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Alejandro Quesada I 12 Tesori Italiani 🇮🇹🤌🏼
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- Oct 4, 2023, 6:54pm
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Italy Veneto Padua Capella degli Scrovegni 45.411782, 11.8794245°24’42” N 11°52’46” E
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Cappella degli Scrovegni 🎨🔥🍧
October 4, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Mi visita estrella de hoy, la Capella degli Scrovegni, muy conocida por el conjunto de frescos pintados por el artista italiano Giotto di Bondone 🎨

💡 En ellos se narran la vida de Jesucristo, desde la Anunciación hasta el Juicio Final. En otros sitios ha sido un poco "sin más", pero reconozco que estas pinturas cuentan con una iconografía y detalles increíbles, como el primer beso y el primer demonio pintados en el Renacimiento, así como el infierno y los pecados capitales, representados también por primera vez en una pintura. YAS! 🔥

A mi salida visito el Museo Civici Eremitani, con una colección ENORME de pinturas y piezas arquitectónicas de la época del Imperio Romano 🏺

Antes de despedirme de Padua, visito su Catedral, o Duomo, que no me impresiona, por su estilo minimalista. ¿A quién le importa alrededor de tanto color? 🧐

Con todos mis respetos, me hacen más gracia los niños jugando en la plaza del Duomo dando gritos mientras los abuelos y abuelas los miran y los juzgan. Yo por mi parte me compro un helado y juzgo a ambos mientras me relamo el pistacho que se me cae por todos lados 🍧😋Read more
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Traveler Epic Europe
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- Nov 6, 2023, 5:59pm
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Italy Veneto Padua Capella degli Scrovegni 45.411871, 11.87951845°24’43” N 11°52’46” E
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Padova Day 2
November 6, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
It was very difficult to book online for the visit to Scrovegni Chapel to see Giotto's frescoes. Firstly it was not available to book till late October and when it was opened, the site kept switching from the English option back to Italian.
We finally got the tickets and visited the Scrovegni Chapel today and it was worth all the hassle.
We began the visit in a room to the side of the chapel and were made to wait whilst they equalised the pressure and removed pollutants from the air. Whilst waiting, there was a documentary in Italian with English subtitles about the history and the explanation of interpretations of Giotto's frescoes. We booked 2 time slots at 9am and 9.15am which meant that we could stay till 930am in the chapel. I highly recommend the booking of back to back time slots. The frescos were magnificent. I can't do justice in the pictures nor describing the frescoes in words as to how wonderful it was.

Then we visited Church of Eremitani and the Basilica of St Anthony. The Basilica of St Anthony left me speechless. St Anthony's remains were placed in gold gilded monstrances and at his sarcophagus, there was much devotion and veneration.The architecture, the art and scupltures were stunning and overwhelming.

Following from yesterday's complaint, we came back to the apartment to find more toilet paper, an additional roll of paper towel, dish washing tablets and extra laundry detergent. I think it's to appease us so that we won't leave a scathing review. Unfortunately there wasn't any extra coffee nor handwashing liquid soap.

Distance walked 13.7kmRead more
Traveler I’m delighted that you’ve visited the Capella degli Scrovegni, on my short-list of the most memorable experiences ever! (Back in the very old days you could just walk in and stay as long as you liked, but I’ve also been back in recent years.) Balm for the soul ….
11/14/23Reply
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- Sep 15, 2018, 9:30am
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Italy Veneto Padua Capella degli Scrovegni 45.41195, 11.87956345°24’43” N 11°52’46” E
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The Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua
September 15, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
In my research of things to experience and see in Italy I came across the Scrovegni Chapel in Padova, Padua. It looked amazing and so close to Venice that it was worth a trip to see it.

The Cappella degli Scrovegni, the Scrovegni Chapel (also known as the Arena Chapel), is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua. The chapel and monastery are now part of the complex of the Museo Civico of Padua. The chapel contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed about 1305 and considered to be an important masterpiece of Western art.

The chapel was built in 1305 by wealthy Italian banker Enrico Scrovegni. The young Scrovegni’s father had been a notorious userer, or purveyor of bad loans, charging so much interest as to crush those that owed him money. At the time this practice was considered so vile as to end someone’s soul in hell. Scrovegni’s father was so well-known for his illegal interest that he is even name-checked in Dante’s Divine Comedy as one of the souls in the Seventh Circle of Hell.

The Scrovegni Chapel was built as a measure to atone for his father’s sins, and while the building itself is architecturally unremarkable, Scrovegni was able to retain the services of one of the most renowned artists of the time to decorate the interior. And the result is truly breathtaking. The largest element is extensive cycles showing the Life of Christ and the Life of the Virgin. The wall at the rear of the church, through which the chapel is entered, has a large Last Judgement. There are also panels in grisaille (monochrome) showing the Vices and Virtues.

Like the Last Supper in Milan, the Scrovegni Chapel can only be visited under strict guidelines in order to protect this amazing work of art. We were unaware that we needed to prebook and were lucky enough to show up when there was a place available.

The vivid colours, the stories told in the frescos, the beauty and depth of the “heavenly” combined with the “hellish” pieces, the contrasts, even the feeling whilst standing in the Chapel, all of it really made an impact on me. It was definitely worth the trip and is a place I will always remember.Read more
Traveler Very beautiful
11/20/18Reply
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