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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 Continental, Dine On Your Own 2010, 14 Day Italy North Continental Off Season, 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Rome to Milan 2010, 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Milan to Rome 2010, 14 Day Italy North Classic Off Season, 11 Day Three City Aristocrat 2010, 11 Day Aristocrat Off Season 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. |