| Page Views: 334 Last Visit to Padova: April, 2008 | Focal Point of the Past by BruceDunning - last update: Jun 6, 2008 |
City of Dignity | Crest Emblem of the province |
It is said to be originally founded in 1183 BC by a Trojan prince. Rome made it a municipality in about 40BC, and it has always been held as a place that focuses on the northern territory and was vital to defending the area. It has been occupied by the Goths, Greeks, Lombards, and nearly devastated by the Magyars in 899. Then a fire of 1174 again nearly destroyed the city. It was a part of Venice empire in 1405 and remained so until that downfall in 1797. Afterword, the Austrians took control, and finally it became part of itlay republic in 1866.
Throughout this upheaval, The Padova residents maintained a pride of its role in the Italian struggles. |
| Palazzo built like a boat-upside down |
|  | Center of Administration For centuries this was the main point of city administration, and city council is still next door. It ws built in 1172 and finished in 27 years. It has a reverse boat like roof without any supporting pillars. The size is huge; about 240 feet by 100 feet wide. |
| Provincal crests in the province of Padova |
| | The many proud crests These are the variety of crests representing the cities and villages in the Padova province. These frazioni are mostly suburbs of the Padova main city, having a little over 200,000 people. |
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| Pros: | "Stroll the Prato and slow down the pace" | | Cons: | "Not a lot of depth to see the sites-not may" | | In A Nutshell: | "It is a city easy to manuever around, but history sites lack" |
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hopang Sun Nov 1, 2009 17:54 UTC
Excellent Padova travel page with superb photographs. Padova seems wonderful and interesting to visit especially Basilica Saint Anthony, Palazzo Zuckerman and the Duomo. Thanks for the virtual tour. ~ho & pang | MM212 Tue Aug 18, 2009 01:00 UTC
Great page on Padova, a city I have yet to visit. Cheers from NYC! | angiebabe Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:24 UTC
Hi thanks for the kind birthday wishes Bruce, would be nice to be back in Italy for it-was in Padua a few yrs back-&ive been to these villas on a trip from Venice to Trento along the canal! but will head off to Bulgaria& Romania instead!?Hope all is well. | JessH Wed Apr 8, 2009 06:11 UTC
Hello Bruce. Thanks for sharing your highly informative pages; very detailed indeed! I'm hoping to visit Italy again next spring, but for now I will be heading back to Scotland this summer :-) Greetings from Dubai / Jess |
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