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After the two restful weeks at Lake Garda and in southern Tuscany, from where we undertook day-drives into the surrounding area but always returned home for the night, it was time to pull up our socks so to speak and head for the much anticipated drive into the "Eastern Alps", visiting a number of interesting places and enjoying the scenery.

As an add-on I include as image #10 a picture from the small town of Glorenza/Glurns which we actually visited about 3 weeks later but which fits into the presentation of this area.

On this first part of the drive, we stayed in 3 cities: Padua, Udine and Trieste and visited a number of other places during the drive. I provide below a very brief description of the main places visited in this segment of the drive and add a link for further information in Wikipedia to each town.

PADUA - This picturesque city is known as the home of the University of Padua, one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in 1222, where Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus have taught or studied. It has two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua

BASSANO del GRAPPA - is known for its wooden, 13th-centure Ponte Vecchio bridge spanning the River Brenta. I got to know of this city because about 10 years ago my daughter gave me a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting this famous bridge and after having spent a good number of hours on this project, I just wanted to go and see this bridge in real life. As a bonus, we discovered a number of nice squares and buildings in this town, which will eventually surface when I work on my full albums. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassano_del_Grappa

UDINE - the historical capital of Friuli, the area has been inhabited since the Neolithic age and it has a number of interesting buildings and an interesting history. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udine

AQUILEIA - another UNESCO World Heritage Site, was one of the world's largest cities with a population of 100,000 in the 2nd century AD and is one of the main archaeological sites of northern Italy. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquileia

TRIESTE - is a port city occupying a thin strip of land between the Adriatic coast and Slovenia’s border. Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Slovenian influences are all evident in its layout, which encompasses a medieval old city and a neoclassical Austrian quarter. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste

I hope you will enjoy the variety of locations in this post, actually strewn over a quite large area.


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to this series. Please use the link below if you would like to review this intro:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-797460-1.html

SUMMER TRIP INFO: Set # 7 provides more information on this second trip of the year to Europe
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-797711-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - Veneto/Padua - The medieval church Chiesa di San Clemente on Piazza dei Signori, its facade lit up by the early evening sun, at rear center the top of the Torre degli Anziani

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2 - Veneto/Padua - Very simple exterior of the Padua Cathedral at left with the baptistery on the right, located on the east end of Piazza Duomo

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3 - Veneto/Padua - Richly decorated Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, an institution of church-oriented pawnbrokers that provided low-interest loans to poor people in the middle ages, on Piazza Duomo

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4 - Veneto/Bassano del Grappa - Ponte Vecchio/Ponte degli Alpini, a historic wooden bridge across the river Brenta, first constructed in 1569, destroyed repeatedly (last in WWII), rebuilt the last time in 1948

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5 - Friuli/Udine - The clock tower/Torre dell'Orologio, part of the Loggia di San Giovanni at the Piazza della Libertà in the center of Udine, built in 1527

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6 - Friuli/Aquileia - The freestanding 9th century clock tower of the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta (partially shown at right), the original church dates back to the 4th century, the current basilica was built in the 11th century

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7 - Friuli/Trieste - Palace of the Prefecture, built 1905, on the northern side of the Piazza dell'Unità which opens on the western side to the Gulf of Trieste

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8 - Friuli/Trieste - Trieste City Hall, built in 1875 when Trieste was part of the Austria-Hungary Empire, it features an eclectic style, located on the eastern front of the Piazza dell'Unitâ, with its main facade facing the sea

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9 - Friuli/Trieste - The Church of Sant'Antonio Nuovo built in 1842, reflected in the basin on Piazza Sant'Antonio, just inland from the Canal Grande

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10 - South-Tyrol/Glorenza-Glurns - Flower-bedecked town square of this ancient city dating back to 1163; though it has fewer than 900 inhabitants, it has been given the right to call itself a "city" due to its commercial importance in the middle ages

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For your reference:

Map of Italy indicating in the upper center the location of the places shown in this set

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Another beautiful set, Joe. Hard to believe those buildings are that old.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Gorgeous tour overview, Joe! I like #1 as a start.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Bill for the upturned thumbs!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Barbara - yes, there is a lot of ancient and more recent history overall in Italy and Europe, and definitely so here in this part of the country - it was a joy to visit these places that were all new to us.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Mike for your kind comment. #1 does have a special mood at this historic square in Padua.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A fine set.

MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana

Very nice set for sure!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Ken, glad you liked it.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Dennis, castles, churches, squares ... and barber shops - in this fantastic land they are all very authentic!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Wonderful set Joe.

Don

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Thanks Don, the towns in this area are very special.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Another wonderful preview, Joe!