10/6/2019, Padova

Padova's Piazza dei Signori (Square of the Lords).
You can see Venetian's winged lion on top of the column, it was
because Padova was under Venetian rule for 4 hundred years, from 1405 to 1797.
 

The astronomic clock which is still functioning.
The face of the clock depicts the earth in the middle, the phases of the moon, days, months, and the signs of zodiac.

 

The 13th century Palazzo della Ragione.

The portico of the Palazzo della Ragione.
 

The great hall of the Palazzo della Ragione.
It is topped with a hull-shaped roof to help support the structure without columns.
A wooden horse is at the western side of the hall.
The hall was originally decorated with 13th-century frescoes by Giotto, but a fire in 1312 destroyed those paintings.
Then it was redecorated with the 15th-century art we see today.
 

A series of 333 frescoes depicting the astrological theories, signs of zodiac, characteristics of people born under each sign etc.
It was a great effort, but we'd see higher form of arts from Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel in the afternoon.
 

Piazza Erbe (Herbs market), a vegetable market on the south side of the Ragione.
This was a Sunday, the market was not as full becuase some vendors were taking Sundays off.
 

A frescoed building of the University of Padova.
 

A group member accidentally knocked down the collection box of a street performer.
They were picking up the coins to put back into the box.
 

The 18-th century historical cafe,  PEDROCCHI Café.
The cafe has several rooms.
This particular green room (green walls and green couches) are for anyone to come in and sit without making any purchase.
It was what the cafe owner wanted, to provide citizens a place to sit even if they cannot afford to buy anything.
 

The coffee shop of the PEDROCCHI Café.
 

Tempting sweets at the PEDROCCHI's coffee shop.
 

Inside the Scrovegni Chapel, admiring Giotto's fresco masterpieces in vivid colors.
They were painted between 1303 to 1305 by Giotto and his assistants.
 

Giotto's "Last Judgment".
 

The ceiling.
 

Panels telling stories of Christ and his mother Mary.
 

Panels telling stories of Christ and his grandparents.
 

The courtyard of the civic museum centered around the Scrovegni chappel.