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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST R Duomo and Baptistry
Piazza Duomo. Baptistry: Tel 049 65
Palazzo del Capitanio Practical Information 69 14. Open 10am–6pm daily.
Built between 1599 and * 220,000. ( Mon–Sat, Piazza Closed 1 Jan, Easter, 25 Dec. & ^
1605 for the head of the city’s delle Erbe. _ Jun–Sep: Cultural The Duomo was built in 1552
militia, the tower incorporates Festival. ∑ turismopadova.it to plans partly by Michelan gelo,
an astronomical clock made on the site of an earlier
in 1344. Transport
V n Piazzale della Stazione 14th-century cathedral. Beside
13a (049 201 00 80). it stands a domed baptistry
@ Piazza Boschetti. (c.1200). The interior is entirely
decorated with vibrant frescoes
Caffè Pedrocchi painted by Giusto de’ Menabuoi,
Built like a Classical temple, A bronze statue of a dating from around 1378.
the Caffè Pedrocchi has been woman (1973) by Emilio The frescoes depict episodes
a famous meeting place for Greco stands at the from the Bible, including scenes
students and intellectuals centre of this largely of the Creation, the Miracles,
since it opened in 1831. pedestrianized square. the Passion, the Crucifixion
and the Resurrection of Christ.
Stazione Chiesa Degli
Eremitiani Cappella Degli P Palazzo della Ragione
Scrovegni Museo Civico Piazza delle Erbe (entrance via
the town hall). Tel 049 820 50 06.
Open 9am–7pm Tue–Sun (Nov–Jan:
to 6pm). Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 &
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26 Dec. & 7 =
The “Palace of Reason” was built
CAVOUR
in 1218 to serve as Padua’s law
VIA GORIZIA
court and council chamber.
The vast main hall was originally
decorated with frescoes by
PIAZZA
DELLE FRUTTA Giotto, but fire destroyed his
work in 1420. The Salone is
breath taking in its sheer size. It
VIA OBERDAN
is the largest undivided medieval
FEBBRAIO PITTA GARZERIA hall in Europe, 80 m (260 ft)
long, 27 m (90 ft) wide and 27 m
PIAZZA (90 ft) high. Frescoes painted in
VIA V111 its walls: the 333 panels depict
DELLE ERBE 1420–25 by Nicola Miretto cover
the months of the year, with
appro priate gods, signs of
the zodiac and seasonal
activities. A 1466 copy
of the huge Gattamelata
V SAN CANZIANO
statue (see p162) by
Basilica di Sant’Antonio
Orto Botanico Dona tello stands at
Padua University one end of the hall.
Founded in 1222, this
is Italy’s second-oldest P Caffè Pedrocchi
Palazzo della Ragione, university. Elena Piscopia Via VIII Febbraio 15.
the medieval court of justice, was the first woman Tel 049 878 12 31.
contains magnificent frescoes. graduate, in 1678. Open daily (Jun–Oct:
Tue–Sun). Closed
Aug. Museum: Open
Tue–Sun. ∑ caffepedrocchi.it
Caffè Pedrocchi opened in
Piazza delle Erbe 1831. Today people come as
There are some excellent much to talk, play cards or
views to be had over the watch the world go by as
marketplace from the to eat or drink. The upstairs
15th-century loggia rooms, decorated in Moorish,
which runs alongside Egyptian and other styles,
the 13th-century Palazzo house a museum documenting
della Ragione. modern Italian history.
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