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  YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The capital of Padova province, it stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40km west of Venice and 29km southeast of Vicenza, with a population of 211,985 (2004).
Padua claims to be the oldest city in north Italy; the early medieval commune justified itself by a fabled founder in the Trojan Antenor, whose relics the commune recognized in a large stone sarcophagus exhumed in the year 1274.
Padua passed under Venetian rule in 1405, and so remained, with a brief interval during the wars of the League of Cambray, till the fall of the republic in 1797.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Padua   (2121 words)

  
 Terraveneta - Organo d'informazione della Federazione Veneta dell'Ontario
The territory of this Province is relatively flat with exception of the Colli Euganei (hills) to the south west of Padua city.
Padua City is found on the plains by the Bacchiglione River between Vicenza and Venice.
In the 12th Century, Padua is a free city and beautiful monuments begin to be raised and the famous University of Padua is founded.
www.terraveneta.org /padova.htm   (1178 words)

  
 Padua Italy -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Padua was where most of the action in Shakespeare's play, ''The Taming of the Shrew'', took place.
Padua also was the first University to graduate a woman, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, with a degree in phylosophy, on June 25, 1678.
''Provincia di Padova'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/111/padua-italy.html   (1341 words)

  
 Province of Padova - Town Twinnings and International Relations Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Province of Padua has begun a constructive relationship with the District of Boland situated in the Province of Western Cape (equivalent to a Region in the organization of the Italian state), whose capital is Capetown.
The Province of Western Cape represents one of the areas of greatest economic growth in South Africa and in Africa because, being in the southernmost part of Africa, it is on one of the world's main commercial routes, with a good infrastructure and with a wide range of interesting opportunities for investment.
The Province of Padua has signed a collaboration agreement with the District of Boland also called Winelands, as the whole area is known for its production of high quality wine.
international.provincia.padova.it /indexInt.php?area=AREA300000006   (383 words)

  
 Padua Italy - Padua guide - Padua hotels - Padua hotel - Padua Italy travel - guide to Padua - holiday in Padua - ...
At the beginning of the twelfth century Padua was a free Comune and by the second half of the following century (after the parenthesis of the reign of Ezzelino da Romano) it was spreading its influence well beyond the Communal territory, clashing with the emperor, Arrigo VII, and with the La Scala family (1311-1329).
Padua remained a leader in the artistic field at least till the mid fifteenth century, thanks to the presence of Donatello and Mantegna.
Padua continued its renewal in the sixteenth century: the new circle of fortified walls was built; the new Town Hall, the Palazzo del Capitanio, the imposing Basilica of S. Giustina and the new Cathedral were also built.
www.travelplan.it /reg_ven_pad_page.htm   (972 words)

  
 Pastoral Ministry - Saint Anthony of Padua Province
From the founding of the Province in 1906 to the present day, the friars have served the Catholic Church as pastors, parochial vicars and pastoral ministers in parish communities throughout the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States.
Originally founded to minister to Polish immigrants, the Province of St. Anthony of Padua gradually extended its pastoral care to non-ethnic parishes as well, and has recently begun to explore its ability to minister to newly arriving immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.
Whether ordained or not, all friars involved in parish ministry are called upon to pray with the people they serve, to offer them spiritual guidance and support, to provide for their religious education and to minister to the sick and the dying.
www.stanthonyprovince.org /pastoral-ministry.htm   (274 words)

  
 Farm holidays Padua
Province of Venetian, chief town Padua extends between the Euganean Necks and the Wine Cask river.
Padua is town of very ancient origins: The legend wants the first core to be well grounded in the 1184 a.C. In the 49 a.C. Municipality became and one was of the richer and more populous of the Roman Empire towns.
The historical core of the town, that preserves the vestigia of the municipal period, develops some Reason with his very long porches about to square of the Grasses, at the university and the thirteenth-century palace.
www.agriguida.com /farm/padua.asp   (256 words)

  
 Padua Italy Tourist, Travel and Hotels guide.
At the heart of Padua, on the corner between the Railway Station Square and the main town street in a panoramic position, there stands the Hotel Grand'Italia.
Strategically located in Padua, the Hotel is in a prime location within easy reach from the toll-highway exits.
The Hotel al Giardinetto, recently restructured in Summer'04, is situated in one of the beautiful and historical parts of Padua.
www.hotelspadua.com   (632 words)

  
 Padua - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Padua (ancient Patavium), city, northeastern Italy, capital of Padova Province, in Veneto Region.
Padua, University of, autonomous institution of higher learning, in Padua (Padova), Italy, and supported by the national government.
- city in northeastern Italy, and the capital of Padua Province, Veneto Region.
encarta.msn.com /Padua.html   (65 words)

  
 Messenger of Saint Anthony - The portal of the world of St. Anthony
Today, Arcella is a populated neighbourhood in the city of Padua, situated along the road which leads north to Camposampiero.
The interior continues the use of brick as the main decorative element of the arches which are coloured red and white, the colours of the city of Padua.
The cross vaults of the nave and transept define a space which is pulled upwards by the bright volume of the dome, a virtual open sky over the cell of the transit of the Saint.
www.saintanthonyofpadua.net /portale/camposampiero.asp   (1859 words)

