Water Bacchiglione And Tower Observatory In Padua Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Photo made at the tower of the Observatory and the building that houses the Faculty of Astronomy in Padova (Italy). The picture shows, in the foreground, an internal channel where water flows of the Bacchiglione, the faculty of astronomy and the top of the tower that was the Observatory of Padova and now museum. The tower is also known as Devil's Tower, probably because reconstructed, with project of architecture professor Cerato, on the ruins of the ancient tower that was part of the Roman fortress of Ezzelino, known as the tyrant, and which were kept secret and in some cases tortured and left to die those who Ezzelino considered his enemies.