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Piazza dei Signori, Padua – Prato della Valle loop from Padova
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Piazza dei Signori, Padua – Prato della Valle loop from Padova
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Piazza dei Signori, Padua – Prato della Valle loop from Padova
02:06
8.14km
40m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 22, 2026
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After 942 m for 404 m
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Waypoints
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Start point
Train Station
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1.10 km
Scrovegni Chapel
Highlight • Religious Site
Definitely book the ticket with time window in advance and be there on time.
Admission is limited to 30 minutes, the first 15 minutes the pictures are explained in an air-conditioned room, after which you have 15 minutes for the chapel.
Admission is limited to 30 minutes, the first 15 minutes the pictures are explained in an air-conditioned room, after which you have 15 minutes for the chapel.
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2
1.99 km
University of Padua
Highlight • Historical Site
The University. Padua has a famous university that is the oldest in Italy after Bologna (founded in 1222). She attracted students from all over Europe. The university is located in the Bo Palace. This name comes from the sign of a former inn that depicted an ox (bue). Guided tours are held and you visit the anatomy room. Recommended!
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3
2.01 km
Moroni Palace
Highlight • Historical Site
What a big, beautiful old building.
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4
2.44 km
Palazzo del Monte di Pietà Nuovo
Highlight • Historical Site
Construction history: The Palazzo del Monte di Pietà Nuovo is a building of medieval origin that stands between Piazza Duomo and Via Monte di Pietà in Padua. The building housed the 16th century Monte di Pietà. The fourteenth-century loggia supports an extension by Giovanni Maria Falconetto. It differs in that it was the second headquarters of the Monte di Pietà, the first being the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà Vecchio on Stra' Maggiore, now via Dante.
In 1822, the property was purchased by the Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, the banking institution that would merge into the Cassa di Risparmio del Veneto of the Intesa Sanpaolo group in 2007. The expansion that ended in 1861 saw the construction of two new internal wings and the building was given its current proportions.
Major restoration work to the palace took place in 1990, strengthening the structure and highlighting the original aspects of the sixteenth-century reconstruction and seventeenth-century extension.
The building today houses the headquarters of the foundation, which internally coordinates the various activities it provides and organizes important artistic exhibitions in specially equipped spaces. There is also a branch of the Cassa di Risparmio del Veneto in one wing of the building.
In 1822, the property was purchased by the Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, the banking institution that would merge into the Cassa di Risparmio del Veneto of the Intesa Sanpaolo group in 2007. The expansion that ended in 1861 saw the construction of two new internal wings and the building was given its current proportions.
Major restoration work to the palace took place in 1990, strengthening the structure and highlighting the original aspects of the sixteenth-century reconstruction and seventeenth-century extension.
The building today houses the headquarters of the foundation, which internally coordinates the various activities it provides and organizes important artistic exhibitions in specially equipped spaces. There is also a branch of the Cassa di Risparmio del Veneto in one wing of the building.
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5
2.98 km
Padua City Center
Highlight • Settlement
Piazza dei Signori or Piazza della Signoria is one of the many squares that characterize the historic center of the city of Padua. For centuries it was the scene of civic celebrations, tournaments and a representative space for the city compared to the larger squares of Erbe and Frutta which had greater commercial inclinations. The square is dominated by the famous Clock Tower.
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6
3.14 km
Piazza dei Signori, Padua
Highlight • Historical Site
Piazza dei Signori, an evocative and lively area of the city, rich in history. It is so called because the "Palazzo della Signoria" stood here, the Reggia of the Carraresi, Lords of Padua from 1318 to 1405.
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7
3.45 km
Palazzo della Ragione and the Piazza delle Erbe market, Padua
Highlight • Historical Site
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
turismopadova.it/en/the-palazzo-della-ragione
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
turismopadova.it/en/the-palazzo-della-ragione
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4.53 km
Prato della Valle
Highlight • Monument
Prato della Valle, Padua
The Prato della Valle, one of Padua's landmarks, is a large, monumental space distinguished by a central green island, Isola Memmia, named in honor of the city's governor who commissioned its creation. This island is surrounded by a canal adorned with a double pedestal featuring numbered statues of famous figures from the past. Since antiquity, this public space has served both economic and recreational functions.
In Roman times, a large theater, the Zairo, stood here; remains of the theater's foundations have been found in the canal surrounding Isola Memmia, along with a circular racecourse for chariots. During the Middle Ages, fairs, tournaments, festivals, and competitions were held here; it was the site of large gatherings of "all the free men of Padua," and as early as 1077, it was a marketplace. Until 1767, it belonged to the Abbey of Santa Giustina. Then, the Senate of Veneto declared it municipal land and, together with Andrea Memmo, Provveditore della Serenissima (Governor of the Venetian Republic), implemented a radical redevelopment project. The aim was to create a new urban commercial center, a space suitable for fairs and events.
Later, pavilions were erected on Isola Memmia to establish a market. Subsequently, trees were planted, giving the square a distinctly English feel, while the surrounding buildings made it unique, original, and memorable. The design is inspired by the great Venetian tradition of the patrician garden, which here, for the first time, is taken out of private use and proposed according to neoclassical concepts as an urban planning solution and ecological enhancement.
Text / Source: Turismo Padova
turismopadova.it/de/orte/prato-della-valle
The Prato della Valle, one of Padua's landmarks, is a large, monumental space distinguished by a central green island, Isola Memmia, named in honor of the city's governor who commissioned its creation. This island is surrounded by a canal adorned with a double pedestal featuring numbered statues of famous figures from the past. Since antiquity, this public space has served both economic and recreational functions.
In Roman times, a large theater, the Zairo, stood here; remains of the theater's foundations have been found in the canal surrounding Isola Memmia, along with a circular racecourse for chariots. During the Middle Ages, fairs, tournaments, festivals, and competitions were held here; it was the site of large gatherings of "all the free men of Padua," and as early as 1077, it was a marketplace. Until 1767, it belonged to the Abbey of Santa Giustina. Then, the Senate of Veneto declared it municipal land and, together with Andrea Memmo, Provveditore della Serenissima (Governor of the Venetian Republic), implemented a radical redevelopment project. The aim was to create a new urban commercial center, a space suitable for fairs and events.
Later, pavilions were erected on Isola Memmia to establish a market. Subsequently, trees were planted, giving the square a distinctly English feel, while the surrounding buildings made it unique, original, and memorable. The design is inspired by the great Venetian tradition of the patrician garden, which here, for the first time, is taken out of private use and proposed according to neoclassical concepts as an urban planning solution and ecological enhancement.
Text / Source: Turismo Padova
turismopadova.it/de/orte/prato-della-valle
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8.14 km
End point
Train Station
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5.33 km
1.63 km
624 m
445 m
102 m
Surfaces
6.27 km
922 m
697 m
208 m
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