HOTEL
"Le Padovanelle" is a 4-star hotel with 40 richly furnished double rooms
having private bathroom with hairdryer, colour cable television with Tele+ channel
and pay per view, direct dial telephone, air conditioning, minibar, safe, small
balcony and free parking. Located in Padua, a city rich in cultural and trading
traditions, it stands out also as a public relations centre and therefore is
equipped for business meetings, congresses and promotional events. Moreover
it's shrouded in the quiet of the park surrounding the Padua Race-course
and it's very close to the Padova Est highway exit, connecting Padua with Milan,
Bologna and Trieste.
RESTAURANT
"Le Padovanelle" restaurant has a wide window overlooking the race-course
and conferring on it a particular charm, which is emphasized by its Venetian
and international cuisine and its accurate and courteous service. Many halls
are available for wedding, christening and holy communion banquets, business
and graduation dinners and cocktail receptions.
FACILITIES
"Le Padovanelle" offers::
swimming
pools, equipped in such a way that all year long you can take a dip,
going from the indoor to the outdoor pool;
tennis-court,
available for fans of this sport wishing to keep their training;
"V.S. Breda" Race-course,
opened on 1st May 1901 by senator Vincenzo Stefano Breda, who since that
day secured to the city the title of Italian trot capital. Its activity
went on for half a century, until the war and a devastating tornado caused the
decline of the structure. Another horse fan, the entrepreneur Ivone Grassetto,
took care of the necessary repairs and on 1st May 1962 the new race-course resumed
its activity. Nowadays Padua Race-course is one of the best in Europe.
CONFERENCE
CENTRE
"Le Padovanelle" is Padua meeting point; that's why it proudly allows
itself the motto: "entrust the success of your events with our professionalism,
quality and competence".
The hotel and restaurant "Le Padovanelle" is not too far from the city centre and its most famous monuments.
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Basilica del Santo, as the Basilica of Saint Anthony - the Paduan saint by antonomasia - is called, raised soon after the death of the Franciscan friar in 1231 on the ancient chapel of Saint Mary, where he had wished to be buried. A particularly imposing structure, characterized by a mixing of Romanic and Gothic elements, it seems also to borrow from oriental themes, particularly in the central cupola and the side belfries , a kind of minarets. Additions and restorations followed one another through the centuries, making of the Basilica the Paduan temple par excellence; even the Commune contributed to its completion. Important fresco cycles by Altichiero, Avanzo and Giusto de'Menabuoi adorn its inside; particularly significant is the high altar made in 1444 by Donatello, the masterpiece of the Tuscan master, who left another fundamental work on the consecrated ground in front of the Basilica: the equestrian monument to the "condottiero" Gattamelata (1447). |
| Basilica of Saint Giustina: The restoration of this Romanic/Gothic basilica started in 1498 and was completed at the end of the 16th century. Among the many architects leading the works we remember Andrea Briosco, Andrea Moroni and Andrea da Valle, who built a structure on a Latin cross plan with three naves covered by eight large cupolas. The basilica used to be an important spiritual and cultural centre. Among the important works of art in its interior stands out the altar-piece of Saint Luke. |  |
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Scrovegni Chapel: built between 1303 and 1305 by order of Enrico Scrovegni, the Chapel is consecrated to the Virgin Mary. Its interior was frescoed by Giotto with stories of the Virgin Mary and Christ. The cycle consists of 38 scenes developing on three rows along the side walls and the entrance wall, where the Last Judgement is depicted. This work is the absolute masterpiece of Giotto, the genius who proposed a new and revolutionary ratio between figure and pictorial space. |