Cycle Path Towards Padua – Basilica of Santa Giustina loop from Cervarese Santa Croce

Cervarese Santa Croce

Cycle Path Towards Padua – Basilica of Santa Giustina loop from Cervarese Santa Croce

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Cycle Path Towards Padua – Basilica of Santa Giustina loop from Cervarese Santa Croce

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36.4km

50m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 17.7 km for 116 m

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2.09 km

San Martino della Vaneza Castle

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Viewings only possible twice a week, Saturdays and Sundays.

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12.3 km

Cycle Path Towards Padua

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To avoid the busy road, great easy dirt track route

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16.5 km

Carrarese Castle

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Two-towered fortress built on a 13th century castle, formerly used as a prison and observatory

Piazza del Castello, 16, 35141 Padua PD
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16.6 km

Oratory of San Michele (Padua)

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A big surprise can be found inside the inconspicuous little church. There you can still see parts of wonderful frescoes by Jacopo da Verona from 1397.
The church is part of the URBS PICTA program in Padua.

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17.8 km

Basilica of Santa Giustina

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Basilica of Santa Giustina, Padua

The Basilica of Santa Giustina, which housed one of the most important and influential religious communities in Padua during the Middle Ages, has its origins long before the arrival of the monks: The first basilica was built in the 6th century on the site of the former cemetery of Prato della Valle, where the young martyr Giustina, a victim of Maximian's persecutions of Christians, was buried in 304 AD.

The arrival of the Benedictines in Padua dates back to the 10th century. After their settlement, the remains of saints, hidden during the barbarian invasions, gradually came to light, including those of Saint Giustina and Saint Luke the Evangelist, author of the Third Gospel and chronicler of the Acts of the Apostles. His relics were brought from Thebes (Greece) to Constantinople and then from Constantinople to Padua.

The present basilica dates from the 16th century and is 122 meters long, with three naves in the form of a Latin cross. The apse contains the remarkable carvings of the 15th-century wooden choir and the altarpiece by Paolo Veronese from 1575, depicting the Martyrdom of Saint Giustina.

The transept houses the tomb of Saint Luke the Evangelist on the left and the tomb of Saint Matthias the Apostle on the right. From there, the impressive Martyrs' Corridor leads to the chapel in the form of a Greek cross, built at the end of the 6th century on the tomb of Saint Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua.

The monastery was dissolved by Napoleon in 1810 and served as a barracks until 1919, when the Benedictines returned to Sant'Giustina. Only with an authorized guide is it possible to visit the 14th-century Chapel of St. Luke, where Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the world's first female academic (1678), is buried, as well as the old 15th-century choir and the vestibule leading to the sacristy.

Text / Source: Prato della Valle - Sagrato di Santa Giustina, Padova (PD) abbaziasantagiustina.org

turismopadova.it/de/orte/benediktinerabtei-der-heiligen-giustina

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18.1 km

Prato della Valle

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The Prato della Valle is the largest square in Padua, with a surface area of 88,620 square metres. Its current configuration, dating back to the 18th century, features a central elliptical island, called Memmia island, surrounded by a canal fed by the Alicorno canal. Along the banks of the canal there is a double ring of statues, creating a unique atmosphere with an external circumference of 1450 metres.

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