Padova - Culture, Hospitality and Wellbeing
The Old City Centre, protected by the city walls and encircled by the gentle loop of the River Bacchiglione.
The Picturesque daily markets have been held for more than 800 years. Many characterestic shops and and
establishments open onto the porticoed perimeter of the Piazzas and continue on to the renaissance Piazza Dei Signori, embellished by the Palazzo del Capitano and the Clock Tower, with the fascinating astronomical clock designed in the mid-1300's by the ingenious Giovanni Dondi.
Pre cinema Museum, the only one of its kind in Italy.
Padua is not only a city of art and culture but also a religious centre. The Saint's Basilica, respository of the mortal remains of St. Anthony, has become a world spiritual venue.
The Basilica is a real treasure house of works of art from the thirteenth century to the present day.
The man altar with its crucifix, the statues and the bronze reliefs by Donatello, the fourteenth century chapels
frescoed by Giusto de'Menabuoi. Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzo, and the imposing sixteenth and seventeenth century mausoleums. " St Anthony 's citadel" is completed by the Oratory of St. George, the walls of which are covered with splendid frescoes by Altichiero de Zevio, the School of the Saint., with works by Titian and th Antonine Museum.
The spacious ellipse of Prato della Valle, the second largest piazza in Europe.
Turismo Padova Terme Euganee
Riviera dei Mugnai 8 - 35137 Padova
Tel: +39 049 8767911
Fax: +39 049 650794
Email: info@turismopadova.it
Web: www.turismopadova.it
The Picturesque daily markets have been held for more than 800 years. Many characterestic shops and and
establishments open onto the porticoed perimeter of the Piazzas and continue on to the renaissance Piazza Dei Signori, embellished by the Palazzo del Capitano and the Clock Tower, with the fascinating astronomical clock designed in the mid-1300's by the ingenious Giovanni Dondi.
Pre cinema Museum, the only one of its kind in Italy.
Padua is not only a city of art and culture but also a religious centre. The Saint's Basilica, respository of the mortal remains of St. Anthony, has become a world spiritual venue.
The Basilica is a real treasure house of works of art from the thirteenth century to the present day.
The man altar with its crucifix, the statues and the bronze reliefs by Donatello, the fourteenth century chapels
frescoed by Giusto de'Menabuoi. Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzo, and the imposing sixteenth and seventeenth century mausoleums. " St Anthony 's citadel" is completed by the Oratory of St. George, the walls of which are covered with splendid frescoes by Altichiero de Zevio, the School of the Saint., with works by Titian and th Antonine Museum.
The spacious ellipse of Prato della Valle, the second largest piazza in Europe.
Turismo Padova Terme Euganee
Riviera dei Mugnai 8 - 35137 Padova
Tel: +39 049 8767911
Fax: +39 049 650794
Email: info@turismopadova.it
Web: www.turismopadova.it
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