Editing Padua (section)

==Main sights==
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| caption       = ''Last Judgment'' by [[Giotto]], part of the [[Scrovegni Chapel]]
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* The [[Scrovegni Chapel]] (Italian: ''Cappella degli Scrovegni'') is Padua's most notable sight. It houses a cycle of frescoes completed in 1305 by [[Giotto di Bondone|Giotto]].<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=Earth, Moon, and Planets |doi=10.1023/A:1017022722457 |year=1999 |last1=Bellinati |first1=Claudio |volume=85/86 |pages=45–50 |title=The Moon in the 14th Century Frescoes in Padova |s2cid=189899784 }}</ref> It was commissioned by [[Enrico degli Scrovegni]], a wealthy banker, as a private chapel once attached to his family's palazzo. It is also called the "Arena Chapel" because it stands on the site of a Roman-era arena. The fresco cycle details the life of the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]] and has been acknowledged by many to be one of the most important fresco cycles in the world for its role in the development of European painting. It also includes one of the earliest representations of a kiss in the history of art (Meeting at the Golden Gate, 1305). Entrance to the chapel is an elaborate ordeal, as it involves spending 15 minutes prior to entrance in a climate-controlled, airlocked vault, used to stabilize the temperature between the outside world and the inside of the chapel. This is intended to protect the frescoes from moisture and mold.
* The [[Palazzo della Ragione, Padua|Palazzo della Ragione]], with its great hall on the upper floor, is reputed to have the largest roof unsupported by columns in Europe; the hall is nearly rectangular, its length {{cvt|81.5|m|2}}, its breadth {{cvt|27|m|2}}, and its height {{cvt|24|m|2}}; the walls are covered with [[allegory|allegorical]] [[fresco]]es; the building stands upon arches, and the upper storey is surrounded by an open loggia, not unlike that which surrounds the basilica of [[Vicenza]]. The Palazzo was begun in 1172 and finished in 1219. In 1306, Fra Giovanni, an Augustinian friar, covered the whole with one roof. Originally there were three roofs, spanning the three chambers into which the hall was at first divided; the internal partition walls remained till the fire of 1420, when the Venetian architects who undertook the restoration removed them, throwing all three spaces into one and forming the present great hall, the ''Salone''. The new space was refrescoed by Nicolo' Miretto and [[Stefano da Ferrara]], working from 1425 to 1440. Beneath the great hall, there is a centuries-old market.
* In the [[Piazza dei Signori, Padua|Piazza dei Signori]] is the loggia called the ''Gran Guardia'', (1493–1526), and close by is the ''Palazzo del Capitanio'', the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great door, the work of [[Giovanni Maria Falconetto]], the Veronese architect-sculptor who introduced [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance architecture]] to Padua and who completed the door in 1532. Falconetto was the architect of [[Alvise Cornaro]]'s garden loggia, (''Loggia Cornaro''), the first fully Renaissance building in Padua.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xloggia.html |title=Loggia Cornaro |publisher=Boglewood.com |access-date=6 May 2009 }}</ref> Nearby stands the Cathedral, remodelled in 1552 after a design of [[Michelangelo]]. It contains works by Nicolò Semitecolo, [[Francesco Bassano the Younger|Francesco Bassano]] and Giorgio Schiavone. The nearby Baptistry, consecrated in 1281, houses the most important frescoes cycle by [[Giusto de' Menabuoi]].
* The [[Teatro Verdi (Padova)|Teatro Verdi]] is host to performances of operas, musicals, plays, ballets, and concerts.
* The most celebrated of the Paduan churches is the ''[[Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua|Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova]]'', locally known as "Il Santo". The bones of the saint rest in a chapel richly ornamented with carved marble, the work of various artists, among them [[Jacopo Sansovino|Sansovino]] and Falconetto. The basilica was begun around the year 1230 and completed in the following century. Tradition says that the building was designed by [[Nicola Pisano]]. It is covered by seven cupolas, two of them pyramidal. There are also four cloisters. The belltower has eight bells in C.
