Padova

Padua (Italian: Padova, Venetian: Pàdova) is a city in north eastern Italy. Padua is famous for its historic University of Padua, founded in 1222, and for its UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the Botanical Garden and the 14th-century frescoes. Padua is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located centrally in the Veneto region, between Venice on one side and Vicenza and Verona on the other. The city has 209,000 inhabitants (2026). Padua is sits about 40 km west of Venice. It lies along the Bacchiglione River and is an important economic and cultural centre. The city is associated with Galileo Galilei, who conducted important astronomical observations there. The climate of Padua is moderately continental, with cold, damp winters and hot, muggy summers. The city is located in northeastern Italy, in the Venetian plain, 20 km (12 mi) from the Venice lagoon. The climate is similar to that of the Po valley, with respect to which it is a bit milder in winter, but also a little more windy, in fact it is exposed to both the bora (a cold, dry wind from the north-east) and the sirocco (mild south-east wind). Padua city website

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Padova is a stopover point on The Via Romea Germanica. You can reach Civitas Vaticana - Città del Vaticano in 31 days.