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r Street-by-Street: Padua

The city centre of Padua (Padova) is one of the Palazzo del Capitanio
liveliest in northern Italy, thanks to a large Built between 1599 and
1605 for the head of the
student population and to the two street city’s militia, the tower
markets, one specializing in fruit and the other incorporates an
in vegetables. These take place every day except astronomical clock
Sunday around the vast Palazzo della made in 1344.
Ragione, the town’s medieval law
court and council chamber. The
colonnades round the exterior of Piazza dei Signori
the palazzo shelter numerous bars, is bordered by
attractive arcades
restaurants and shops selling which house small
meat, game, cheeses and wine. speciality shops,
interesting cafés
Palazzo Liviano, a and old-fashioned
14th-century arts faculty wine bars.
(open for concerts), contains
frescoes which include a rare
portrait of Petrarch.

PIAZZA CAPITANIATO V I A S A N C L E M E N T E

VIA MONTE DI PIETA S I G N O R I P I A Z Z A D E I
P I A Z Z A D E I
F R U T T I

Loggia della Gran Guardia
Now used as a conference V I A M A N I N
centre, this fine Renaissance P I A Z Z A
building, dating from 1523, P I A Z Z A D E L L E E R B E
once housed the Council D E L
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The Palazzo del Monte
di Pietà has
16th-century arcades
and statues enclosing
. Duomo and Baptistry a medieval building.
The 12th-century baptistry of
the Duomo contains one of the
most complete medieval fresco
cycles to survive in Italy, painted
by Giusto de’ Menabuoi in 1378
and now restored.

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