scrovegni chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Giotto's 1303-1305 fresco cycle, timed entry rules, ticket prices and booking facts for Padua's Scrovegni Chapel.
Padua Attractions
Giotto's frescoes fill the Scrovegni Chapel, and that is only the start. Padua packs a saint's basilica, a vast oval piazza at Prato della Valle, the 1545 Orto Botanico and the medieval halls of Palazzo della Ragione into a walkable core.
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Basilica Of Saint Anthony
Free entry, a saint's tomb and a UNESCO-listed church in the heart of Padua.
padua botanical garden
Orto Botanico
The 1545 university garden, a UNESCO site since 1997, with gothic palm, carnivorous plants and seasonal greenhouses.
eremitani-church
Eremitani Church
The damaged Ovetari Chapel frescoes described as Mantegna's, the civic museums and a combined ticket with the Scrovegni Chapel.
padua cathedral
Padua Cathedral and Baptistery
The cathedral, the frescoed Baptistery dome of the Urbs Picta listing, and how to plan the visit.
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Loggia And Odeo Cornaro
Tickets, hours and what to see at Padua's frescoed garden theatre complex.
museums
MUSME Padua
Padua's museum of medicine history, set in the city that built the 1594 anatomical theatre and taught Galileo from 1592.
Palazzo Bo
Palazzo Bo
The 1594 anatomical theatre, Galileo's chair and the first woman graduate, on a guided walk through the University of Padua's historic seat.
Palazzo della Ragione
Palazzo Della Ragione
Tickets, hours and the UNESCO story of Padua's great market hall.
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Piazza Delle Erbe Padua
Market hours, the Palazzo della Ragione and the evening scene around Padua's three linked squares.
Prato della Valle
Prato Della Valle
The oval square, its statue-lined canal and its markets, minutes from the Basilica of Saint Anthony.
Caffè Pedrocchi
Caffè Pedrocchi
Padua's café without doors: 1831 architecture by Giuseppe Jappelli, mint coffee and the Museo del Risorgimento under one roof.
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Basilica of Santa Giustina
The abbey church on Prato della Valle, and how to plan a visit around it.
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Oratory Of San Giorgio
A frescoed oratory in the Santo complex, part of Padua's UNESCO Padova Urbs Picta listing.
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La Specola
The river tower at the Portello end of Padua, and everything worth seeing on the water around it.
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Palazzo Zuckermann
Applied arts and the Bottacin coins in Padua, on the Scrovegni Chapel ticket.
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Torre Dell'orologio
The astronomical clock tower on Piazza dei Signori: free booked visits, set days, and a square surrounded by Padua's civic heart.