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Padua

Padova  (Italian)
Pàdova  (Venetian)
Comune
Città di Padova
Prato della Valle
Prato della Valle
Flag of Padua
Flag
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province Padua (PD)
Frazioni Altichiero, Arcella, Bassanello, Brusegana, Camin, Chiesanuova, Forcellini, Guizza, Mandria, Montà, Mortise, Paltana, Ponte di Brenta, Ponterotto, Pontevigodarzere, Sacra Famiglia, Salboro, Stanga, Terranegra, Volta Brusegana
Area
 • Total 92.85 km2 (35.85 sq mi)
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (31 October 2011)
 • Total 214,125
 • Density 2,306.14/km2 (5,972.9/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Padovano
Patavino
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
35100
Dialing code 049
Patron saint Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint day June 13
Basilika des hl. Antonius
S. Antony's cathedral
Abbazia di Santa Giustina
S. Giustina's cathedral

Padua (Italian: Padova) is an Italian city near Venice. It has about 210,000 people.

An old myth says that Padua was founded by the Trojan Antenore. There was a settlement since the 4th century before Christ. It got under Roman power in 215 B.C. In 426 A.D. Padua became destroyed by Attila. Narses reconstructed the city, but the Langobardes destroyed it a second time. Charles, the Great got Padua in 774 under power of the Francs, later the city joined the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation.

After struggles with Frederic Barbarossa it declared peace in 1177. In 1222 the second university of Italy was founded in Padua. The Gulfs got Padua in 1256, later the Republic of Venice got control about the city until Napoleon Bonaparte got it.

Images for kids

  • PadovaAnfiteatro1

    Remnants of Padua's Roman amphitheatre wall

  • Tomba di Antenore

    Tomb of Antenor

  • Duomo (Padua) - Facade

    The unfinished façade of Padua Cathedral

  • Clock tower and Lion of St. Mark in Padova - just like the ones in Venice

    Clock tower and Lion of St. Mark, symbol of the Serenissima Repubblic

  • Exterior of Palazzo della Ragione (Padua)

    Palazzo della Ragione

  • Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua-112029

    Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico).

  • Padova-Translohr-cnr

    Street tram in Padua

  • Niccolò Semitecolo - Two Christians before the Judges

    This tempera, Two Christians before the Judges, hangs in the city's Cathedral.

  • Santa Sofia Padova apse

    The apse area of Santa Sofia.

  • Loggia del Consiglio o Loggia della Gran Guardia (Padova)

    The "Gran Guardia" loggia

  • Prato della Valle, Padua

    Prato della Valle (detail)

  • Loggia Amulea (Padua)

    Loggia Amulea, as seen from Prato della Valle

  • Exterior of Palazzo della Ragione (Padua) - Torre degli Anziani

    Torre degli Anziani as seen from Piazza della Frutta

  • Palazzo dell'Orologio Padova

    The Astronomical clock as seen from Piazza dei Signori

See also

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