Padua

Padua's version of the Sistine Chapel, the Cappella degli Scrovegni houses one of Italy's great Renaissance masterpieces – a striking cycle of Giotto frescoes. — Lonely Planet

Thousands of faithful make the pilgrimage here each year to pray at the tomb of Saint Anthony, while others come to admire works by the 15th-century Florentine master Donatello. — Fodor's

The largest square in Europe is a beautiful and interesting vantage point to take in Padua's culture. — Condé Nast Traveler

The Law Courts, aptly known as the Palazzo della Ragione (Palace of Reason), are remarkable for their loggias, roof in the shape of a ship's keel and huge Salone entirely decorated with 15c frescoes. — Michelin Guide

This Renaissance palazzo (mansion) is the seat of Padua’s history-making university. — Lonely Planet

Ancient Padua can be glimpsed in elegant twin squares separated by the triple-decker Gothic Palazzo della Ragione, the city’s tribunal dating from 1218. — Lonely Planet

Houses substantial fragments of Andrea Mantegna's... beautiful and historically important depictions of the martyrdom of Saint James and Saint Christopher. — Fodor's

Upstairs (piano nobile), meeting rooms and concert hall in mixed styles. The establishment is also home to the Museo del Risorgimento e dell'Età Contemporanea. — Michelin Guide

South of the palazzo is the city’s cathedral , built from a much altered design of Michelangelo’s and completely upstaged by the adjoining 13th-century Baptistry . — Lonely Planet

The residence of the town's Venetian governors, and the attractive Clocktower witgh an arcade and the elegant Loggia del Consiglio, in the Renaissance style. — Michelin Guide