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Padua (/ ˈ p æ dj u ə / PAD-ew-ə; Italian: Padova ⓘ; Venetian: Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione , 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Venice and 29 km (18 miles) southeast of Vicenza , and has ...
The territory is usually divided in the capital city, Padua, and its hinterland, formed by the nearby municipalities; [2] the alta pianura ("higher plain"), north of the city; the bassa pianura ("lower plain"), south of the city, including the Saccisica in the south-east; and the Colli Euganei ("Euganei hills") south-west of the city. The ...
The following is a list of the 102 municipalities of the Province of Padova, Veneto, Italy. [1] List. ISTAT Code Comune Population (2011) 28001: Abano Terme ...
The Padua–Treviso–Venice metropolitan area (PaTreVe) or Venice city–region is the urban agglomeration centred on the cities of Padova, Treviso, and Venice in the Veneto region of northeast Italy. [1] It is defined statistically and does not correspond to a single area of local government.
Torre dell'Orologio is a clock tower located in the Piazza (Plaza) Dei Signori and positioned between the Palazzo (Palace) del Capitanio and the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Padua, or Padova, Italy. It is also referred to as the astronomical clock of Padua. [1] The tower's construction began in 1426 and finished around 1430.
Map of Italy and some of its major cities The following is a list of Italian municipalities ( comuni ) with a population over 50,000. The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [ 1 ] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics , [ 2 ] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census . [ 3 ]
Piazza dei Signori. Piazza dei Signori is a city square in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy.This piazza for centuries hosted official civic and government celebrations, while the larger squares of Piazza delle Erbe (herbs) and Piazza della Frutta (fruits) hosted commerce and public festive celebrations.
The Padua metropolitan area, located in Veneto, Italy, is the urban agglomeration surrounding the city of Padua.. Established as the metropolitan conference of Padua [1] (Act No. 37, 25 March, 2003), It is not yet recognised by the Italian Republic as one of the città metropolitane (metropolitan cities) that will be instituted to replace province.