Padua

Speech parts

1. Padua - Noun

2. Padua - Proper noun

Meaning

a city in Veneto

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Examples

.. [to capture] the magic of the ambiance. - [in the fresco which Goya made c. 1798 of Saint Anthony of Padua ]. Francisco Goya

Around 49 (or 45 or 43) BC, Padua was made a Roman municipium under the Lex Julia Municipalis and its citizens ascribed to the Roman tribe, Fabia. Source: Internet

Alberti was also trained in the science of optics through the school of Padua and under the influence of Biagio Pelacani da Parma who studied Alhazen's ''Optics'. Source: Internet

As in other parts of Italy, the National Fascist Party in Padua soon came to be seen as the defender of property and order against revolution. Source: Internet

Baptised around 1684 as Dona Béatrice, Kimpa Vita was raised Catholic and being very pious she became a nun seeing visions of St. Anthony of Padua ordering her to restore the kingdom of Kongo to its former glory. Source: Internet

Agilulf successfully fought the rebel dukes of northern Italy, conquering Padua in 601, Cremona and Mantua in 603, and forcing the Exarch of Ravenna to pay tribute. Source: Internet

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