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페라라 피아차 델 메르카토 (피자 델레 에르베)

Palazzo della Ragione, Padua The Salòn, or Palazzo della Ragione, the former seat of Padua's municipal courts, is one of the largest column-free halls in Europe. Considered one of the most famous civic monuments in Europe from the time of the Communes, the building was begun in 1218. Between 1306 and 1308, Fra Giovanni degli Eremitani transformed the three large rooms into a single hall and designed a roof in the shape of an inverted ship's hull. Giotto and his workshop were commissioned to paint the walls with frescoes; however, the cycle was destroyed by fire in 1420. The frescoes were restored by the Paduan Nicolo’ Miretto in collaboration with Stefano da Ferrara and other painters, based on the studies of Pietro d’Abano, a wealthy scholar of his time. The fresco cycle is one of the very few medieval astrological cycles to have survived to this day. The connection between the paintings and the function of the place explains the presence of animal figures representing the insignia of the courts, whose function is also linked to the allegories of Justice, Law, the Community in Rule, and the frescoes depicting the Judgment of Solomon and the court scene. In the great hall is the "Pietra del Vituperio," or Stone of Shame, upon which insolvent debtors, clad only in a shirt, had to sit three times (the custom is the origin of the expression "to stay in one's shirt"), while repeating the Latin phrase "cedo bonis" (roughly translated as "I will pay the bill"). Also located there is the large wooden horse, crafted by Annibale Capodilista for a tournament and donated to the city by the family. Today, the great hall serves as a venue for exhibitions and cultural events. Not to mention that "Sotto il salone" is the oldest cooperative in the world, dating back 700 years. Text / Source: Turismo Padova https://www.turismopadova.it/en/the-palazzo-della-ragione/

Done dozens of times because it's close to home. With a loop around Boscalbo and Lonzina, convenient outdoor parking, sometimes free. PS: The shop staff are not up to par, rushed, and not at all welcoming. Replace them with kind and thorough ladies. The friars want to be friars, and rightly so.

In a crypt next to the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Health, this very hot water, typical of this thermal area, flows.

A fountain of very hot water in an external crypt near the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Health

A short, steep downhill trail, but doable with proper mountain biking. It starts to the left of the paved road, a few hundred meters before reaching the monastery.

Along the abbey walls, you can follow a dirt road. It can be accessed by taking it to the left of the abbey entrance. Following it to its end, you'll reach the paved road at the foot of Mount Boscalbó in Tramonte. Along the dirt road, you'll come across a fork. Taking the left, you can reach the historic Al Capitello restaurant via a short but challenging climb (only accessible on foot). In my opinion, this section can be descended by mountain bike, taking due care.

A welcoming place with a good parish bar for breaks