Accommodation Attractions in Italy
Vicenza
As the largest textile producer in Europe and the capital of the Italian "Silicon Valley", VICENZA is a very exclusive city, where probably every second car is a BMW. However, the contemporary economic development has not destroyed the historic district. City center, …
Montagnana
MONTAGNANA proudly, located fifteen minutes by train from Este, there are medieval ramparts, erected by the ubiquitous Ezzelin da Romano, which in 1242 r. practically razed the city to the ground. Walls, almost two kilometers in circumference and twenty-four polygonal towers, …
South of Padua
A few kilometers southwest of Padua, the Euganean Hills suddenly appear among the plains (Euganean Hills), whose slopes - between villages, villas and churches - overgrown with vineyards. The spa towns of ABANO TERME lie between Padua and the hills …
Prato della Valle i Santa Giustina.
A little further south is the Prato della Valle, considered to be the largest city square in Italy; it is quite a gloomy place, surrounded by excessively wide roads and even a summer festival does not improve the atmosphere much.
To one …
Church of the Eremitani.
The Eremitani Church nearby, erected at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, was almost completely demolished during an Allied bombing raid in 1944 r., and then meticulously rebuilt (usually open Mon-Sat. 8.15-12.00 i 15.30-18.30, nd. 9.00-12.00 i 15.30-18.00). Photos on …
Padua (Padova)
PADUA was largely rebuilt after the destruction of the war, and it is surrounded by industrial suburbs, to which it owes its role as the main economic center of Veneto. So at first it does not seem to be the most attractive place in northern Italy. However, it is one of the oldest cities, which …
EUGENE VENICE (VENETO)
Venetian rule left its mark on almost every span of Veneto's land. W Belluno, right under the Dolomites crags, the style of the building tells about the city's former dependence on Venice. Saint Mark's Lion looks out over the city's main square on a hill, Feltre, i …