  
 L'Union Internationale des Architectes
The international Barbara Cappochin architecture prize was created by the BARBARA CAPPOCHIN Foundation and launched in association with the Order of Architects, Planners, landscape architects and Conservationists of the province of Padua in collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the National Council of Italian Architects, Planners, landscape architects and Conservationists (CNAPPC).
A special section was reserved for projects realised in the province of Padua.
The international jury met in Padua on 20 and 21 October 2005.
www.uia-architectes.org /texte/england/Cappochin/2-results.html   (374 words)

  
 Padua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coordinates: 45°25′N 11°52′E The city of Padua, Italy, (It.
Falconetto was the architect of Alvise Cornaro's garden loggia, (Loggia Cornaro), the first fully Renaissance building in Padua [1].
Veneto · Communes of the province of Padua
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Padua   (2136 words)

  
 ansa.it - PADUA BY BOAT, VILLAS AND CASTLES OF THE EUGANEA RIVIERA
Nowadays the people who travel on these waters are mostly tourists, who can book excursions along the canals and rivers of the province of Padua and around the Veneto villas of the Brenta Riviera via the Conselvano Tourism Office (+39 049 9500433).
The trips follow the courses of the Battaglia and Pontelongo canals, the Bacchiglione river, the canals inside the city and along the Brenta Riviera.
The Canale Battaglia, completed in 1201, starts from Padua's old Bassanello quarter and goes on to Battaglia Terme and then to Monselice where it meets the Canale Bisato.
www.ansa.it /notiziari/veneen/20040722002233018818.html   (360 words)

  
 ZIP - The Padua Industrial Zone and River Port Consortium
The main representatives of the three Zip partner bodies were present: the president of the Province, Mr Vittorio Casarin; the mayor of Padua, Mr Flavio Zanonato; and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr Gianfranco Chiesa, who had resigned as Zip president.
This trade mission was the result of a cooperation agreement between the Province of Padua and the Prefecture of this Turkish region which gives onto the Black Sea.
From 14th to 17th March 2006 the most important and strategic projects for the urban renewal of Padua and its industrial area were submitted to the attention of major international real estate investors.
www.zip.padova.it /eng/index.htm   (612 words)

  
 Gazzetta dello Sport - Giro d'Italia - stage 12 - CESENA - TREVISO
The route is an absolutely straight road with no altimetric variation (a stage which is bound to tempt those cyclists who excel in the final dash).
The topographic peculiarities of the vast lagoon area of this province are of particular interest.
Soon after Adria comes Cavarzere (province of Venice), with a brief 'encroachment' into the province of Padua (via Piove di Sacco, an important township on the plains of Padua).
www.gazzetta.it /Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/eng/le_tappe/tappa_12   (348 words)

  
 Rafael Scapin Online - My Genealogy
Surname, frequent in the region of Veneto in northeastern Italy, especially in the provinces of Padua and Vicenza, possibly derived from "scabinos", Medieval Latin adaptation of Frankish "Skabins", found in Lombardic legislation designating a category of minor government officials forming a corps qualified in legal proceedings.
Found throughout the region since 1500, with several variants, such as Scapinello (provinces of Treviso and Udine), Scapinelli (provinces of Modena and Bologna), Scabin (most concentrated in the province of Rovigo), Scappin (province of Treviso), Scappini (provinces of Verona and Firenze).
My great-great-great-grandfather, Giovanni Battista Friz, was born on the comune (town) of Cimone (Province of Trento) on May 16th, 1814 and died in Aldeno (Province of Trento) on March 3rd, 1866.
www.scapin.org /genealogy.htm   (1443 words)

  
 www.subfor-padova.net
This section of the Subcontracting Data Bank is dedicated to all the companies located in the Province of Padua operating in the plastics/rubber sector.
This section of the Subcontracting Databank of Padua is dedicated to the wood and furniture sector, a key-sector for the local economy.
With the support of the main employer's associations (CNA, UNINDUSTRIA, UPA) and the Chamber of Commerce of Padua we promote in Italy and overseas the companies located in the Province of Padua (Italy) belonging to this sector.
www.subfor-padova.net /index.phtml?NWLANG=en   (223 words)

  
 Terraveneta - Organo d'informazione della Federazione Veneta dell'Ontario
the Provinces of Venice, Padua and Verona to the north;
The territory between the final lengths of the Adige and Pò Rivers is known as the Polesine.
It had many ties with Greece and diffused much of that culture and civilization in the Pianura Padana (the plains of the Province of Padua).
www.terraveneta.org /rovigo.htm   (941 words)

  
 Province of Padua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Map highlighting the location of Padua in Italy
Padua (Italian: Provincia di Padova) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy.
There are 104 comuni (singular: comune) in the province.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Province_of_Padua   (107 words)

