{"id":5473,"date":"2018-02-04T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2018-02-04T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:01:50","slug":"scrovegni-chapel-in-all-its-glory-padua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=5473","title":{"rendered":"Scrovegni Chapel in all its glory &#8211; Padua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">A must-see sight in Padua is the <strong>Scrovegni Chapel<\/strong> or the <strong>Cappella degli Scrovegni<\/strong>. Make sure to book your tickets online beforehand since there is a limited contingent. The building is quite modest from the outside, the real treasure is the fresco-covered walls and ceilings on the inside. It was finished in 1306 by Giotto di Bondone, so it is quite old!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">There are 38 scenes of the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary, with lively bright colors of blue and gold. All those intricate details!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Enrico Scrovegni<\/em> comissioned the chapel in order to redeem his father Rinaldo Scrovegni who was damned as a usurer in <em>Dante&#8217;s Divine Comedy<\/em>. He also intended to use the chapel as a tomb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5474\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5474\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5474\" class=\"wp-image-5474\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_padua_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scrovegni Chapel &#8211; ceiling<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5475\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5475\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5475\" class=\"wp-image-5475\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_padua_02.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">detailed frescos by <a title=\"Giotto di Bondone\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giotto_di_Bondone\">Giotto di Bondone<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5476\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5476\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5476\" class=\"wp-image-5476\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_padua_03.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">more chapel views<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5477\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5477\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5477\" class=\"wp-image-5477\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_padua_04.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">stained glass and more frescos from the Life of Christ<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">There are &#8211; of course &#8211; some other beautiful buildings in the city. 18th century <strong>Caf\u00e9 Pedrocchi<\/strong> is famous for its facade, neoclassical interior and its historical and political important.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5478\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5478\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5478\" class=\"wp-image-5478\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_padua_05.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caf\u00e9 Pedrocchi &#8211; famous for its architecture<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The <strong>City Hall<\/strong> is also worth a visit. It houses a market place on the ground floor and has a beautiful ceiling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5479\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5479\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5479\" class=\"wp-image-5479\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_padua_06.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ceiling of the Padua City Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">October 31st 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[186,199,250,293,313,455,496,497,600,901,932,1059,1239],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}