Province of Padua
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The Province of Padua is a province
in the Veneto
region of Italy
. Its capital is the city of Padua
.
The territory is usually divided in the capital city, Padua, and its hinterland
, formed by the nearby municipalities; the Alta Pianura (higher plain), north of the city; the Bassa Pianura (lower plain), south of the city, including the Saccisica
in the south-east; and the Colli Euganei
(Euganei hills) south-west of the city. The Euganei hills are the only heights of the entire province, the other parts being totally plain.
The province of Padua is rich in touristic sites. The city itself
is home of some masterpieces from Medieval and Renaissance
art and architecture, while the towns of Cittadella
and Montagnana
are famous for the well preserved Medieval city walls. There are many ancient and beautiful villas in the countryside, a few of them from Palladio
, the main ones being Villa Contarini
(in Piazzola sul Brenta
) and Villa Barbarigo (in Valsanzibio
). The Euganei hills offer a relaxing naturalistic site, often covered in woods, while at their eastern slopes there are many ancient spa
sites: the Terme Euganee, as Abano Terme
, Montegrotto Terme
, Galzignano Terme
, Battaglia Terme
. There is a small part of the Venetian Lagoon
lying inside the province, the Valle Millecampi (one-thousand-fields valley); and also the river landscapes of the countryside offer some good naturalistic route, even for cycling or horse-riding. Travelling by boat is possible as well.
Two motorways cross the territory, one being the A4, the other being the A13
; Padua has also an highway ring
surrounding the city and connecting it to its hinterland. The main railways make almost the same paths of the motorways, going to Venice
, Milan
or Bologna
; but there are minor railways going north (Castelfranco Veneto
), north-west (Bassano del Grappa
and Trento
), south-west (Mantua
) and south-east (Chioggia
). The main roads follow all those paths.
The borders of the province are almost the same from the Medieval commune
, with just some adjustment in the north-east. The territory was administered within these boundaries since the time of the Republic of Venice
, but the modern province comes directly from the administrative divisions of Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. The Diocese of Padua
covers the most part of the province, out of a main part of Alta Pianura; instead it includes areas from the surrounding provinces.
for the Köppen climate classification
Cfa); only part of the Colli Euganei have a milder climate, because their southern slopes are above the thermal inversion line by winter, and exposed to the Sun all the year: which allows them to cultivate small olive trees.
The winter is usually moderately cold in the province, avoiding both warm and cold extremes; frost is very common at plain (below the thermal inversion line) with about 60-70 frost days a year, and temperatures usually do not get lower than -8/-12°C in the plains during the year; but the all-times record for Padua is -19.2°C by January 1985. The lower plain is slightly colder then the higher plain; snowfalls are highly variable from year to year, and one could see winters with almost no snow as years with frequent snowfalls (Padua has a century average of almost 20cm/8in during a year). Fog is a common phenomenon, even lasting all the day long, above all in the lower plain.
Summers are moderately hot and wet, warmer and less rainy in the lower plain, while the higher plain is often hit by thunderstorms; Padua has a record of +39.8°C by August 2003, but usually does not get above +34°C in a year.
Spring and autumn are changeable seasons, which may experience wintry or sultry weather, heavy rainfalls or pleasant sunny days. The period between April and June is usually the wettest one in a year.
Extreme events may sometime hit the province. Flooding is a well-known phenomenon since ancient time, so that all the rivers and channels which cross the plain are embanked, and many channels were dug to avoid frequent flooding. The worst recent events were on 4th November 1966 and on 2nd November 2010.
Snowstorms, with some inch of fresh snow and strong Bora gusts, may happen during a normal winter, but rarely can be considered like a blizzard
, and usually they do not last more than 1-2 days and with no more than 6-10in (15-25cm) of snow. Anyway a really exceptional event happened during the winter of 1608: a snowfall that lasted for 40 consecutive days, from late January to early March, with the snow depth at ground reaching at least 6-7ft (about 2m) as witnessed by Galileo; a similar event never repeated.
