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PADUA
Padua - It houses the famous Cathedral of St. Anthony, guarded by Donatello's "Gattamelata". Padua is situated along the Bachiglione River, between Verona and Venice. It is a walled city. The Basilica and Botanical gardens found on the southern edge of town are the main attraction to this city. This city is a cultural and economic center in the Northeast of Italy. Padua being a pilgrimage city, millions of pilgrims come here every year to visit the "Basilica di Sant'Antonio", where the grave of "Saint Antonio" is preserved. Complete collection of works by Giotto pulls a lot of crowd to this walled art city. Padua can be termed cultural as well as an industrial city. "Sant'Antonio basilica" with the grave of Sant'Antonio is the most popular tourist spot and pilgrims and visitors from all over the world come to this place. The popularity of the Basilica is emphasized due to the preserved tongue of Saint Antonio in the basilica. This factor alone brings the curious people to this place. The most important works of the artist Giotto is the Scrovegni chapel.
Some of the destinations of tourists interest are listed below:
Cappella degli Scrovegni - This famous chapel is very much admired by people who come to visit Padua. It is busy with visitors all around the year. You can find the frescoes by Giotto that revolutionized 14th-century painting. These renaissance arts are still considered among the most important. This chapel was bought in 1300 by a wealthy Padovan called Enrico Scrovegni. He built an extravagant palazzo, which was destroyed later. The chapel is actually dedicated to Enrico's father. Some of the works which are the real eye candy to the art lovers are "Life of Joachim", "Life of the Virgin", "The Childhood of Christ", "Christ's Public Life", and "The Passion of Christ".
Basilica di Sant'Antonio - This fantastically built Basilica houses a number of tombs, works of art, and inlaid checkerboard marble flooring. This basilica is dedicated to Padua's patron Saint Anthony. The sacred tomb is always covered with flowers, photographs, and handwritten personal petitions left by devout pilgrims from all across the world.
Caffe Pedrocchi - Situated in Via VIII Febbraio 15 of Padua, Pedrocchi is a historic landmark. Pedrocchi often hosts live music in the evenings. This cafe was badly destroyed during the World War II, but it got reinstated later. It serves the best quality of cappuccino, tea, beer, or glass of white prosecco wine, and that too at half the price of what other bars and cafes charge.