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Padua Fresco Cycles

Also known as Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles, Padova Urbs picta

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Padua Fresco Cycles is about 35 km west of Venice. The nearest other World Heritage site is Padova botanical garden, about 1 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Venice · about 271,000 peopleabout 35 km east
  • Treviso · about 177,000 peopleabout 40 km north-east
  • Ferrara · about 131,000 peopleabout 65 km south
  • Verona · about 347,000 peopleabout 70 km west
  • Trento · about 108,000 peopleabout 95 km north-west
  • Bologna · about 488,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
Padua Fresco CyclesVeronaVeniceTrevisoPadova botanical gardenVicenza and Palladian VillasVeronaMantua and Sabbioneta20 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Padua Fresco Cycles and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesPadova botanical garden1Vicenza and Palladian Villas2Venice and its Lagoon3Ferrara and the Po Delta4Verona5Padua Fresco Cycles
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.
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Verona

ItalyCultural69 km away

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