Rarely, between May and September, tornado
es may hit the area as well. The most famous were the one of 17th August 1756, bringing heavy damages to Padua; and the one of 11th September 1970, starting from Colli Euganei
and passing through Paduan metropolitan area
to end over Venice
, an F2 (intensifying up to F4 going onto Venice) on the Fujita scale
. Hailstorms are possible as well by summer, the worst recent event having been on 28th August 2003.
and the Alta Pianura, for the many enterprises of every kind, mainly industrial ones, but also from tertiary and primary economical sectors; these areas are also densely populated. The Bassa Pianura is instead a mainly rural area, thus being poorer and less populated. Tourism is developed above all in the spa towns, while both in the city and in the other parts of the province it may be considered under-developed, out of a large number of pilgrim
s in Padua.
GDP nominal (2009) = €26,320,000,000 / $36,139,000,000
GDP nominal per capita = €28,688 / $39,390
is widespread too. Rugby union
and volleyball
are popular sports too; there are several teams also for basketball
and field hockey
; water polo
, American football
and baseball
are played too. Among individual sports, cycling
, athletics, swimming
, rowing
, tennis
, fencing
, golf
and horse-back riding are often practiced, as well as martial arts
.
Here we can see the major club teams of the province:
Provinces of Italy
In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality and a region .-Overview:...
in the Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
region of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Its capital is the city of Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
.
History and territory
It has an area of 2,142 km², and a total population of 927,730 (2009) which makes of it the most populated province of Veneto. There are 104 comuni (singular: comune) in the province.The territory is usually divided in the capital city, Padua, and its hinterland
Hinterland
The hinterland is the land or district behind a coast or the shoreline of a river. Specifically, by the doctrine of the hinterland, the word is applied to the inland region lying behind a port, claimed by the state that owns the coast. The area from which products are delivered to a port for...
, formed by the nearby municipalities; the Alta Pianura (higher plain), north of the city; the Bassa Pianura (lower plain), south of the city, including the Saccisica
Piove di Sacco
Piove di Sacco is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 25 km southwest of Venice and about 20 km southeast of Padua...
in the south-east; and the Colli Euganei
Colli Euganei
Colli Euganei are located in the Veneto region of northern Italy, a few kilometers south of Padua. They take their name from the Euganei, a semi-mythical population who inhabited the area before the Veneti....
(Euganei hills) south-west of the city. The Euganei hills are the only heights of the entire province, the other parts being totally plain.
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
is home of some masterpieces from Medieval and Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
art and architecture, while the towns of Cittadella
Cittadella
Cittadella is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the thirteenth century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is 1461 m in circumference with a diameter of around 450 m. There are four gates which roughly...
and Montagnana
Montagnana
Montagnana is a town and comune in the province of Padova, in Veneto . It is bounded by other communes of Saletto, Megliadino San Fidenzio, Casale di Scodosia, Urbana, Bevilacqua, Pojana Maggiore and Noventa Vicentina...
are famous for the well preserved Medieval city walls. There are many ancient and beautiful villas in the countryside, a few of them from Palladio
Palladian Villas of the Veneto
The City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto is a World Heritage Site protecting a cluster of works by the architect Andrea Palladio. UNESCO inscribed the site on the World Heritage List in 1994. At first the site was called "Vicenza, City of Palladio" and only buildings in the...
, the main ones being Villa Contarini
Villa Contarini
Villa Contarini is a patrician villa veneta in Piazzola sul Brenta, province of Padova, northern Italy. The villa is in Baroque style and is backed by a 40 ha park with lakes and alleys....
(in Piazzola sul Brenta
Piazzola sul Brenta
Piazzola sul Brenta is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 15 km northwest of Padua.-Main sights:*Villa Contarini, begun by Andrea Palladio...
) and Villa Barbarigo (in Valsanzibio
Galzignano Terme
Galzignano Terme is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 15 km southwest of Padua.-Main sights:...
). The Euganei hills offer a relaxing naturalistic site, often covered in woods, while at their eastern slopes there are many ancient spa
Spa
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...
sites: the Terme Euganee, as Abano Terme
Abano Terme
Abano Terme is a town and comune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei; it is 10 kilometers southwest by rail from Padua. Abano Terme's population is 19,062 .The town's hot springs and mud baths are the main economic resource...
