes and several steeples that seem Arab minarets. In the interior they highlight the biggest altar with reliefs and brasses of Donatello and a valuable brass chandelier with a height 3,92 meters carried out by Andrea Briosco in the year 1515. They stand out, also the Chapel of San Felice 1377 that conserves beautiful cool airs of I Advance and Artichiero, the Chapel of the Treasure in a circular way, of the year 1689, with valuable goldwork works, the Chapel dei Conti decorated in the year 1382 in the one that are shown fresh of Menabuoi and the Chapel of the Ark of the Saint of the XVI century with reliefs carved by Sansovino.

  • Oratorio di San Giorgo
    • Built among the years 1377-1384 with fresh of Alitichiero, the cool airs of Scuola of Sant'Antonio that are of Titian, among other.

  • Capilla degli Scrovegni
    • Inside the chapel impressive cool airs of Giotto (they also highlight the town squares with the "Seven Virtues" and the "Seven Bad habits") are conserved, in the internal facade the Universal" "Trial and a great frieze with the 38 scenes representing Jesus' life, while in the altar two Virgins of Gothic style and two angels of Pisano stand out.

  • Cappella Ovetari
    • The interior of this chapel is decorated with fresh of the year 1448 painted by Mantegna.

  • Convento di los Eremitani
    • The old convent welcomes the Museum Archeologico with samples prerromanas, Roman, Egyptian, etruscas and paleocristianas, the collection of currencies of the Museum Bottacin, the collection Emo Capodilista and Pinacoteca with works of Giotto, Bellini, Veronés, Tintoretto and Guardi, among other.

  • Duomo
    • Cathedral of Padua created in the century IX in the interior welcomes pictorial important samples and an important treasure, the Font of 1171 that it shows fresh of Giusto di 'Menabuoi of the year 1378.

  • Basilica di Santa Giustina
    • In the interior they highlight the chapel of the Virgin of the century VI, the wooden choir of 1566, the ark of San Lucas of 1316 work of diverse teachers steps us and the altarpiece of Veronés located in the biggest altar.

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uildings and historical squares
 
  • Piazza del Santo
    • In this square they are the artistic important samples as the work summit of Donatello, the Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata, Oratory of San Giorgio, Pinacoteca and the Museum Bottacin.

  • The Ox
    • This old housing served as base to lift the University of Padua, been founded in the year 1222 and that it receives the name of Bo. Inside the enclosure the Tower of Papafava, Renaissance Palace of Capodivacca and the first classroom can be admired designed to give anatomy class, the Anatomical Theater of 1595 and the City council that it is located in Palazzo degli Anziani, of the XIII century.

  • Palazzo della Ragione
    • Built in 1219, the palace has in its interior an only living room of 78.5 for 27 meters and 27 meters high, being really impressive. The original vault painted by Giotto was restored in the year 1430.

  • Palazzo del Capitanio
    • The palace, work of Falconetto in the years 1599-1605, it has as peculiarity the Arch dell'Orologio of 1532.

  • Logia della Gran Guardia
    • Building built in the years 1496-1523.

  • Liviano
    • Building carried out in the year 1939 by Gio Ponti that welcomes to the Ability of Letters and the Museum of Arqueologóa and of Art with stupendous works of Donatello and Roman and Greek objects.

  • Café Pedrocchi
    • This coffee was place of the main characters' of Risorgimento meeting in 1831.

  • Prato della Valle
    • It is an oval enormous square that is in downtown. It is located at little distance of San Antonio's basilica and of the monument dedicated to Gattamelata. It occupies the location of the Roman primitive theater, and today it still continues being one of the encounter places and recess preferred by the paduanos.

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rchaeological ruins
 
  • Giardini dell'Arena
    • Here it is where they are the remains of a Roman amphitheater of the century I.

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arks and gardens
 
  • Orto Botanico
    • It is since the botanical oldest garden in Europe it dates of the 1545. It still possesses curious and numerous species.

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onuments
 
  • Monumento Equestre a Gattamelata
    • This monument, works summit of Donatello, it runs off with in the center of the Saint's Piazza.