Pictures of Padua

Sightseeing tour on segway throughout the city centre of Padua. At first, Piazza delle Erbe with its daily market, then Piazza dei Signori with the great Cathedral. Don’t miss a stop at Pedrocchi Café for a unique cup of Espresso coffee, always full of people. Piazza del Santo, St. Anthony from Padua, the Saint of everyone, from the gypsies to the students! Padua is an amazing city to visit, slow is better! ⇒ Watch the full web serie Padua art & wellness slow tour

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Now we are going to the most beautiful squares of Padua They are a lot and all beautiful Luigi what square is it? This is Piazza delle Erbe There is the market every day? Every day Everything is amazing It seems to me an oriental market It’s plenty of people You can think it’s absurd but it reminds me the great market of Istanbul Where are we? We are in Piazza della Frutta, Fruits Square Ah there it is piazza della Verdura, Vegetables Square, here we are in Fruits Square Throbbing In despite of the shopping centers Here we have a beautiful shopping center inside the historical center There? Yes, there Where are we going? Now we’re going to the heart of Padua Piazza dei Signori The Cathedral It is beautiful, a living historical center, nice It is a city, that I already knew it was beautiful, but discovering it slowly is really satisfying It’s a coffee express in big cup, with a light cream perfumed with meant and coca dust Don’t put sugar in it and don’t blend it You drink it as it is The Pedrocchi coffee: you cannot put sugar in it, you cannot blend it, you cannot mess with it, you take it as it is Thanks it’s a very delicacy But a historical place too The first Pedrocchi I think he was called Francesco, he started at the end of the 18th century to bring coffee A weird drink, an upscale drink, a revolutionary drink Then his son Antonio, at the beginning of 19th century, inaugurates Pedrocchi Café It becomes a mythical place It’s a national monument Here students could come, could drink free water, could sit In 1848 a student had been wounded The café is opened 24/24, and then it became larger It’s a very important work of architecture It represents the heart of the city To Pedrocchi! This one is the tomb of Antenore, the founder of Padua Antenore, friend of Aeneas They both came from Troy According to Virgil If so, the city founds its roots in the myth Santa Chiara Channel, from the Torricelle bridge We arrived at Piazza del Santo St. Anthony from Padua I thought he came from Portugal It dates back to the beginning of 13th century It’s a saint for everyone The saint of the gipsy, the saint of the students He’s the protector of the family, of the lost things Indeed there is this famous “sequeri” prayer You recite it when you have lost something They say with the “sequeri” prayer you can find what you have lost And for the people from Spain, Argentina, Brasil and others, he is the one who cares about finding husband to young and single ladies My grandmother had a statue of St. Anthony, when my grandfather was discharged because he had 3 children in war, she came here to thank St. Anthony And perhaps St. Anthony protects even those who risk to lose their train Padua station Slow Tour continues I get on with my bike, come on!

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