Padua
Padua
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| Città di Padova | |
 Prato della Valle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Padua  | |
  Padua Location of Padua in Italy  Padua Padua (Veneto) | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′N 11°52′E / 45.417°N 11.867°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Padua (PD) |
| 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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sergio Giordani (PD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 93 km2 (36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 208,202 |
| Demonym(s) | Padovano Patavino |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 35100 |
| Dialing code | 049 |
| Patron saint | Saint Anthony of Padua |
| Saint day | June 13 |
| Website | www |
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Padua (Italian: Padova) is an Italian city near Venice. It has about 210,000 people.
An old myth says that Padua was founded by the Trojan Antenore. There was a settlement since the 4th century before Christ. It got under Roman power in 215 B.C. In 426 A.D. Padua became destroyed by Attila. Narses reconstructed the city, but the Langobardes destroyed it a second time. Charles, the Great got Padua in 774 under power of the Francs, later the city joined the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation.
After struggles with Frederic Barbarossa it declared peace in 1177. In 1222 the second university of Italy was founded in Padua. The Gulfs got Padua in 1256, later the Republic of Venice got control about the city until Napoleon Bonaparte got it.
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 21 February 2026. Retrieved 27 February 2026. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)
- ↑ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)
