Audio Guided Tour in Padua Baptistery and Museum of the Diocese
The Baptistery of the Cathedral of Padua is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site together with seven other masterpieces of Paduan art: the site consists of eight religious and secular building complexes within the city walls of Padua, housing a selection of fresco cycles painted between 1302 and 1397 by different artists, for different clients and within buildings with different destinations. Despite this, the frescoes maintain unity of style and content. They include the Scrovegni Chapel and the Church of the Eremitani, the Palazzo della Ragione, the Chapel of the Reggia Carrarese, the Basilica and Convent of St. Anthony, the Oratory of St. George and the Oratory of St. Michael, and the Baptistery of the Cathedral. Taken together, these cycles illustrate how, in the space of a century, the art of fresco painting developed hand in hand with a new creative impetus and a new understanding of spatial representation.
Padua is located 30 minutes from Venice.
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Audio Guided Tour in Padua Baptistery and Museum of the Diocese
What's included in Audio Guided Tour in Padua Baptistery and Museum of the Diocese
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Battistero del Duomo di Padova - World Heritage Site
Discover the Baptistery of the Cathedral of Padua through a new exciting visiting experience. The paintings kept in the Baptistery, which represent one of the highest expressions of Italian Fourteenth-century art, were commissioned to the painter Giusto de’ Menabuoi by Fina Buzzaccarini, the wife of Francesco da Carrara called il Vecchio, Lord of Padua. A narrator will guide you as you both enter and explore this extraordinary place of art and worship and will allow you to immerse yourself in the magnificence of its frescoes describing the history of Salvation from the Book of Genesis to the Book of Revelation and up until the Paradise which dominates the dome.
Museo Diocesano di Padova
The monumental building complex of Piazza Duomo, which also includes the Cathedral and the Bishop’s palace, testifies to the millennial history and tradition of Christianity in Padua. Inside the palace is the Museum of the Diocese with its majestic Bishops’ Hall which can be visited by taking an unusual guided tour too.
Inclusions
- Audioguide included
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- The meeting point is at the ticket office in via duomo 12 in padua, 15 minutes before the visit to show the reservetion ticket to the staff.
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Ticket Redemption
Baptistery of the Cathedral and Museum of the Diocese ticket office: Piazza Duomo 12, 35139 Padua Please go to the ticket office 15 minutes before the visit to redeem the ticket.
