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Palace of Reason

Palace of Reason

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Palace of Reason

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Location: Padova, Veneto, Italy

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1. Piazza dei Signori, Padova – Palazzo della Ragione, Padua loop from Padova

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2. Piazza della Frutta, Padua – Piazza dei Signori, Padova loop from Santa Rita

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3. Piazza dei Signori, Padua – Baptistery loop from Padova Campo Marte

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

July 4, 2024

At 82 meters long and 27 meters wide, the Salòn or Palazzo della Ragione, the ancient seat of the city courts of Padua, is one of the largest hanging courtrooms in Europe. Recognized as one of the most famous civil monuments built in Europe.
The building contributed to a revolution in the construction concepts of the Middle Ages and is a symbol of the city of Padua.
The Palazzo della Ragione, popularly called "Il Salone", is indeed one of the largest covered spaces in Italy that has no equal in Italian civil architecture.

Regarding the history of the building, it is reasonable to think that the place where the current palace stands was built and inhabited in previous centuries.
Below the palace a memory of Roman times remains and the Romanesque heads, sculpted on the posts of the arches leading to the market below the hall, are proof of this.

The exact date of the original construction is not known, but the lower part of the building, which had public functions, already existed in 1166.

The Palazzo today:
It is currently used for major artistic exhibitions and events, while the ground floor is still used, as in ancient times, as a food market.
The old shops under the hall form one of the most evocative and characteristic corners of Padua. Each store is full of high-quality food products: cheeses, meats, sausages and fish from all over Italy.
There are also typical local products and gastronomic novelties, real "delicacies" of pleasure that every trader wants to showcase with a view to a general recovery of good and authentic food and a rediscovery of forgotten traditions and flavors.

Knowing more?
Click through to padovanet.it/informazione/palazzo-della-ragione

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

July 5, 2024

Palazzo della Ragione: the medieval town hall with a special and gigantic roof (an inverted ship's hull). From the first floor you have a beautiful view over the square. You can visit the room with the 15th century frescoes. They represent the months of the year, the arts, the professions and the signs of the zodiac. There is also a stone of shame (on which people with debts had to sit in public), the Trojan horse from 1466 (which was used during a carnival parade, it contained the staff of the Capodilista family, the owners). On the ground floor of the building there is a corridor with loggias, where there are now many stalls with delicacies.

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Winfried

March 9, 2023

A grand building.
Don't forget the "back"!

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Palace of Reason

1. Piazza dei Signori, Padova – Palazzo della Ragione, Padua loop from Padova

2. Piazza della Frutta, Padua – Piazza dei Signori, Padova loop from Santa Rita

3. Piazza dei Signori, Padua – Baptistery loop from Padova Campo Marte

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