Padua

thumb|200px|Piazza della Frutta, Padua Padua (Venetian: Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and commune in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Venice and 29 km (18 miles) southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 214,000 (as of 2011). It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Quotes Padova la forte. Padua the strong. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 228 LUCENTIO:Tranio, since for the great desire I hadTo see fair Padua, nursery of arts,I am arriv’d for fruitful Lombardy,The pleasant garden of great Italy, [...]Tell me thy mind; for I have Pisa leftAnd am to Padua come as he that leavesA shallow plash to plunge him in the deep,And with satiety seeks to quench his thirst. Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, I, i See also University of Padua External links Category:Veneto