Tag Archives: Padua

Between natural jewels and Renaissance villas, we can find the Euganean Hills, which the British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley called ‘islands in bloom‘ because here we can find alpine and Mediterranean flora. These areas have a very ancient history because they emerged from the waters about 40 million years ago due to magma shifts. So […]

Botanical Garden of Padua: five centuries of history and five continents in half a day (with a look into the future) The oldest botanical garden in the world is located in Padua. Founded in 1545, it is still located in its original location, in an area of ​​2.2 hectares that is now a UNESCO World […]