  
 Università degli Studi di Padova - In the News
The Call Centre of the University of Padua answers to the questions from young people that wish enrol in the Padua university but also replies to the...
The Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori is born in 2004, thanks to the cooperation between the University of Padua and the Scuola Normale of Pisa...
The Museo del precinema of Padua is open since 1998, thanks to the cooperation between the Municipality of Padua and the Minici Zotti Collection....
www.unipd.it /en/area_news/newsletter.htm   (588 words)

  
 Padua : Attractions | Frommers.com
Cumulative Tickets--If you plan on taking in all the sites of Padua during a short visit -- or even if you plan on visiting the Scrovegni Chapel and only one other site -- a PadovaCard is a worthy investment.
Giotto's frescoes draw art lovers and the city's university students, but pilgrims of another ilk have long secured Padua's place on the map.
He died here in 1231, was canonized almost immediately, and the basilica -- a fantastic mingling of Romanesque, Byzantine, and Gothic styles -- was begun within a year.
www.frommers.com /destinations/padua/0725010029.html   (358 words)

  
 Most Holy Trinity Church: Friars
Conventual Franciscan Friars of the St. Anthony of Padua Province began serving the parish in 1981
The Conventual Franciscan Friars of the St. Anthony of Padua Province, headquartered in Ellicott City, Maryland, began serving the parish in early 1981 while Fr.
Although no province of the Order had yet been erected in the United States, a number of European friars had been ministering as missionary priests in various places in the country since September of 1852.
www.mhtbrooklyn.org /en_mhtfriars.htm   (1179 words)

  
 Padua, Fruit market. Tourist Information - VIRTOURIST.COM
Something you should not miss if you ever come to Padua (or to Italy) is its traditional cuisine.
You have to taste the typical pasta and pizza specialties, but don’t miss the pannini, calzones and its traditional wines.
Some typical courses in the province of Padua are: ‘Zuppa di porri e patate’, ‘Spaghetti con bacalà’, ‘polenta e baccalà’, ‘scampi’ and ‘Tiramisu’ (desert).
www.virtourist.com /europe/padua/19.htm   (72 words)

  
 Università degli Studi di Padova - Ateneo news - Biblioteca d'Africa
The "Biblioteca Brenta Venezia" (via San Marco, 300, in Ponte di Brenta, province of Padua) has now a section called "Biblioteca d'Africa" (Library of Africa) which is completely centred on the African world, as well as its authors and publications.
3 Est, the Comitato pari opportunità of the University of Padua, the Comune and the Provincia of Padua.
The aim of the promoters is to introduce the knowledge of the several cultural and artistic African heritages to people that usually has not a specific information about it.
www.unipd.it /en/area_news/biblioteca_africa.htm   (148 words)

  
 Marston MS 189   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Marston MS 189 Northeastern Italy, in or after 1434 Land and Property Register of the Marquis of Este 1.
2r-v Description of house and appurtenances in Calaone (north of Este, in the province of Padua) inhabited by the land-agent ("castaldo") of the marquis of Este.
53r-84v for Montagnana (both towns in the province of Padua): Resume in 1434 of previous land contracts contained in full in the new and in the old registers (see above, art.
webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/pre1600.MARS189.htm   (207 words)

  
 Barbara Cappochin
The Barbara Cappochin Prize for Architecture is intended to become a window for a synthesis between the project, the realisation of the project and the client.
This international prize is an initiative of the BARBARA CAPPOCHIN Foundation in association with the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape architects and Building conservators of the Province of Padua and is launched in collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the National Council of Italian Architects, Planners, Landscape architects and Building conservators (CNAPPC).
A prize of 5 000 € will be awarded to a realisation located in the province of Padua.
www.uia-architectes.org /texte/england/Cappochin/2cappochin.html   (460 words)

  
 The Venetian Look in The Titian and Veronese Era (1541 - 1570) - Venus' Wardrobe
Venetian Province of Brescia, The Republic of Venice
Venetian Province of Padua(?), The Republic of Venice
Venetian Province of Bergamo, The Republic of Venice
realmofvenus.renaissancewoman.net /wardrobe/artgallery3.htm   (333 words)

  
 Transport of Neonates and Unweaned Infants in Critical Conditions
The Service offered by the Hospital of Padua has been operational according to the operational protocol agreed by the Centres for neonates with beds for Intensive Care and with the operational centres answering to the telephone number for emergencies 118 since August 2000.
The Service for the Transport of Neonates of the Hospital of Padua is obliged to give priority to requests for the transport of neonates in critical conditions from and to the Hospitals of the Provinces of Padua, Venice, Rovigo, Treviso and Belluno, but it is available also for other requests.
The operational centre of the Service for Transport is located at the Neonatal Pathology Service of the Department of Pediatrics that, in co-operation with the operational centre of SUEM-118 of the province of Padua, has the duty to receive, evaluate and monitor all the requests for transfer.
www.pediatria.unipd.it /repser/e_dbase2generale.asp?attivita=131   (301 words)

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