Pandoro star-shaped Christmas cake, soft, with vanilla icing sugar
Eight points, powdered sugar like snow on a mountain: pandoro was born in Verona in 1894, patented by Domenico Melegatti.
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The province of Padua was created in 1806 as the Brenta department and took its present name in 1815, but the figure that defines it is demographic: with more than 900,000 residents it is the most populous province in Veneto and in the whole north-east, ahead of Verona and thirteenth in Italy. Its 102 municipalities are hemmed in by other Veneto provinces on every side, except for a narrow opening onto the Venetian lagoon in the south-east.
Padua holds what most people come for: the Scrovegni Chapel, frescoed by Giotto, and Prato della Valle, a huge oval square ringed by a canal and lines of statues. Outside the city the pace changes. Abano Terme built its economy on thermal water and on gardens such as the Montirone, while Cittadella, Monselice and Este keep their walls and castles. Distances are short enough to do it all by day trip.
Towns in the province of Padua
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102 towns
Abano Terme Agna Albignasego Anguillara Veneta Arquà Petrarca Arre Arzergrande Bagnoli di Sopra Baone Barbona Battaglia Terme Boara Pisani Borgo Veneto Borgoricco Bovolenta Brugine Cadoneghe Campo San Martino Campodarsego Campodoro Camposampiero Candiana Carceri Carmignano di Brenta Cartura Casale di Scodosia Casalserugo Castelbaldo Cervarese Santa Croce Cinto Euganeo Cittadella Codevigo Conselve Correzzola Curtarolo Due Carrare Este Fontaniva Galliera Veneta Galzignano Terme Gazzo Grantorto Granze Legnaro Limena Loreggia Lozzo Atestino Maserà di Padova Masi Massanzago Megliadino San Vitale Merlara Mestrino Monselice Montagnana Montegrotto Terme Noventa Padovana Ospedaletto Euganeo Padua Capital Pernumia Piacenza d'Adige Piazzola sul Brenta Piombino Dese Piove di Sacco Polverara Ponso Ponte San Nicolò Pontelongo Pozzonovo Rovolon Rubano Saccolongo San Giorgio delle Pertiche San Giorgio in Bosco San Martino di Lupari San Pietro in Gu San Pietro Viminario Sant'Angelo di Piove di Sacco Sant'Elena Sant'Urbano Santa Giustina in Colle Saonara Selvazzano Dentro Solesino Stanghella Teolo Terrassa Padovana Tombolo Torreglia Trebaseleghe Tribano Urbana Veggiano Vescovana Vighizzolo d'Este Vigodarzere Vigonza Villa del Conte Villa Estense Villafranca Padovana Villanova di Camposampiero Vo'
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The top 20 places in Padua
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1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Scrovegni Chapel 📍 Padua Giotto frescoed the entire chapel between 1303 and 1305, in 625 counted working days. 
2 🏛️ Squares & old towns Prato della Valle 📍 Padua At 90,000 square meters, this monumental elliptical square is one of Europe's largest, ringed by 78 stone statues. 
3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova 📍 Padua Padua made him a saint in under a year, and his little church is still inside the basilica. - 4 Orto botanico di Padova Padua · 🌿 Gardens & spas
- 5 basilica di Santa Giustina Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 palazzo della Ragione Padua · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 7 chiesa degli Eremitani Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 8 Osservatorio e museo "La Specola" Padua · 🖼️ Museums
- 9 duomo di Padova Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 Museo del precinema Padua · 🖼️ Museums
- 11 chiesa di Santa Sofia Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 12 Musei civici di Padova Padua · 🖼️ Museums
- 13 Palazzo del Bo Padua · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 14 Palazzo Zuckermann Padua · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 15 chiesa di San Clemente Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 16 chiesa di San Francesco Grande Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 17 Teatro Verdi Padua · 🖼️ Museums
- 18 chiesa di Santa Croce Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 19 chiesa di Santa Maria del Torresino Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 20 chiesa di San Gaetano Padua · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
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🍝 At the table: Veneto
Baccalà alla Vicentina stockfish slow-cooked with milk, oil and anchovies
Stockfish, milk, oil and anchovies, cooked for hours over the lowest heat: baccalà alla vicentina arrived from Norway with a shipwreck in 1432.
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Feast of Saint Gall
📅 Every year, on 16 October
On 16 October Urbana celebrates its patron Saint Gall; the town also preserves the Monastero di San Salvaro.
Saints Prosdocimus and Donatus, patrons of the walled town
📅 Every year, on the Monday after the fourth Sunday of October
Cittadella celebrates Saints Prosdocimus and Donatus on the Monday after the fourth Sunday of October, in the town's cathedral dedicated to them; the parish church of San Donato, in the hamlet of the same name, was the main place of worship in the area before the cathedral's consecration.
Saint Savino, patron of the town of the seven churches of Villa Duodo
📅 Every year, on 2 November; on 14 February a great Saint Valentine's feast at Villa Duodo
Monselice celebrates Saint Savino of Spoleto on 2 November; on 14 February, the jubilee sanctuary of the seven churches of Villa Duodo draws thousands of devotees for the feast of Saint Valentine, with the blessing of children and the giving of a «golden key».
Saint Leonard, patron of the July sagra and the tomato show
📅 Every year, on 6 November; the second Sunday of July brings the Saint Leonard sagra
Borgoricco celebrates Saint Leonard on 6 November, in the church dedicated to him. On the second Sunday of July the tomato show and Saint Leonard sagra are held.