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The Museum began to develop from 1986 with the aim of protecting, enhancing and making known the artistic treasures of the parish church of Santi Prosdocimo and Donato and other churches in the area. The works kept inside the Museum are of different nature: painting, sculpture, applied arts; all fundamental…
Located along the road which leads from the town centre to Padova the villa consists in a main building with octagonal wings and two crenellated towers. Soon after getting the noble title of the Republic of Venice Bernardo Nave decided to renovate his weekend cottage and to build a mausoleum…
The monastery of the Franciscan Fathers was built around 1481 and has always been a very active spiritual centre. The beautiful cloister was built around a simple belltower. It has porticoes on two sides with interesting sailceilings in its interiors. The church has but one nave, three altars with altar…
The ancient baptismal church of San Donato is located just about two km down south of Cittadella along the road that leads to Padova. This ancient place of worship turnt into the first Christian church of a large district as from the sixth century on, playing a key role all…
The city walls of Cittadella are a rare example of medieval means of defense with a still practicable, perfectly preserved parapet walk. As a matter of fact it is one of the most beautiful means of defense in Europe. The walls’ circumference is 1461 meters, its height 14 meters, the…
The church butted against the walls next to the Padova Gate is named after the only wedge-shaped turret in the entire boundary walls, which from the very beginning had been transformed into a bell-tower. An interesting wooden crucifix can be admired in the interior of the Church, while its side…
The mighty building on the inside of the Padova Gate is the so called “Torre di Malta”, built in 1251 by Ezzelino III of Romano, the despotic ruler of the area, as a prison for his enemies. The fortress obtained a terrible reputation in those days, because of the atrocities…
The Padova Gate was once the main entrance to Cittadella. Frescoes (the cart of the Carraresi and the coat of arms of Padova – a red cross on a white field) stand out on the outside walls. The complex consists of 3 gates and a large arms court with a…
This gate is the most fortified and important part of the ramparts. It constituted the extreme defense of the community and was therefore isolated even towards the town centre by a moat which was ingeniously connected with the outer moat. It consisted in a system of 5 gates, 3 towards…