The document provides information about the city of Padua, Italy. It discusses the large central square Prato della Valle, and notes that the city has over 200,000 inhabitants. It also mentions several notable landmarks in Padua, including the Basilica of St. Anthony, the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes by Giotto, Palazzo della Ragione, and Galileo Galilei's time teaching at the University of Padua. Finally, it briefly describes two technical high schools in Padua, the Luigi Einaudi school and the Antonio Gramsci school.

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“Prato della Valle” is the second largest square in Europe, after Piazza Rossa
in Moscow. In the background there is “S. Giustina’s Basilica”, which is older
than St. Anthony’s.

2. The town of Padua is
in the north-east of
Italy, nearly 25
kilometres far from
Venice.
It has 214.198
inhabitants.
The most advanced
sector is the tertiary.
There are many
tourist attractions .

3. Province of The total % prov. Of
Padua region of Padua
Veneto
Area (km2) 2.147 18.391 11.7
Population 934.216 4.937.854 18.9
Density 435,1 km2 268,5 km2
Employed 406.937 2.111.747 19,3
Employment rate 65,4% 64,5%
GDP (billion €) 27.197 144,172 18,9
GDP per capita 29.399 29.577

5. The Pedrocchi Café was built between
1831 and 1836; many students and
professors of Padua university met there
after lessons to talk about politics.
The university of Padua is one of the
oldest universities in the world, set up by
students and teachers all together in
1222.
Padua is universally known as the city of St.
Anthony, a portuguese monk . His church is the
most important Basilica of the city, built in a
variety of art styles.

6. “La torre dell’orologio” (the clocktower) is
located in “Piazza dei Signori”, one of the three
most important squares in Padua. It was built in
1532 by architect Giovanni Falconetto.
“Il compianto di Cristo morto” is a
particular of the Scrovegni Chapel; it is
a fresco by Giotto (1267-1337).

7. “Palazzo della Ragione “ is the
largest civil hall in the middle
ages, with a characteristic
curved roof. It was used as a
court of law and for citizens’
assemblies. It was frescoed by
artists of Giotto’s school, and
it also boasts a wooden
reproduction of the horse of
the most famous equestrian
monument of the
Renaissance, “Il Gattamelata”
by Donatello, still visible in
front of St. Anthony’s Basilica.

8. The ground floor, under the
porticoes, is one of the
oldest shopping malls in the
world, still in use today

9. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian scientist, a
physicist and a philosopher. He taught maths at the
University of Padua in 1592 and in 1609 he used the
telescope for the first time.
Archers Shooting at Saint Christopher (1451-5).
Fresco, in the “Ovetari Chapel”, Eremitani Church,
painted by the Italian painter Andrea Mantegna
(1431-1506). He is considered one of the most
important Italian painters.

10. Near the railway station (Via Giotto) there is a monument which supports a steel
beam found among the ruins of the Twin Towers, destroyed in 2001.
The architect who designed the glass structure is Daniel Liebeskind, who was born
in Poland ( Łodź)

11. School’s name
The Commercial and Technical Institute for The Commercial and Technical Institute “Antonio
Tourism "Luigi Einaudi", founded in 1962, is Gramsci”, founded in 1974, is named after an
named after the economist who was the first Italian philosopher, writer, politician and political
president of the Italian Republic, elected in theorist. A founding member and onetime leader
May 1948. of the Communist Party of Italy, he was
The Institute, was first meant to be a imprisoned by Benito Mussolini during the fascist
technical high school for business Regime (January 22, 1891 - April 27, 1937).
administration , and, over the years, other
courses were added with different In October 1974 the large number of enrolments
locations, due to increased school population in Padova’s secondary schools caused the start of
which occurred mainly in the decade between the third Commercial Technical Istitute. In 1980
1977 and 1987, specialized languages courses were added, and in
In 1992, the tourism course implemented the 1990 an IT course. Since 1998 we have had some
courses available . classes for inmates in Padua’s prison too.

12. We used to be two schools,
now we are one.
423 pupils+ 95 prison’s students 1050 pupils