Padua

"La ciudad de Padua (en italiano Padova, en véneto Pàdoa) es un importante centro económico y de comunicaciones en el norte de Italia. Es el tercer ayuntamiento de la región del Véneto, contando con una población de 213 634 habitantes y 403 923 en su área metropolitana. Capital de la provincia homónima, situada al suroeste de la región del Véneto. Está localizada a 40 km al oeste de Venecia y a 29 km al sudeste de Vicenza. Cuenta con dos ríos, el Bacchiglione (que la atraviesa) y el Brenta (que la circunda). Es sede de la prestigiosa Universidad de Padua y atesora numerosos restos de un importante pasado cultural y artístico. Destaca la Basílica de San Antonio de Padua, obra monumental dedicada al famoso franciscano portugués, nacido en Lisboa en 1195 y muerto en Padua en 1231 convirtiéndola en un importante referente turístico en la región."

"Padua (/pædju./ or US /pædu./, Italian: Padova [padova] ) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 214,000 (as of 2011). The city is sometimes included, with Venice (Italian Venezia) and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having a population of c. 1,600,000. Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Venice and 29 km (18 miles) southeast of Vicenza. The Brenta River, which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain (Pianura Veneta). To the city's south west lies the Euganaean Hills, praised by Lucan and Martial, Petrarch, Ugo Foscolo, and Shelley. It hosts the University of Padua, founded in 1222, where Galileo Galilei was a lecturer. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. Padua is the setting for most of the action in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew."