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Provinces of Veneto: Padua

Situated twelve metres above sea level in the lower Venetian plain between the Brenta and the Bacchiglione rivers, about twenty kilometres from the lagoon of Venice, Padua was, according to legend, founded by Antenore, mythical Trojan prince; an important Roman municipium in 452, it was destroyed by Attila. After the period of the free cities (comuni) (11th century), it was the property of Ezzelino da Romano (1237),followed by the Scaligeris and the Carraras, who dominated it until 1405, the year in which it became part of the Republic of Venice; it then shared Venetian vicissitudes until 1797. After the Napoleonic and Lombard-Venetian periods, it became part of the kingdom of Italy in 1866.

Principal Monuments: The Basilica di Sant'Antonio (13th-14th century), Romanesque-Gothic with Venetian and Byzantine elements: in the interior, sculptures by Donatello and Sansovino, paintings by Titian; Palazzo della Ragione (13th-15th century), Cappella degli Scrovegni (early 14th cent ... Read More...