Around 1310 Giotto decorated the walls of this chapel with 39 frescoes depicting the lives of Joachim and Anne, the Virgin and Christ: the Flight from Egypt , the Judas' Kiss , the Laying in the Tomb are the most famous scenes in this collection ..

Sadly much damaged by the bombing in 1944, this 13C church has been rebuilt in the original Romanesque style and preserves (in the Orvetari chapel) fragments frescoes by Mantegna which give you an idea of the powerful vision of this artist, as we..

Adjoining the cathedral, the 12C baptistry has some interesting frescoes depicting scenes from the scriptures, executed between 1376 and 1378 by Giusto de’ Menabuoi . The cycle starts high in the cupola with the Creation, and concludes with the Apoc..

Housed in Palazzo Vescovile, the museum allows you to admire the Bishops' Salon , a huge, rectangular room decorated by Bartolomeo Montagna from the end of the 15C. Admire the elegant trompe-l'oeils (false marbles, perspectives). The museum , one..

In Padua, St Anthony is “the Saint” without need for further explanation! Built between 1232 and 1300, this basilica with eight Byzantine domes is reminiscent of San Marco in Venice. Inside, there are many works of art, including the chapel of the S..

The Riviera del Brenta flows from Padua to Venice and its banks are lined by sumptuous villas. The strip of land was greatly favoured by the Doges for their summer residences. At Strà look out for the Villa Pisani (18C), surrounded by a superb gard..

This museum is set up in the Monastery of the Hermits of St Augustine comprises an archaelogical section, a stamp collection and a collection of Italian paintings (mainly Venetian) and Flemish from the 14C to the 18C: Giotto, Guariento, Giovanni Be..

This building is located between the Piazza della Frutta and Piazza delle Erbe and is remarkable for its loggias and its roof in the shape of a ship's keel; On the 1st floor there is a series of 15C frescoes depicting the works of the Months, the Lib..

A votive Chapel, St George's Oratory is decorated with 21 frescoes by Altichiero and his pupils (13 C). Alongside, in St Anthony College on the 1st floor there is a series of 18 frescoes from the 16 C depicting the life of the Saint, four of them..

Well-known for its occasionally highly charged atmosphere (especially when the graduate students wear their characteristic pointed hats), the university of Padua, founded in 1222 (Galileo taught there, Copernicus and Tasso studied there) is located i..

This large cafe has white green and red rooms. it is in a Neoclassical building from 1831. Musset was a regular client. It was the theatre for the student uprising in 1848 against the Austrians. Above it has rooms for meetings or concerts which sho..

This vase square has on one side the Captain's Palace (14-16 C), the residence of the town's Venetian governors, and the attractive Clocktower witgh an arcade and the elegant Loggia del Consiglio , in the Renaissance style.

This 16C classical building whose domes recall those of the Basilica of the Saint , has a retable by Veronese .

This charming oval garden planted with plane trees was designed in the 17 C and has a peaceful canal alongside it and on whose banks are the statues of famous men.

These were founded in 1545, which makes them one of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe: there is exotic luxuriant flora and a very "literary" palm tree: it was this palm tree which inspired Goethe to write his thoughts on the metamorp..