* [[Donatello]]'s [[Erasmo of Narni|equestrian statue]] of the Venetian general Gattamelata ([[Erasmo of Narni|Erasmo da Narni]]) can be found on the piazza in front of the ''[[Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua|Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova]]''. It was cast in 1453, and was the first full-size [[Equestrian sculpture|equestrian]] bronze cast since antiquity. It was inspired by the [[Marcus Aurelius]] [[Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius|equestrian sculpture]] at the [[Capitoline Hill]] in Rome.
* Not far from the Gattamelata statue are the St. George Oratory (13th century), with frescoes by [[Altichiero]], and the ''Scuola di S. Antonio'' (16th century), with frescoes by [[Titian|Tiziano]] ([[Titian]]).
* One of the best known symbols of Padua is the ''[[Prato della Valle]]'', a {{cvt|90000|m2|2}} elliptical square. This is one of the biggest in Europe. In the centre is a wide garden surrounded by an oval canal, lined by 78 statues portraying illustrious citizens. It was created by Andrea Memmo in the late 18th century. Memmo once resided in the monumental 15th-century ''Palazzo Angeli'', which now houses the [[Museum of Precinema]].
* [[Abbey of Santa Giustina]] and adjacent Basilica. In the 15th century, it became one of the most important monasteries in the area, until it was suppressed by Napoleon in 1810. In 1919 it was reopened. The tombs of several saints are housed in the interior, including those of Justine, [[St. Prosdocimus]], [[Maximus the Confessor|St. Maximus]], St. Urius, [[Felicitas of Padua|St. Felicita]], St. Julianus, as well as relics of the Apostle St. Matthias and the Evangelist [[Luke the Evangelist|St. Luke]]. This is home to some art, including the ''Martyrdom of St. Justine'' by [[Paolo Veronese]]. The complex was founded in the 5th century on the tomb of the namesake saint, [[Justina of Padua|Justine of Padua]]. The belltower has eight bells in B.
* The [[Church of the Eremitani]] is an Augustinian church of the 13th century, containing the tombs of Jacopo (1324) and [[Ubertino I da Carrara|Ubertinello]] (1345) da Carrara, lords of Padua, and the chapel of SS James and Christopher, formerly illustrated by [[Andrea Mantegna|Mantegna]]'s frescoes. This was largely destroyed by the Allies in [[World War II]], because it was next to the Nazi headquarters. The old monastery of the church now houses the [[Musei Civici di Padova]] (town archeologic and art museum).
* [[Santa Sofia Church (Padua)|Santa Sofia Church]] is probably Padova's most ancient church. The crypt was begun in the late 10th century by Venetian craftsmen. It has a basilica plan with Romanesque-Gothic interior and Byzantine elements. The apse was built in the 12th century. The edifice appears to be tilting slightly due to the soft terrain.
* The church of ''[[San Gaetano, Padua|San Gaetano]]'' (1574–1586) was designed by [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]], on an unusual octagonal plan. The interior, decorated with polychrome marbles, houses a ''Madonna and Child'' by [[Andrea Riccio|Andrea Briosco]], in Nanto stone.
* The 16th-century, Baroque [[Padua Synagogue]]
* At the centre of the historical city, the buildings of [[Palazzo del Bò]], the centre of the [[University of Padua]]
* The City Hall, called Palazzo Moroni, the wall of which is covered by the names of the Paduan dead in the different wars of Italy and which is attached to the Palazzo della Ragione;
* The [[Pedrocchi Café|Caffé Pedrocchi]], built in 1831 by architect [[Giuseppe Jappelli]] in [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical style]] with Egyptian influence. This café has been open for almost two centuries. It hosts the [[Italian unification|Risorgimento]] museum, and the near building of the ''Pedrocchino'' ("little Pedrocchi") in [[Gothic Revival architecture|neogothic style]].
* The city centre is surrounded by the {{cvt|11|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} [[Defensive wall|city walls]], built during the early 16th century, by architects that include [[Michele Sanmicheli]]. There are only a few ruins left, together with two gates, of the smaller and inner 13th-century walls. There is also a castle, the Castello. Its main tower was transformed between 1767 and 1777 into an [[Observatory|astronomical observatory]] known as ''Specola''. However the other buildings were used as prisons during the 19th and 20th centuries. They are now being restored.
* The [[Ponte San Lorenzo]], a [[Roman bridge]] largely underground, along with the ancient [[Ponte Molino (Padua)|Ponte Molino]], [[Ponte Altinate]], [[Ponte Corvo (bridge)|Ponte Corvo]] and Ponte S. Matteo.

