Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . Omnibuses from the hotels meet each train. Padua is a town of very great antiquity, tracing its origintraditionally to Antenor, brother-in-law of Priam. In 1405 it pla-ced itself under the protection of the republic of Venice, towhich it adhered until that state ceased to exist. From themiddle ages down to the present time Padua has derived greatcelebrity from its University, which was founded by Emp. Fre-derick II. in 1238. The town, a quiet place with 55,000 inhab.,occupies an extensive area. Narrow streets and arcades areintersperse
Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . Omnibuses from the hotels meet each train. Padua is a town of very great antiquity, tracing its origintraditionally to Antenor, brother-in-law of Priam. In 1405 it pla-ced itself under the protection of the republic of Venice, towhich it adhered until that state ceased to exist. From themiddle ages down to the present time Padua has derived greatcelebrity from its University, which was founded by Emp. Fre-derick II. in 1238. The town, a quiet place with 55,000 inhab.,occupies an extensive area. Narrow streets and arcades areinterspersed with a number of spacious gardens. *St. Antonio (PI. 1), the Basilica of St. Antony of Padua(d. 1231), commonly known as II Santo, is supposed to havebeen designed by Nicola Pisano in 1237, but was not commencedtill 1259. The principal part of the church was completed in1307, the remaining portions not before 1475; the whole wasrestored in 1749 after a conflagration. This vast structure withits seven domes is more extensive across the transepts than
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