Medieval Art In In The Chapel In Padua Italy Editorial Photo

Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40 kilometres 25 miles west of Venice and 29 km 18 miles southeast of Vicenza. The Brenta River, which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain Pianura Veneta. To the city`s south west lies the Euganaean Hills. It hosts the renowned University of Padua, almost 820 years old and famous, among other things, for having had Galileo Galilei among its lecturers.