Padua and Related Topics

Veneto

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One of the 20 regions of Italy.

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto

The Tetrarchs were the four co-rulers who governed the Roman Empire as long as Diocletian's reform lasted. Here they are portrayed embracing, in a posture of harmony, in a porphyry sculpture dating from the 4th century, produced in Anatolia, located today on a corner of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.

The Horses of Saint Mark, brought as loot from Constantinople in 1204.

An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto.

The 13th-century Castel Brando in Cison di Valmarino, Treviso.

St Mark's Basilica, the seat of the Patriarch of Venice.

The Prato della Valle in Padua, a work of Italian Renaissance architecture.

Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Love's Kiss.

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice

A trait that shows the structure of the Calà del Sasso

Este, Padua, Oderzo, Adria, Vicenza, Verona, and Altino became centres of Venetic culture.

Vicenza

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City in northeastern Italy.

The three-dimensional stage of the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza

Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare, designed by Palladio and built by Vincenzo Scamozzi

Plaque for Vicenza in the UNESCO World Heritage List

A plate of Baccalà alla vicentina, a typical dish of the city

The citizens of Vicetia received Roman citizenship and were inscribed into the Roman tribe Romilia in 49 BC. The city was known for its agriculture, brickworks, marble quarry, and wool industry and had some importance as a way-station on the important road from Mediolanum (Milan) to Aquileia, near Tergeste (Trieste), but it was overshadowed by its neighbor Patavium (Padua).

Verona

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City on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.

The Lion of Saint Mark, located in Piazza delle Erbe, the symbol of the Venetian Republic

The Arche scaligere, tombs of the ancient lords of Verona

Panoramic view of the city from Castel San Pietro

Palazzo del Governo is the seat of the Province of Verona

San Zeno Basilica, like many other Veronese churches, is built with alternating layers of white stone and bricks

In 1164 Verona joined with Vicenza, Padua and Treviso to create the Veronese League, which was integrated with the Lombard League in 1167 to battle against Frederick I Barbarossa.

Venice

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City in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

Venice in autumn, with the Rialto Bridge in the background

Venice view from the Bridge Priuli a Santa Sofia, to the Bridge de le Vele

St Mark's Basilica houses the relics of St Mark the Evangelist

The Doge's Palace, the former residence of the Doge of Venice

The Republic of Venice and its colonial empire Stato da Màr.

Piazza San Marco in Venice, with St. Mark's Campanile.

View of San Giorgio Maggiore Island from St. Mark's Campanile.

Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475), captain-general of the Republic of Venice from 1455 to 1475.

The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map was made around 1450 and depicts Asia, Africa and Europe.

Venice viewed from the International Space Station

Venice and surroundings in false colour, from Terra. The picture is oriented with North at the top.

Acqua alta ("high water") in Venice, 2008

Like Murano, Burano is also a tourist destination, usually reached via vaporetto

Bridge of Sighs, one of the most visited sites in the city

Venetian Arsenal houses the Naval Historical Museum

Piazzetta San Marco with Doge's Palace on the left and the columns of the Lion of Venice and St. Theodore in the center.

Gondolas share the waterway with other types of craft (including the vaporetti)

Cruise ships access the port of Venice through the Giudecca Canal.

Cruise ship and gondolas in the Bacino San Marco

Aerial view of Venice including the Ponte della Libertà bridge to the mainland.

Giudecca Canal. View from St Mark's Campanile.

Sandolo in a picture of Paolo Monti of 1965. Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC.

Cruise ships at the passenger terminal in the Port of Venice (Venezia Terminal Passeggeri)

Marco Polo International Airport (Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo)

An 18th-century view of Venice by Venetian artist Canaletto.

The Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti is an example of Venetian Gothic architecture alongside the Grand Canal.

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the most prestigious and publicized.

Francesco Guardi's Regatta in Venice, Guardi was a member of the Venetian School.

The Morning Chocolate, by Pietro Longhi. Hot chocolate was a fashionable drink in Venice during the 1770s and 1780s.

Luxury shops and boutiques along the Rialto Bridge.

The Doge Andrea Gritti, reigned 1523–1538, portrait by Titian.

Carlo Goldoni, the most notable name in Italian theatre.

thumb|The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola, Canaletto, circa 1738, J. Paul Getty Museum.

thumb|Francesco Guardi, The Grand Canal, circa 1760 (Art Institute of Chicago)

thumb|Morning Impression along a Canal in Venice, Veneto, Italy by Rafail Levitsky (1896)

thumb|View from the Bridge of Sighs (2017)

The whole comune (red) in the Metropolitan City of Venice

Palazzo Corner is the seat of the Metropolitan City of Venice

Palazzo Ferro Fini is the seat of the Regional Council of Veneto

Iconic Della Salute by UK based Artist Raouf Oderuth

Together with the cities of Padua and Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million.

University of Padua

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The university houses the oldest surviving permanent anatomical theatre in Europe, dating from 1595

Palazzo Bo is the historical seat of University of Padua since 1493

Coats of arms of professors and students in the Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1966

Certificate of medicine of the University of Padua, awarded in 1642 to the Flemish Jan Damman.

The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy.

Treviso

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City and comune in the Veneto region of northern Italy.

Gate San Tomaso, with the Lion of Saint Mark, emblem of the Venetian Republic

Tiramisù, a typical dessert from Treviso.

Treviso and its satellite cities, including Castelfranco Veneto (founded by the Trevigiani in contraposition to Padua), had become attractive to neighbouring powers, including the da Carrara and Scaligeri.

Scrovegni Chapel

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Older palace, also bought, and redecorated, by Enrico Scrovegni.

Kiss of Judas, one of the panels in the Scrovegni Chapel

Cast of Giovanni Pisano's effigy of Enrico Scrovegni, in the chapel

Model of the interior of the chapel, towards entrance

Section of the wall, showing the setting of the narrative panels.

The centre of the vault, with Madonna and Child as one of the two suns, and prophets as planets

Expulsion of the money changers from the temple

]]The Scrovegni Chapel (Cappella degli Scrovegni ), also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy.

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua

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Frontal view of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.

Frescoes by Altichiero da Zevio in the St. James Chapel.

Coat of arms of the Basilica of Saint Anthony.

The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua (Basilica Pontificia di Sant'Antonio di Padova) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Padua, Veneto, Northern Italy, dedicated to St. Anthony.