===Villas===
In the community of Padua are numerous noble villas. These include:

* ''[[Villa Molin]]'', in the Mandria fraction, designed by [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]] in 1597.  
* ''[[Villa Mandriola]]'' (17th century), at [[Albignasego]].  
* ''Villa Pacchierotti-Trieste'' (17th century), at Limena.  
* ''Villa Cittadella-Vigodarzere'' (19th century), at Saonara.  
* ''Villa Selvatico da Porto'' (15th–18th century), at [[Vigonza]].  
* ''Villa Loredan'', at Sant'Urbano.  
* ''[[Villa Contarini]]'', at [[Piazzola sul Brenta]], built in 1546 by [[Andrea Palladio|Palladio]] and enlarged in the following centuries.

===Churches===
Padua's historic core includes numerous churches of significant architectural and artistic value. These include:

*[[Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua]] – Built in 1235.
*[[Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Padua|Santa Caterina d'Alessandria]] – Documented since the 13th century.
*[[San Clemente, Padua|San Clemente]] – Built in 1190.
*[[Santa Croce, Padua|Santa Croce]] – Built in 1737.
*[[San Daniele, Padua|San Daniele]] – Completed in 1076.
*[[Church of the Eremitani]] – Built in 1276.
*[[Sant'Andrea, Padua|Sant'Andrea]] – Founded in the 12th century.
*[[Church of Saint Francis the Greater (Padua)|San Francesco]] – Consecrated in 1430.
*[[San Gaetano, Padua|San Gaetano Church]] – Built between 1574 and 1576.
*[[Abbey of Santa Giustina|Abbey Church of Santa Giustina]] – The original structure was built in 520 and expanded in 1050.
*[[Padua Cathedral|Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of St. Mary]] – The current structure, the fourth on this site, was built in 1551.
*[[Church of Santa Maria dei Servi, Padua|Santa Maria dei Servi]] – Dedicated in 1511.
*[[Scrovegni Chapel]] – Consecrated in 1305.
*[[Santa Sofia Church (Padua)|Church of Saint Sofia]] – Dating from the 10th century.
*[[St. George's Oratory, Padua|Oratory of St George]] – Built between 1376 and 1377.

===Gallery===
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[[File:Exterior of Palazzo della Ragione (Padua).jpg|thumb|right|[[Palazzo della Ragione, Padua|Palazzo della Ragione]]]]
File:Sant'Antonio (Padua) - Facade.jpg|The [[Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua]]
File:Padua5.jpg|The Basilica of St. Giustina, facing the great ''piazza'' of Prato della Valle
File:Niccolò Semitecolo - Two Christians before the Judges.jpg|This [[tempera]], ''Two Christians before the Judges'', hangs in the [[Padua Cathedral|city's Cathedral]].
File:Santa Sofia Padova apse.jpg|The apse area of Santa Sofia
File:Loggia del Consiglio o Loggia della Gran Guardia (Padova).jpg|The "Gran Guardia" loggia
File:Prato della Valle, Padua.JPG|[[Prato della Valle]] (detail)
File:Loggia Amulea (Padua).jpg|Loggia Amulea, as seen from Prato della Valle
File:Exterior of Palazzo della Ragione (Padua) - Torre degli Anziani.jpg|Torre degli Anziani, as seen from Piazza della Frutta
File:Palazzo dell'Orologio Padova.jpg|The Astronomical clock, as seen from [[Piazza dei Signori, Padua|Piazza dei Signori]]
File:View of Padua.jpg|View from the top of La Specola
</gallery>