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Definition: Padua from Philip's Encyclopedia

(Pádova) City in Veneto region, NE Italy. The city is first mentioned (as Patavium) early in the 4th century bc. In the Middle Ages it was a flourishing artistic centre. It came under Venetian control in 1405. In 1815 it passed to Austria, and took a leading part in the movement for Italian independence. The city is renowned for its art treasures. Industries: motor vehicles, textiles, machinery, electrical goods. Pop. (2000) 209,461.

Padua

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(păd'yōӘ), Ital. Padova , city (1991 pop. 215,137), capital of Padova prov., in Venetia, NE Italy, connected by canal with the Brenta, Adige, and Po rivers. It is an agricultural, commercial, and major industrial center and a transportation junction. Manufactures include machinery, motor vehicles, leather goods, textiles, and processed food. Called Patavium by the Romans, it was second to Rome in wealth. The city was destroyed by the Lombards in A.D. 601 but recovered quickly. Except for a 20-year period of rule by Ezzelino da Romano, Padua was from the 12th to the 14th cent. a free commune of great political and economic importance. It subdued neighboring cities and became an artistic center, where Giotto painted his masterpiece, a series of frescoes (1304–6) in the Capella degli Scrovegni. Under the rule of the munificent Carrara family (1318–1405) and under the domination of Venice (1405–1797), Padua continued to flourish. Mantegna (1431–1506), a native of Padua, produced much work…
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Full text Article Padua

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 203,350), northern Italy. Legend holds that it was founded by the Trojan hero Antenor. First mentioned in 302 bc , it prospered as a Roman city and was under Lombard rule in the 7th–8th centuries. A leading Italian commune in the 11th–13th centuries, control of Padua then…
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Full text Article Padua

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(păd'yōӘ), Ital. Padova , city (1991 pop. 215,137), capital of Padova prov., in Venetia, NE Italy, connected by canal with the Brenta, Adige, and Po rivers. It is an agricultural, commercial, and major industrial center and a transportation junction. Manufactures include machinery, motor vehicles, …
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Full text Article Padua

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Town in Veneto, northern Italy, on the canalized section of the River Bacchiglione, 38 km/24 mi west of Venice; population (2001 est) 203,400. Industries include engineering, and the manufacture of clothing, bicycles, leather goods, and man-made fibres. The astronomer Galileo taught at the…
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Full text Article Padua

From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Commune, ✽ of Padova prov., Veneto, NE Italy, 22 mi. (35 km.) W of Venice; pop. (2001c) 205,645; railroad junction and commercial center; produces agricultural machinery, motorcycles, textiles, chemicals; tourism; numerous notable buildings, incl. the 16th cent. cathedral with Romanesque baptistery, …
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Full text Article Anthony of Padua, Saint

From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Catholicism
(b. 1195–d. 1231) Franciscan friar, theologian, and preacher Anthony of Padua was a Portuguese Franciscan friar who became noted for his preaching in Italy. Celebrated for working miracles, he was canonized only a year after his death. Pope Pius XII declared him a Doctor of the Church in 1946. He is…
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Full text Article Jorge Pádua, Maria Tereza

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(b. 1943–) Brazilian ecologist Ecologist Maria Tereza Jorge Pádua has been called “the Mother of Brazil's National Parks.” Born on May 8, 1943, in São José do Rio Pardo, Brazil, she learned to love nature when visiting her grandparents’ farm and picnicking with her parents. Jorge Pádua studied…
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Full text Article Anthony of Padua, Saint

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born 1195, Lisbon, Port.—died June 13, 1231, Arcella, Verona; canonized 1232; feast day June 13) Franciscan friar, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of Portugal. He joined the Augustinian order in 1210 and was probably ordained a priest. He joined the Franciscans in 1220 with the goal of…
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Full text Article JUSTINA of Padua

From Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
martyr (d. 304). According to the oldest Passio , of the 11th c., Justina, belonging to a distinguished Paduan family, was executed under * Diocletian and * Maximian ; perhaps she should be identified with her Justina of Trieste. The body of the martyr was buried outside the pomerium to the E of the…
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The Botanical Garden also houses two important...
Italy Criteria - Interchange of values; Testimony to cultural tradition The Botanical Garden of Padua is the original of all botanical gardens throughout the world. It was created in 1545 and still preserves its original layout: a circular central plot, symbolizing the world, surrounded by a ring of…
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Full text Article Prosdocimus de Beldemandis (c. 1380 - 1428, Padua)

From The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
Studied at the universities of Bologna and Padua, receiving degrees in arts and medicine. Taught at Padua. Wrote music treatises, revising most at least once, beginning in 1404. On the whole he approved of earlier theory (that of Franco of Cologne and Jehan des Murs) and practice (such as Italian…
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