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Padua

Also known as Patavium, Padova

Padua (Padova) is a city in the Veneto, north-eastern Italy. As Patavium it was a leading city of the ancient Veneti and a wealthy Roman municipium, the home of the historian Livy. Its university, founded in 1222, is one of the oldest in Europe, the city came under Venetian rule in 1405, and Giotto's frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel are among its most famous monuments.

Padua
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Ancient VenetiCommune of PaduaLordship of Padua

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Padua. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/padua
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