Padua looks disjointed. It was heavily bombed both in the first and the second World War, when it had the bad luck of falling within the Republic of Salo. But it boasts the marvellous Cappelli delli Scrovegni, decorated with frescoes by Giotto, and the Basilica of St Anthony,the saint who happened to be born in Lisbon in 1195 (apparently he was a Leo) under the name Fernando Martins de Bulhões. In the photo, a view of the Basilica with the famous statue by Donatello in front, the first bronze equestrian statue to be cast after the Roman period.
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