Padova
Padova is a beautiful city in northern Italy, close to Venice. Its golden age was in the late middle ages and the early renaissance, as testified by numerous buildings full of frescoes. Moreover, the city is famous for the oldest botanical garden in the world and one of the most ancient universities.
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Gallery
Links & Show-Notes
- Guided Tours of Palazzo Bo and the anatomic theater
- Website of the Botanical Garden
- Website of the Scrovegni Chapel
- Location of the Brion Grave
- [in Italian] A podcast about the Palazzo della Ragione. The speaker has a fantastic venetian accent!
Episode Chapters
- 00:00:00 Intro and History
- 00:06:20 The University
- 00:08:44 Palazzo Bo
- 00:12:51 Cortile nuovo
- 00:13:55 Anatomic Theater
- 00:18:20 Galileo Galilei
- 00:20:03 Rector's staircase
- 00:23:10 Botanical Garden
- 00:28:34 Saint Anthony
- 00:32:00 Cappella degli Scrovegni
- 00:41:41 Medieval Padova
- 00:42:27 Palazzo della Ragione
- 00:46:33 Planning of a visit
- 00:47:47 Brion Gaveyard