Padua

PADUA (Padova), a city in the North. Italy, in the region. Venice. Administrative Center prov. Padua. 231.2 thousand inhabitants (1971). An important transport hub; a shipping channel connects the island with the Adriatic Sea. Production of arts. fibers. Various mechanical engineering (including the production of machine tools, appliances, bicycles, agricultural machinery; motor engineering), electrical engineering, food, footwear, sewing, furniture and woodworking, boom., printing, industry. Annual International fair. Un-t (from 1222).

Padua. Basilica of Sant'Antonio ("Il Santo", since 1231). In front of her is an equestrian monument to the condottiere Gattamelate (sculptor Donatello, bronze, marble, limestone, 1447-53).

Mentions of the 4th century BC (Latin Patavium) are available from others-Rome. by Titus Livius. In 601, the village was almost completely destroyed by the Lombards, but soon restored. In the beginning . 12th century. received the rights of the commune. Since the 13th century. - so. the center of crafts and trade (annual fairs of the general public. values). In the beginning . In the 14th century, the signoria of the Carrara clan was established in P., the power of which was temporarily replaced by the domination of the clans.