Carefullied lay down to the feet of the Euganei Necks, Este has ancient origins. Was at first inhabited nucleus of the neolithic age, fortified center of the people of the Euganei and, subsequently, main center of irradiation of the civilization paleoveneta. Called Atheste from the river Adige (Athesis) that it slid to them next, to the time of Rovigo it was before Municipium and then Colonia.Distrutta from the invading Barbarians in the V sec., resources slowly until becoming in the 1056 preferred dwelling of powerful feudatari that with Marquis Azzo II drew from it the name of EXTENSIVE. The house of Este was moved in the Xlll sec. to Ferrara and the city was contesa between Scaligeri, Visconti and Carraresi, until in the 1405 was submitted spontaneously to Venice, under which it knew long periods of pr0sperity and floridezza. It then followed the fates of all the Veneto until its union to the Reign of Italy. Currently Este is Common the most meaningful one of the province of Padova, after the capoluogo, pole of economic attraction, center of sovracomunali services in phase of expansion. Moreover its role in the scholastic within is important - has a scholastic population of beyond 5.000 students - and cultural, with an intense activity above all in the teatrale field and that one musicale.Fra the monuments who testify the antiquity and the civilization of Este deserves of being visits to you: NATIONAL MUSEUM ATESTINO, main institute of conservation and study of reperti of the Paleoveneta civilization; the CASTLE Of the CARRARESI, erected from the extensive ones in 1056, must its aspect puts into effect them to Carraresi (1339); DOME ABBAZIALE OF SAINT TECLA, (1690) pregevole and originates them example of baroque architecture, numerous conserve to its inside art works, between which the large one Tiepolo Batiste seems of altar of Gian; the BASILICA DI S. MARIA Of THANKS; the Romanesque CHURCH DI S. MARTINO, the most ancient currently existing building of the city; the CHURCH Of the BLESSED SOUL VERGINE Of the HEALTH and that one of S. MARIA Of the CONSOLATIONS; The ARC Of the FALCONETTO; TOWER MARCHIONALE (century XI) and CIVIC TOWER (sec. XVII).

Between the cities bulwarks of the Veneto, Montagnana is that one that better it has known to conserve its medieval town-walls: the scars are in fact little and little obvious, to the point from being able to assert that currently we admire it more or less as it was looked at in XIV the century. Montagnana is not only a colorful city , but also a place where generations of enterprising men and equips of good taste have left, from the ' 200 until today, their original print. The beauties that characterize Montagnana are not only architectonic but also of naturalistic and artistic interest. For this we propose in these pages three various types of routes: one developing between the city walls discovering historical angles, will be moved instead outside from walls along three present water course in city and the last one, finally, will quite outside carry us province to the discovery of a montagnanese artist who has marked the history of the art: Jacopo Parisati, best known with the toponimo "from Montagnana". Montagnana personages have given the NATO them to several artists, between which painter Jacopo Parisati from Montagnana (sec.XV) and Alvise Lamberti (or Ramberti), active architect also to Moscow in the construction of the Kremlin (secc.XV-XVI). In ' the 400 city it was residence of the umanista, doctor and astrologer Galeotto Marzio from Narni, councilman and friend of the king Mattia Corvino of Hungary (sec.XV). To nacquero Montagnana the illustrious tenors Aureliano Pertile (1858-1952) and Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969), that they have trod the scenes in Italy and America as celeberrimi and admires interpreters to you of the grand opera (Toscanini found in Pertile its preferred artist). To they one is dedicated knows it of the civic Museum. Characteristic products Between the typical products of the Montagnanese, are famous prosciutto the raw cake, of ancient local tradition and furnitures in style. In via continually increment, the antique dealing commerce. Manifestations From 1977, renewing a going back tradition to the Middle Ages, every year is run, in goes it under the Rocca of the Trees, the Racing silk of the 10 Common ones of the Montagnanese. It, thanks to the rievocazione in custom of the medioevali and rinascimentali figures and to the mercatino, recalls every year (1° Sunday of september) numerous tourists. In the May month the Festivity of prosciutto the raw cake of Montagnana is carried out from some years. The traditional local festival is carried out 15 August, in order to celebrate the female saint of the city, Assumed S.Maria (which the Dome is entitled also).