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Region: Veneto Sights: Basilica St. Anthony, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Musei Civici degli Eremitani, The Museo Bottacin Tours Visiting Padua: 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Rome to Milan (OFF SEASON), 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Rome to Milan, 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Milan to Rome (OFF SEASON), 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Milan to Rome, 14 Day Italy North Continental with a Touch of Switzerland Milan to Rome (OFF SEASON), 14 Day Italy North Continental, Dine On Your Own, 11 Day Three City Aristocrat (OFF SEASON), 11 Day Three City Aristocrat For the great desire I had to see fair Padua, nursery of arts, I am arrived… and am to Padua come, as he that leaves a shallow plash to plunge in the deep, and with satiety seeks to quench his thirst. – William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew Padua, Padova in Italian, is one of the historical intellectual hubs of the world; Dante, Galileo, Copernicus and the poet Tasso all have ties to this small city. A Roman municipium from the first century BC, Padua survived barbarian onslaughts and a Lombard invasion as the centuries wore on. In the thirteenth century following the death of St. Anthony, Padua became a place of pilgrimage. His remains are interred at the eponymous Basilica di Sant' Antonio. The city is picturesque – a marvelous network of arcaded streets and bridges. Padua's most famous sight is the Cappella degli Scrovegni for its truly remarkable Giotto frescoes. |