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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 borders of the province are almost the same of the Medieval commune of Padua, with just some adjustment in the north-east. The territory was administered within these boundaries since the time of the Republic of Venice, but the modern province comes directly from the administrative divisions of Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.
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:
Padua is a historic city located in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Venice and 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Verona. With a population of ...
Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Padua, Italy, listed in 2021. The site comprises eight buildings, both religious and secular, in four clusters. They house fresco cycles that were painted between 1302 and 1397 by several prominent painters: Giotto , Guariento di Arpo , Giusto de' Menabuoi , Altichiero ...
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.
Cittadella (Venetian: Sitadeła) is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is 1,461 metres (4,793 ft) in circumference with a diameter of around 450 metres (1,480 ft). There are four gates which roughly correspond the ...
Padua Cathedral with the baptistery on the right Frescoes in the baptistery by Giusto de' Menabuoi. Padua Cathedral, or Basilica Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (Italian: Duomo di Padova; Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a Catholic church and minor basilica located on the east end of Piazza Duomo, adjacent to the bishop's palace in Padua, Veneto, Italy.