CITTADELLA

Cittadella is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the thirteenth century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is 1461 m in circumference with a diameter of around 450 m. There are four gates which roughly correspond the points of the compass.

Country  Italy

Region Veneto

Province Padua

Population  Around 21.000

Coordinates:    45°39′N 11°47′E

The main tourist attraction of Cittadella is a tour of the ramparts (camminamento di ronda). The high town wall, almost a mile in circumference, is in the process of being restored, and in 2004 it opened to the public.
Cittadella's cathedral, the Duomo, is in the centre of the town, presiding over a very pleasant open square, Piazza Pierobon. The building's design dates to the eighteenth century, although the facade wasn't finished until 1913. Frescoes from an earlier church can be seen in a side-chapel.

The most famous tourist destinations in the area are also in fairly easy reach: Vicenza, Treviso, Padua, Bassano del Grappa, Verona and of course Venice.