Padua

Also known as Padova, Pàva

Padua ( ) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza. With a population of 207,694 as of 2025, Padua is the third-largest city in Veneto. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua–Treviso–Venice metropolitan area (PATREVE), which has a population of around 2,600,000.

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Padua is a city in northern Italy's Veneto region, located west of Venice, with a population of around 207,700 that makes it the third-largest city in the region. It serves as the economic and communications center for its area and is sometimes grouped with Venice and Treviso as part of a larger metropolitan region.

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Italian comune.frazioni: Altichiero, Arcella, Bassanello, Brusegana, Camin, Chiesanuova, Forcellini, Guizza, Mandria, Montà, Mortise, Paltana, Ponte di Brenta, Ponterotto, Pontevigodarzere, Sacra Famiglia, Salboro, Stanga, Terranegra, Volta Brusegana
Italian comune.mayor_party: PD
Italian comune.mayor: Sergio Giordani
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 93.03
Italian comune.population_total: 207694
Italian comune.population_as_of: 2025
Italian comune.population_demonym: PadovanoPatavino
Italian comune.elevation_m: 12
Italian comune.saint: Saint Anthony of Padua
Italian comune.day: 13 June
Italian comune.postal_code: 35100
Italian comune.area_code: 049
UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS: Orto botanico di Padova
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image: Capella degli Scrovegni (Padova) jm56640.jpg
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright: 1.1
UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption: Last Judgment by Giotto (1305), Scrovegni Chapel
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria: (ii), (iii)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 824

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city-state
Official name: Padova
Demonym: paduana
Country: Republic of Venice
Located in: Regio X Venetia et Histria
Official language: Venetian
Population: 206496
Area: 93.03
Elevation: 12
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Bacchiglione
Shares border with: Villafranca Padovana
Official website: www.comune.padova.it
Image: Padua - Prato della Valle.jpg
Dialing code: 049
Licence plate code: PD
Patron saint: Anthony of Padua
Significant event: Siege of Padua

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Commons gallery: Padova
postal code: 35121–35143
twinned administrative body: Oxford
topic's main category: Category:Padua
category for people born here: Category:Births in Padua
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Padua
Commons category: Padua
category of associated people: Category:People from Padua
social media followers: 3909
Köppen climate classification: humid subtropical climate
male population: 99577
female population: 110153
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inception: 1183-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Antiquity
Late Antiquity
Frankish and Episcopal Supremacy
Emergence of the Commune
Emergence of the Signoria
Venetian rule
Austrian rule
Italian rule
20th century
Geography
Climate
Demographics evolution
Ethnic groups and foreign minorities
Monuments and places of interest
Villas
Churches
Gallery
Culture
Government
Economy
Transport
By car
By rail
By aeroplane
Public transport
Statistics
Sport
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
People
Sport
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

Besides the Bacchiglione, the Brenta River, which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain. To the city's south west lies the Euganaean Hills, which feature in poems by Lucan, Martial, Petrarch, Ugo Foscolo, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Padua has two UNESCO World Heritage List entries: its Botanical Garden, which is the world's oldest, and its 14th-century frescoes, situated in buildings in the city centre such as the Scrovegni Chapel.

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