So my love of university towns meant that I had to go to Padua, whose university was founded in 1222. The town is close to Venice and really kinda creepy on a Sunday when no one is around.
Near the Arena Chapel
Air-lock before you can see the Giotto paintings in the Arena Chapel
Yay Spring! I just had to go down to Italy to see you.
"Ok guys, if we just put Pippo on Martino's shoulders Maria can hold him up and we can just about reach. Who cares that we are all wearing our Sunday clothes" (Do you like my stereotypical Italian names?)
We loved that this crane was here and there was nothing stopping you from walking right under it. Padua's motto: Safety first!
As usual, Boffa looking at something boring.
Something, something, Dante, something, something
I was ridiculously amused to see a Schlecker in Italy
Going for a 70s style sun glare here
The Prato della Valle
It is lined by 78 statues portraying famous citizens and created by Andrea Memmo in the late eighteenth-century.
As a tourist it is always best to see other tourists more annoying and ridiculous looking than you
The Santo which has the relics of St Anthony of Padua and was begun in 1230. They don't allow pictures inside. Needless to say I snuck some.
Donatello's equestrian statue of of the Venetian general Gattamelata
Inside the Santo
Pretending to be Dr McHam
Cafe in front of the Santo
Church of the Eremitani. The church was largely destroyed during WWII because it was near German Headquarters
Cafe in front of the Santo
Church of the Eremitani. The church was largely destroyed during WWII because it was near German Headquarters
Mantegna bits inside the Ermitani
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