, Montegrotto Terme
Montegrotto Terme
Montegrotto Terme is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 11 km southwest of Padua.Montegrotto Terme is a spa resort, part of the Terme Euganee spas...
, Galzignano Terme
Galzignano Terme
Galzignano Terme is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 km southwest of Venice and about 15 km southwest of Padua.-Main sights:...
, Battaglia Terme
Battaglia Terme
Battaglia Terme is a town and comune in the Veneto region of Italy, in the province of Padua.Battaglia lies at the easternmost edge of the volcanic Euganean Hills, and has been noted for its warm saline springs and natural vapour grotto since the Middle Ages.-History:The construction of the...
. There is a small part of the Venetian Lagoon
Venetian Lagoon
The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Venetian language, Laguna Veneta— cognate of Latin lacus, "lake"— has provided the international name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of saltwater, a lagoon.The Venetian Lagoon...
lying inside the province, the Valle Millecampi (one-thousand-fields valley); and also the river landscapes of the countryside offer some good naturalistic route, even for cycling or horse-riding. Travelling by boat is possible as well.
Two motorways cross the territory, one being the A4, the other being the A13
Autostrada A13 (Italy)
The A13 is an Italian autostrada connecting Padova and Bologna....
; Padua has also an highway ring
Tangenziale di Padova
The GRAP is the orbital motorway surrounding Padua, northern Italy. It is also called Tangenziale di Padova.Usually, it consists of 2 lanes and 1 emergency lane for a dual carriageways...
surrounding the city and connecting it to its hinterland. The main railways make almost the same paths of the motorways, going to Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
or Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
; but there are minor railways going north (Castelfranco Veneto
Castelfranco Veneto
Castelfranco Veneto is a town and comune of Veneto, northern Italy, in the province of Treviso, 30 km by rail from the town of Treviso. It is approximately 40 km inland from Venice.-History:...
), north-west (Bassano del Grappa
Bassano del Grappa
Bassano del Grappa is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, region Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo sul Brenta, Conco, Rosà, Cartigliano and Nove...
and Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
), south-west (Mantua
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...
) and south-east (Chioggia
Chioggia
Chioggia is a coastal town and comune of the province of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy.-Geography:...
). The main roads follow all those paths.
The borders of the province are almost the same from the Medieval commune
Medieval commune
Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had sworn allegiances of mutual defense among the citizens of a town or city. They took many forms, and varied widely in organization and makeup. Communes are first recorded in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, thereafter becoming a widespread...
, with just some adjustment in the north-east. The territory was administered within these boundaries since the time of the Republic of Venice
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
, but the modern province comes directly from the administrative divisions of Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. The Diocese of Padua
Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua is a see of the Catholic Church in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century, and is a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. The current Bishop of Padova is Antonio Mattiazzo....
covers the most part of the province, out of a main part of Alta Pianura; instead it includes areas from the surrounding provinces.
Climate
The most part of the province has a temperate sub-continental climate (or humid subtropical climateHumid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters...
for the Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
Cfa); only part of the Colli Euganei have a milder climate, because their southern slopes are above the thermal inversion line by winter, and exposed to the Sun all the year: which allows them to cultivate small olive trees.
The winter is usually moderately cold in the province, avoiding both warm and cold extremes; frost is very common at plain (below the thermal inversion line) with about 60-70 frost days a year, and temperatures usually do not get lower than -8/-12°C in the plains during the year; but the all-times record for Padua is -19.2°C by January 1985. The lower plain is slightly colder then the higher plain; snowfalls are highly variable from year to year, and one could see winters with almost no snow as years with frequent snowfalls (Padua has a century average of almost 20cm/8in during a year). Fog is a common phenomenon, even lasting all the day long, above all in the lower plain.
Summers are moderately hot and wet, warmer and less rainy in the lower plain, while the higher plain is often hit by thunderstorms; Padua has a record of +39.8°C by August 2003, but usually does not get above +34°C in a year.
Spring and autumn are changeable seasons, which may experience wintry or sultry weather, heavy rainfalls or pleasant sunny days. The period between April and June is usually the wettest one in a year.
Extreme events may sometime hit the province. Flooding is a well-known phenomenon since ancient time, so that all the rivers and channels which cross the plain are embanked, and many channels were dug to avoid frequent flooding. The worst recent events were on 4th November 1966 and on 2nd November 2010.
Snowstorms, with some inch of fresh snow and strong Bora gusts, may happen during a normal winter, but rarely can be considered like a blizzard
Blizzard
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds. By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 meters or ¼ mile or...
, and usually they do not last more than 1-2 days and with no more than 6-10in (15-25cm) of snow. Anyway a really exceptional event happened during the winter of 1608: a snowfall that lasted for 40 consecutive days, from late January to early March, with the snow depth at ground reaching at least 6-7ft (about 2m) as witnessed by Galileo; a similar event never repeated.
Rarely, between May and September, tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
es may hit the area as well. The most famous were the one of 17th August 1756, bringing heavy damages to Padua; and the one of 11th September 1970, starting from Colli Euganei
Colli Euganei
Colli Euganei are located in the Veneto region of northern Italy, a few kilometers south of Padua. They take their name from the Euganei, a semi-mythical population who inhabited the area before the Veneti....
and passing through Paduan metropolitan area
Paduan metropolitan area
The Paduan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration of the city of Padua in Veneto, Italy.It has been costituted as Metropolitan conference of Padua...
to end over Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, an F2 (intensifying up to F4 going onto Venice) on the Fujita scale
Fujita scale
The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
. Hailstorms are possible as well by summer, the worst recent event having been on 28th August 2003.
Economy
The province has a very rich economy, in the metropolitan areaPaduan metropolitan area
The Paduan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration of the city of Padua in Veneto, Italy.It has been costituted as Metropolitan conference of Padua...
and the Alta Pianura, for the many enterprises of every kind, mainly industrial ones, but also from tertiary and primary economical sectors; these areas are also densely populated. The Bassa Pianura is instead a mainly rural area, thus being poorer and less populated. Tourism is developed above all in the spa towns, while both in the city and in the other parts of the province it may be considered under-developed, out of a large number of pilgrim
Pilgrim
A pilgrim is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journeying to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system...
s in Padua.
GDP nominal (2009) = €26,320,000,000 / $36,139,000,000
GDP nominal per capita = €28,688 / $39,390
Sport
Several sports are practiced in the province of Padua. The most popular is football: every village as well as every city parish has its own little team, out of the most important ones playing in the Italian professional or amateur championships; and futsalFutsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
is widespread too. Rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
are popular sports too; there are several teams also for basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
; water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
are played too. Among individual sports, cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
, athletics, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
and horse-back riding are often practiced, as well as martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
.
Here we can see the major club teams of the province:
- Football:
- - Calcio PadovaCalcio PadovaCalcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...
, now playing Serie BSerie BSerie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
, won 1 Coppa Italia Serie C; - - A.S. CittadellaA.S. CittadellaAssociazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.-History:Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie...
, Serie BSerie BSerie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
; - - A.C. EsteA.C. EsteAssociazione Calcio Este is an Italian association football club located in Este, Padua.It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are yellow and red.-External links:...
, Serie DSerie DSerie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
; - - Calcio San Paolo PadovaCalcio San Paolo PadovaCalcio San Paolo Padova is an Italian association football, the second football team of the city of Padua, Veneto.-History and achievements:The club moved from Promozione to Serie D after a merger with Albignasego Calcio, to form the current club.Its first official football match in Serie D has...
, Serie DSerie DSerie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
; - - Monselice Calcio 1926Monselice Calcio 1926Monselice Calcio 1926 is an Italian association football club in Monselice in the Province of Padua. They have played in Serie C2 and Serie D, but now play in the Eccellenza....
, Eccellenza VenetoEccellenza VenetoEccellenza Veneto is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Veneto, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
, played up to Serie C; - - Unione Sportiva LuparenseUnione Sportiva LuparenseUnione Sportiva Luparense is an Italian association football club in San Martino di Lupari in the Province of Padua. For sponsorship reasons, they currently play under the name Radio Birikina Luparense. They have played in Serie C and Serie D, but now play at step 8 of the Italian football league...
, PromozionePromozionePromozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...
, played up to Serie C; - - Petrarca Padova Football Club, Seconda CategoriaSeconda CategoriaSeconda Categoria is the actual name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 9th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Seconda Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the Prima Categoria level...
, played up to Prima DivisionePrima DivisionePrima Divisione was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the old format of the championship, based on plethoric regional groups...
; - - Ženský Padova, Serie B, women's football;
- - no more existing: Gamma 3 Padova won 2 times the championshipSerie A (women's football)*A.S.D. C.F. Bardolino Verona, Calmasino di Bardolino*A.C.F. Brescia Femminile, Capriolo*A.S.D. Calcio Chiasiellis, Mortegliano*A.C.F. Firenze A.S.D., Florence*A.S.D. Graphistudio Tavagnacco, Tavagnacco*S.S. Lazio Calcio Femminile, Rome...
and 1 the Coppa Italia.- Futsal:
- - Luparense Calcio a 5Luparense Calcio a 5Luparense Calcio a 5 is a futsal club based in San Martino di Lupari, Italy.The club was founded in 1996 and its stadium is Palasport S. Martino di Lupari with 800 seats...
, Serie A1Serie A1 (Futsal)Serie A1 is the premier professional futsal league in Italy. It was founded in 1983. The league, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 14 teams. It is organized by Divisione Calcio a 5.- Champions :-Performance by club:...
, won 3 times the championship, 2 the Coppa Italia and 3 Supercoppa; - - Petrarca Calcio a 5, Serie B.
- Rugby union:
- - Petrarca Rugby, Super 10Super 10 (Italian premiership)The withdrawal of Viadana and Benetton Treviso from the league has been compounded by club mergers. Rugby Viadana, Gran Parma and Colorno have merged to form GranDucato Rugby. Overmach Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati, both new clubs to be based in Parma. These changes created 2...
, won 12 times the championship (last time 2011) and 2 times the Coppa Italia; - - Roccia Rugby, Serie ASerie A (rugby union)Serie A is the name of the second tier of the Italian Rugby Union championship. Until the creation of the Super 10 in a 2002 restructuring exercise, it was the name of the top tier....
; - - CUS Padova Rugby, Serie B;
- - Valsugana Rugby, men's rugby Serie C, women's rugby Serie ASerie A (women's rugby union)The Serie A is the highest tier of the national women's rugby union competition in Italy.-External links:...
; - - Ercole Monselice, Serie C;
- - no more existing: Fiamme Oro Padova, won 5 times the championshipSuper 10 (Italian premiership)The withdrawal of Viadana and Benetton Treviso from the league has been compounded by club mergers. Rugby Viadana, Gran Parma and Colorno have merged to form GranDucato Rugby. Overmach Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati, both new clubs to be based in Parma. These changes created 2...
and 4 times the Coppa Italia.- Volleyball:
- - Pallavolo PadovaSempre VolleyFormer Antonveneta Padova is a professional Volleyball team ofSempre Volley , based in Padua, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. Since 2009 it is named Pallavolo Padova and it plays Serie A2, after relegation from Serie A1...
, Serie A1Italian Volleyball LeagueThe Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. Many of the best volleyball players in the world playing in the A1 and the overall level of competition is considerably higher.-Structure:...
, won 1 CEV CupChallenge Cup (volleyball)The Challenge Cup is an official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It was started in the 1980/81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to Challenge Cup.-CEV Cup:-Challenge Cup:...
; - - Silvolley Trebaseleghe, Serie B1;
- - Megius Volley Club Padova, women's volleyball Serie C.
- Water Polo:
- - Plebiscito Padova, men's Serie A2, women's Serie A1.
- Field Hockey:
- - CUS Padova Hockey, men's Serie A1, women's Serie A2.
- Basketball:
- - Gattamelata Albignasego, Serie B DilettantiSerie B DilettantiSerie B Dilettanti is the fourth men's professional basketball league in Italy.Teams are divided into four groups by geographical contiguity. Promoted teams gain access to Serie A Dilettanti; relegated teams will play in Serie C Dilettanti....
.- American Football:
- - Saints Padova, Campionato A2 LENAF.
- Baseball:
- - Padova Baseball, Serie A federale. ( www.padovabaseball.com )
Main municipalities
At June, 2005, the main comuni by population are:| Comune | Population |
|---|---|
| Padua | 211,288 |
| Selvazzano Dentro Selvazzano Dentro Selvazzano Dentro is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km west of Venice and about 8 km southwest of Padua.-External links:*... |
21,324 |
| Vigonza Vigonza Vigonza is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 25 km west of Venice and about 10 km northeast of Padua... |
20,508 |
| Albignasego Albignasego Albignasego is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km west of Venice and about 7 km south of Padua... |
20,138 |
| Cittadella Cittadella Cittadella is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the thirteenth century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is 1461 m in circumference with a diameter of around 450 m. There are four gates which roughly... |
19,494 |
| Abano Terme Abano Terme Abano Terme is a town and comune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei; it is 10 kilometers southwest by rail from Padua. Abano Terme's population is 19,062 .The town's hot springs and mud baths are the main economic resource... |
19,014 |
| Piove di Sacco Piove di Sacco Piove di Sacco is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 25 km southwest of Venice and about 20 km southeast of Padua... |
18,005 |
| Monselice Monselice Monselice is a town and municipality located in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua.It is about 20 km southeast of the city of Padua, at the southern edge of the Euganean Hills .-History:... |
17,547 |
| Este Este, Italy Este is a town and comune of the Province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Euganei Hills. The town is a centre for farming, crafts and industry worthy of note.-History:... |
16,829 |
| Cadoneghe Cadoneghe Cadoneghe is a town and comune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The town is approximately 50 from Venice, the capital of the region. The city is situated on the Brenta River.... |
15,262 |
| Rubano Rubano Rubano is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km west of Venice and about 7 km northwest of Padua... |
14,124 |
| Ponte San Nicolò Ponte San Nicolò Ponte San Nicolò is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km west of Venice and about 8 km southeast of Padua... |
12,795 |
| Campodarsego Campodarsego Campodarsego is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km west of Venice and about 10 km northeast of Padua.-External links:*... |
12,379 |
| Vigodarzere Vigodarzere Vigodarzere is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km west of Venice and about 4 km northeast of Padua.... |
12,312 |
| San Martino di Lupari San Martino di Lupari San Martino di Lupari is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km northwest of Venice and about 25 km north of Padua... |
12,149 |
| Trebaseleghe Trebaseleghe Trebaseleghe is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 25 km northwest of Venice and about 25 km northeast of Padua.... |
11,640 |
| Camposampiero Camposampiero Camposampiero is a town and comune in the province of Padua, Veneto, northern Italy.-Twin towns - sister cities:Camposampiero is twinned with Jasło, Poland, since November 2002... |
11,477 |
| Piazzola sul Brenta Piazzola sul Brenta Piazzola sul Brenta is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 15 km northwest of Padua.-Main sights:*Villa Contarini, begun by Andrea Palladio... |
10,795 |
| Montegrotto Terme Montegrotto Terme Montegrotto Terme is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 11 km southwest of Padua.Montegrotto Terme is a spa resort, part of the Terme Euganee spas... |
10,589 |
See also
- Colli EuganeiColli EuganeiColli Euganei are located in the Veneto region of northern Italy, a few kilometers south of Padua. They take their name from the Euganei, a semi-mythical population who inhabited the area before the Veneti....
- PaduaPaduaPadua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
- Paduan metropolitan areaPaduan metropolitan areaThe Paduan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration of the city of Padua in Veneto, Italy.It has been costituted as Metropolitan conference of Padua...
- Roman Catholic Diocese of PaduaRoman Catholic Diocese of PaduaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua is a see of the Catholic Church in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century, and is a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. The current Bishop of Padova is Antonio Mattiazzo....
- Tangenziale di PadovaTangenziale di PadovaThe GRAP is the orbital motorway surrounding Padua, northern Italy. It is also called Tangenziale di Padova.Usually, it consists of 2 lanes and 1 emergency lane for a dual carriageways...
- VenetoVenetoVeneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...