Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, better known as Palladio, an incredible architect famous all over the world, was born in Padua on November 30th, 1508. The main document revealing his paduan origins dates back to 1563, when an old 72-year-old boatman, Giovanni Maria Sordi, called “the Sordo”, relased a very important deposition.

The Guided Tour offers a pleasant walk through the places
that saw the childhood and adolescence of
the great Renaissance genius of Padua
before his definitive moving to Vicenza in 1524.

The area where he lived, at least until 1512, is situated
in front of the 13th-century castle,
enlarged during the Carraresi domination.

The itinerary starts in front of the the Oratory of San Michele,
in piazzetta San Michele and it will continue passing throught
the Borgo della Paglia, Castelvecchio and
Casa Gabrielli in Riviera Tiso from Camposampiero,
Palazzo Candi, Palazzo Genoa and Oddi Palace in via Rogati,
The Pratense College and the Loggia
and Odeo Cornaro in Via Cesarotti.

The tour also focuses on the artist’s first education,
the relationships that his family established in the city
and the masters who introduced him to the Art world like
Vincenzo Grandi and Bartolomeo Cavazza Da Sossano.

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Possibility to rent radio-microphone system

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