Padova = Padua

North-east Italy

September 15th 2016                                           Photos by Hetty

Our day in Padova started off damp, but it soon brighten up. It is full of historic streets to wander, with fine architecture and was once the most important city of the Veneto mainland

s1050639-copyStatue of Giuseppe Garibaldi who played a part in the unification of Italy (left). Under the Porta Altinate (one of the city gates) is the monument to Alvise Pisani who was the Captain of Padua from 1686 to 1687 (right)

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Caffe Pedrocchi

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Palazzo della Ragione, in Piazza delle Erbe, is a large medieval hall that was originally law-courts, with a loggia each side and markets continuing under the building

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In Piazza dei Signori is Palazzo del Capitanio and the astronomical clock

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and Loggia del Consiglio (16th century) with the lion of St Mark on a column

s1050650-copyAccademia Galileiana 1599- Galileo Galilei was an original member

s1050651-copyThe cathedral and baptistery in Piazza Duomo.

s1050652-copyArco Vallaresso

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Palazzo del Monte Di Pietà

s1050654-copyIn the ghetto

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Church of Saint Daniel of Padua

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Prato della Valle, “the largest square in Europe”, originated in 1775 when a marshy area was reclaimed. In the centre is an oval canal with 78 statues of famous personalities of the past. Basilica di Santa Giustina is the largest church in Padova with eight domes

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The Basilica of St. Anthony has been an important pilgrimage destination since the thirteenth century

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It has 8 domes in Byzantine style, with a Lombard-Romanesque façade

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Equestrian statue of Erasmo da Narni, 1454

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Dante once lived here

s1050671-copyTomb of Antenore

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s1050673-copyThe Town Hall (white) and Pedrocchi Café (with pinnacles)

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A bank

s1050677-copyThe post office

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Trip details (if you are planning a visit – check times):

Train – Latisana (10.13) to Venezia Mestre (11.08)

Venezia Mestre (11.24) to Padova (11.38) (Earlier train more expensive)

Train –Padova (15.21) to Venezia Mestre (15.36)

Venezia Mestre (15.53) to Latisana (16.47)

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