The Scrovegni Chapel, also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. The chapel and monastery are now part of the complex of the Musei Civici di Padova.
The Last Judgment in the Scrovegni Chapel
The exterior of the Scrovegni Chapel
An 1842 engraving (from an earlier watercolor painting) shows the Arena Chapel to the right of an older palace, also bought, and redecorated, by Enrico Scrovegni. The palace had been demolished by 1827.
Kiss of Judas, one of the panels in the Scrovegni Chapel
Padua is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, 40 kilometres west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 214,000. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000.
The Botanical Garden of Padova today; in the background, the Basilica of Sant'Antonio
Image: Prato della Valle
Image: Abbazia di Santa Giustina
Image: Torre dell'Orologio Padova
