Scrovegni Chapel

Culture

Italy Adds Two Unesco World Heritage Sites

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/03/2021 - 04:49

Italy has just added two more sites to its long list of Unesco-inscribed places and monuments, art and architecture, for a total of 58 Unesco World Heritage…

Travel

5 Things Not to Miss on a Day Trip to Padua

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/03/2017 - 00:00

Less than a 30-minute ride on the high-speed train from Venice, Padua is too often disregarded from the majority of visitors. Yet, it makes for a great day…

Culture

Revolutionary Giotto: The Nativity Scene Inside Padua's Scrovegni Chapel

by Katia Amore | Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:00

This Nativity is a fresco painted by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel, in Padua, as part of one of his finest and most important fresco cycles dedicated to the…

Lifestyle

Scrovegni Chapel in Padua Hit by Lightning

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/29/2014 - 02:30

A bolt of lightning has damaged an outer wall of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padova, prompting fear that the precious early 14th century frescoes by Giotto…