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Hard to describe this chapel and the Giotto frescos that cover the inside. A monumental work of art that influenced many of the great European Artists that followed.
The chapel was built in 1303, and Giotto painted the interior from 1303 to 1305. The Chapel was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni to lay to rest, and through the magnificent art, hopefully spare his father from eternal damnation. His father was a usurer (One who lends money at interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawfully high rate) at a time when doing this wasn't cool. His dad was even mentioned in Dante's Inferno, suffering eternal damnation. I guess his loss is our gain.
If you have any interest in art, you should visit this chapel. It is frescoed with scenes from the life of Christ in incredible detail and revolutionary realism for the time. Also, two great statues at the alter are done by Pisani.
Just a few years back, major restorations on the frescoes were undertaken to preserve them.
It is a little spendy to enter (12 Euro, but you also get entrance to the nearby museum), but this all goes to the preservation of the work. You are held in an airtight room for 15 minutes while the air is purified before being allowed to enter the chapel. They show an informative video while you are waiting.
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Vicenza is a nice size town, and without a doubt filled with some of the best examples of Italian Renaissance architecture.
The city is an easy stop on the main train line from Venice, Padova, and Verona.
The Piazza Dei Signori and Basilica at the center of town make a nice starting point for a visit; From here you're within a 5 minute walk to most of the major sites. These include:
Corso Andrea Palladio - an elegant pedestrian strip
Teatro Olimpico - A must, Palladios final and perhaps most impressive work, Europes oldest surving indoor theatre.
Santa Corono - Impresive church built in 1261 to house a thorn from Christs crown thorn, Paintings by Bellini and Veronese, and beautiful marble mosaics
A number of Palladian Palazzi
If you head south of the city center, up the hill behind the Train station you'll find the Pilgrimage church of Monte Berico and be rewarded with great views if the city and surroundings. The country side surounding VIcenza is filled with elegant Villas by Palladio and other architects.
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This town, a bit out off the tourist map, has perhaps Italy's best-preserved Medieval. The walls that surround the town are impressive for their size (this is not a tiny town) and their exceptional condition considering they were constructed in the late 1300's. The walls are medieval, but you'll be disappointed if you expect a quaint medieval town. Many of the buildings inside the walls are more recent, and vehicle traffic zips through most of the streets.
You will find some nice architecture, including a Palladio work (Villa Pisani) for those fans of Palladio as myself. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele is a large pleasant square with the impressive Duomo looming above. Directions: The town is SW of Padova, due South of Vicenza, about 40 km from each.
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In this tower Galileo Galilei discovered the moons of Jupiter in the 15th century. Under the tower next to the river there is the department of astronomy where I study. Leave a Comment Address: Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 1/ADirections: 5minutes by foot from Prato della Valle
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 by KajronLeave a Comment Directions: West Padova, 6kilometres from the centre of the city.
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Few times the water of the sea is dirty, this is the bad thing. But the rest it's ok. Leave a Comment
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There is at Arqu? Petrarca the house of the famous poet Petrarca. A lot of restaurants,agritourism. A disco on the top of a hill.
Monastero di Praglia where monks pray and it is a big church of medioeval time, with a librayry with books of 15th century! Leave a Comment
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Padova has 240000inhabitans+80000students.
This city is also an industrial point and it has the biggest square of Europe, Prato della Valle. In Prato della Valle there are a lot of Festivals and so concerts,sport etc.
Padova is also famous for Basilica di Sant'Antonio a lot of pilgrims come here for his miracles. Leave a Comment
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