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Tag Archives: Padua
St. Anthony
A few months ago I visited the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua and mentioned in a post that several years ago I had to repay my mother for a hefty donation she made in honor of Saint Anthony after … Continue reading
Padova (Padua) – parte due
To finish recounting my trip to Padova: The “Prato della Valle” in Padova is the biggest piazza in Italy and one of the (if not the) biggest in Europe. It is a huge green ellipse surrounded by a canal/moat and … Continue reading
Posted in Italian language school, Verona
Tagged Caffè Pedrocchi, Padova, Padua, Piazza Erbe, Prato della Valle, Verona
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Padova (Padua to you Yanks!)
The school organized an outing to Padova on Sunday which I very much enjoyed. Padova is known for such things as being the setting of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, for having a University more than 800 years old … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Alighieri, Donatello, Galileo, Italian language school, Siena, Verona
Tagged Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova, Basilica of Saint Anthony, Cappella degli Scovegni, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Dante, Donatello, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, Giotti, Italian language school, Jerusalem, Marcus Aurelius, Padova, Padua, Piccolomini Library, Piccolomini Libreria, Shakespeare, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, The Scrovegni Chapel, The Taming of the Shrew
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Not Quite a Mid-Life Gap Year 