Padova history

The most ancient center of one of University of Europe, Padova is known in the world for the trecentesca Basilica of Sant' Antonio, inside of which venerano the empty ones of the most popular “Saint”. The saying says that Padova is “the city of the coffee without doors, the Prato without grass and the saint without name”

where the saint for antonomasia is Sant'Antonio: The basilica is risen in honor of s.Antonio, portuguese friar been born Lisbona 1195 approximately, that it reached Padova in 1228 and was settled down in chiesetta of S.Maria Mater the Dominions. In this city it lived and it operated alone two years because it carried out its apostolate preaching in city and villages of northern Italy and in France. The huge construction erected in XIII the century in romantico-gotico style, with eight orientaleggianti cupolas and bell towers, guards the emains of the Taumaturgo. In the inside it frescoes trecenteschi of Just Altichiero and de' Menabuoi, the sculptures and the bronzei reliefs of the greater altar of Donatello, the altar of the Saint and the Nail head of the Treasure. Beside the basilica, the Chiostri with the Antoniano.Su museum the public square equestre monument in bronze to Erasmo from Narni, saying the “Gattamelata”, capolavoro of Donatello

the Dome and the Baptistry It puts into effect them construction, to whose plan participated Michelangelo, was completed between the XVI and the XVIII sec. In sagrestia of Canonical, numerous and the important the pittoriche works and a rich Treasure. Close the most complete and refined Baptistry Conserve cicl of it frescoes of Just de' Menabuoi, capolavoro of late the three hundred, recently ridonato to the ancient splendor.

Basilica and Abbey of Giustina Saint Church of great proportions crowned from eight cupolas, built up in the XVI sec. on one place on which ancient buildings of cult rose. In the majestic inside, numerous works of art, between which, most remarkable, the greater chorus, with lignei stalls and the great shovel the martyrdom of Giustina Saint of the Veronese.Annessi to the Basilica, the rests of the ancient paleocristiana basilica with the restored Sacello di Santa Maria and those of the medieval church, with the ligneo old chorus and the afreschi of G.Storlato of the XV sec. In the contiguous monastero, the chiostri with it frescoes rinascimentali and the rich library.

 the Prato without grass is Prato of Goes them To the roman age, in this great public square, than Marzio field was called existed the Zairo theatre (datable to the times of Augusto) place of primary importance in the life of Padova.A the time of the pagani carried out reunions and popular shows celebrate to you in honor of every Antenore and trent'anni, “ludi cetasti”. Reduced to acquitrinio a Prato it was reorganized in 1775, for will of the veneziano proxy Andrea Memmo, to work of Domenico Cerato, assuming puts into effect it them monumental aspect: one great elliptical green island, cut from four tree-lined avenues in correspondence of the four bridges, encircled from a channel adorned from 78 statues of illustrious men, natio in some way legacies to Padova

the Coffee without doors it is celebre the Pedrocchi that it used star opened 24 hours on 24. Complex building in neoclasico style, with a “bloomed gotico Whim”, work of Giuseppe Jappelli (1831). It originates them and rare example of polyvalent, destined premises to coffee to the flat land and to knows them for reunions and concerts, decorated in several styles, to the noble plan. Famous meeting of students, was theatre of the studenteschi risorgimentali motions of 1848

The Palace of the Reason the inside is decorated with a cycle of frescoes is executed after the fire of 1420. Inside the horse of wood finds itself celebre that was commisionato from Hannibal Capodilista for a giostra and erroneously is attributed to the Donatello

 the botanical Garden Founded in the 1545 which “Garden of Simple” (the medicinal plants) of the Medical Falcotà, it was arranged from A.Moroni. Most important collection of rare plants. It accommodates the ancient library and collezzioni of botany of the University, between which celebre the Herbarium Patavinum. It was visited from Goethe in 1786: conserve still today the palm, planted in 1585, that it attracted the attention of the great German poet.

 

and of the first anatomical Theatre of the Europe, most ancient of the world of G. Fabrici d' Acquapendente. It is found inside of the Bò (of the ox), palace Centers them of the University of the studies of Padova Public squares, you carry to us and ancient lastricate ways tell the wealth of an extraordinary Middle Ages for art and culture. If six gotten passionate of history, then know that on its stones they are passes Giotto to you, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Tiziano, Casanova, Galileo, Mozart.