Museum
Ragione Palace
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September 11, 2018
Ancient Padua can be glimpsed in elegant twin squares (one the fruit market, the other the vegetable market) separated by the triple-decker Gothic Palazzo della Ragione, the city’s tribunal dating from 1218. Inside Il Salone (the Great Hall), frescoes by Giotto acolytes Giusto de’ Menabuoi and Nicolò Miretto depict the astrological theories of Padovan professor Pietro d’Abano, with images representing the months, seasons, saints, animals and noteworthy Paduans (not necessarily in that order).The enormous 15th-century wooden horse at the western end of the hall was modelled on Donatello's majestic bronze Gattamelata, which still stands in Piazza del Santo.
Ancient Padua can be glimpsed in elegant twin squares (one the fruit market, the other the vegetable market) separated by the triple-decker Gothic Palazzo della Ragione, the city’s tribunal dating from 1218. Inside Il Salone (the Great Hall), frescoes by Giotto acolytes Giusto de’ Menabuoi and Nicol…
Anna
August 1, 2015
all you can imagine about traditional food and wine
Mara
April 9, 2014
A very important place in Padua
Eberhard
December 2, 2016
Iconic building of Padova, good shopping, eating and drinking, right down town.
Lorella
July 15, 2016
Reason Palace was the ancient seat of the courts citizens of Padua. It was built starting in 1218 and raised in 1306 by John of the Hermits, who gave him the cover feature in the shape of an inverted ship's hull
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Location
Piazza delle Erbe
Padova, Veneto