Padua: I had only 1 day in Padua, so I walked, walked, walked. There was not enough time to do things in depth. The old city really has the feel of an `Old…
Padua: The outside of Cappella degli Scrovengi belies the 700 year-old simplicity and the wonderful Giotto frescos inside. You have to enter from the back, and…
Padua: A section of the old wall.
Padua: A section of the old wall at the Giardini dell Arena, near Scrovengi Chapel and Chiesa degli Eremitani.
Padua: Another view of the Capella degli Scrovengi.
Padua: We were not allowed to take pictures in the chapel and we were only admitted for about 25 minutes. The frescos (1303-1305) were wonderfully restored and…
Padua: Chiesa degli Eremitani started in the 1200s. No flash allowed, so the pictures are not as sharp as they should be.
Padua: Chiesa degli Eremitani It suffered damage in WWII but is largely restored now.
Padua: Chiesa degli Eremitani
Padua: Chiesa degli Eremitani: I liked the alternating colors of the bricks.
Padua: Chiesa degli Eremitani
Padua: Chiesa degli Eremitani.
Padua: Down the back streets on the way to Il Santo
Padua: Down the back streets on the way to Il Santo, which you can see just looming in the background.
Padua: First sight of the Basilica di Sant` Antonio (Il Santo)
Padua: Basilica di Sant` Antonio: No pictures inside. Started in before 1250, but remodeled / added on to many times.
Padua: Basilica di Sant` Antonio
Padua: Basilica di Sant` Antonio: In the Capella dell` Arca, inside, Saint Anthony`s body is visited by pilgrims. I saw people crying as they passed by.
Padua: Just walking around
Padua: Basilica di Sant` Antonio