{"id":128302,"date":"2025-05-05T19:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/padua-urbs-picta-the-oratory-of-san-giorgio-and-the-oratory-of-san-michele\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:09:30","slug":"padua-urbs-picta-the-oratory-of-san-giorgio-and-the-oratory-of-san-michele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/en\/padua-urbs-picta-the-oratory-of-san-giorgio-and-the-oratory-of-san-michele\/","title":{"rendered":"Padova Urbs Picta: The Oratory of San Giorgio and the Oratory of San Michele"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Padova Urbs Picta: The Oratory of San Giorgio and the Oratory of San Michele<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Oratory of San Giorgio and the Oratory of San Michele Arcangelo have been included by UNESCO among the World Heritage Sites within the 14th-century fresco cycles of Padua. These are two gems you absolutely cannot miss. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"topbutton wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_apartmentspadova_orizzontale.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#Affreschi-di-Altichiero-Da-Zevio\">Oratory of San Giorgio: Altichiero Da Zevio\u2019s Frescoes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Nuovo-Linguaggio\">A New Language<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Affreschi-di-Jacopo-Da-Verona\">Oratory of San Michele: Jacopo Da Verona\u2019s Frescoes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Storie-della-Vita-della-Vergine\">The Stories of the Virgin\u2019s Life<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Oltre-Giotto\">Beyond Giotto<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#attenzione-alla-Vita-Quotidiana\">Attention to Daily Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Affreschi-di-Altichiero-Da-Zevio\">Oratory of San Giorgio: frescoes by Altichiero da Zevio<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/SanGiorgio-uccide-il-drago.jpg\" alt=\"San-Giorgio-kills-the-dragon\" class=\"wp-image-128274\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/SanGiorgio-uccide-il-drago.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/SanGiorgio-uccide-il-drago-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/SanGiorgio-uccide-il-drago-768x842.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/SanGiorgio-uccide-il-drago-511x560.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overlooking the square of the Basilica of Saint Anthony, the Oratory of San Giorgio was built in 1377 by Raimondino dei Lupi di Soragna as the family burial chapel. The oratory was painted by Altichiero da Zevio, in collaboration with Jacopo da Verona, who created the frescoes in the cycle of the Oratory of San Michele.<br\/>The iconographic program of the fresco cycle focuses on the life stories of Christ and the Lupi family\u2019s patron saints (St. George, St. Catherine, and St. Sophia). These stories were taken from the \u201cGolden Legend\u201d by Jacopo da Varagine, possibly outlined by Lombardo della Seta, secretary to Francesco Petrarca.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Giorgio-Battesimo-di-Sevio.jpg\" alt=\"baptism-of-Sevio\" class=\"wp-image-128231\" style=\"width:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Giorgio-Battesimo-di-Sevio.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Giorgio-Battesimo-di-Sevio-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Giorgio-Battesimo-di-Sevio-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Giorgio-Battesimo-di-Sevio-538x560.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way: here, for the first time, a portrait of Petrarca appears. The poet appears among the crowd witnessing the baptism of King Sevio (\u201cSaint George baptizes Sevio, King of Cyrene\u201d). <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-crocifissione.jpg\" alt=\"Crucifixion\" class=\"wp-image-128261\" style=\"width:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-crocifissione.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-crocifissione-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-crocifissione-768x846.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-crocifissione-508x560.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The front walls feature scenes from the Gospel, while the side walls are dedicated to St. George, St. Catherine, and St. Sophia. The back wall is dominated by a large Crucifixion, surmounted by the Coronation of Mary surrounded by angelic choirs.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Nuovo-Linguaggio\">A New Language<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patron Raimondino Lupi di Soragna wanted the same architectural layout as the Scrovegni Chapel. As a result, it features a smooth-walled hall covered by a barrel vault and the organization of scenes on overlapping registers. Additionally, there is a starry vault with figures inside clipei (round spaces containing portraits).  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1441\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto-1441x1333.jpg\" alt=\"Oratorio-San-Giorgio-barrel-vault\" class=\"wp-image-128264\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto-1441x1333.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto-1536x1421.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto-605x560.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Giorgio-soffitto.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1441px) 100vw, 1441px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Altichiero introduces new perspective solutions and a new luminosity of color, making this cycle a masterpiece anticipating 15th-century art. The faces and characters are imbued with a strong realism. Jacopo combines Giotto\u2019s expressive power with the courtly atmosphere of International Gothic, marked by prominent attention to lines and the use of softly shaded colors.  <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Affreschi-di-Jacopo-Da-Verona\">Oratory of San Michele: The Frescoes by Jacopo Da Verona<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here we are at yet another gem of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/en\/padova-urbs-picta-the-app-to-discover-the-frescoed-cycles-in-the-14th-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Padova Urbs Picta<\/a>. Located near the Specola Tower, the small Oratory of San Michele stands on the ruins of a sacred building.This building, dedicated to the holy Archangels, probably dates back to the Longobard period. In 1390, a fire caused by clashes between the Carraresi and Visconti severely damaged the ancient church. The prominent Paduan de Bovi family seized the opportunity to commission the construction of a chapel inside, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, assigning Jacopo da Verona the task of frescoing it.    <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1181\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Michele-interno.jpg\" alt=\"Oratorio-di-San-Michele-inside\" class=\"wp-image-128247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Michele-interno.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Michele-interno-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Michele-interno-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-di-San-Michele-interno-858x560.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Storie-della-Vita-della-Vergine\">The Stories of the Life of the Virgin<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Affreschi-Pentecoste-e-Morte-Maria.jpg\" alt=\"Frescoes-of-Pentecost-and-Death-of-the-Virgin\" class=\"wp-image-128266\" style=\"width:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Affreschi-Pentecoste-e-Morte-Maria.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Affreschi-Pentecoste-e-Morte-Maria-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Affreschi-Pentecoste-e-Morte-Maria-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Affreschi-Pentecoste-e-Morte-Maria-595x560.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An inscription on the tombstone next to the figure of Saint Michael confirms the construction date, 1397, as well as the name of the commissioner, Pietro Bartolomeo de Bovi, and the name of the artist who created the frescoes of the chapel, Jacopo da Verona. The fresco cycle depicting the \u201cLife of the Virgin\u201d is divided into five episodes arranged counterclockwise: Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, Ascension, Pentecost, Death of the Virgin, and Saint Michael.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Oltre-Giotto\">Beyond Giotto<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cycle in the Oratory of San Michele represents the final chapter of fresco painting in late 14th-century Padua. It brings to completion all the innovations introduced by Giotto: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the fresco technique, which becomes increasingly refined<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the spatial and perspective research that leads to architectural illusionism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the rendering of human emotions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the introduction into sacred history of references to the political figures of the time, the patrons, and their families. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, in the procession of the \u201cAdoration of the Magi,\u201d you can recognize Francesco II Novello da Carrara in the figure dressed in red, with a long dark beard and a fur cap, and Francesco I da Carrara as the man behind him wearing a red hood. The figures watching the \u201cFuneral of the Virgin\u201d are also believed to represent members of the de Bovi family. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"868\" data-id=\"128272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-sx.jpg\" alt=\"Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciation\" class=\"wp-image-128272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-sx.jpg 948w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-sx-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-sx-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-sx-612x560.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"1323\" data-id=\"128270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-dx.jpg\" alt=\"Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciation\" class=\"wp-image-128270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-dx.jpg 948w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-dx-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-dx-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Annunciazione-dx-401x560.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2047\" height=\"2154\" data-id=\"128268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara-.jpg\" alt=\"Oratorio-San-Michele-Portraits-of-Francesco-il-Vecchio-and-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara\" class=\"wp-image-128268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara-.jpg 2047w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--1267x1333.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--1460x1536.jpg 1460w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--1946x2048.jpg 1946w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--532x560.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.apartmentspadova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oratorio-San-Michele-Ritratti-di-Francesco-il-Vecchio-e-Francesco-Novello-da-Carrara--2000x2105.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"attenzione-alla-Vita-Quotidiana\">Attention to Daily Life<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacopo da Verona dimostra di aver assimilato e rielaborato autonomamente i modi dei principali esponenti trecenteschi della pittura padovana: Giotto, Altichiero da Zevio, Giusto de\u2019 Menabuoi, Jacopo Avanzi.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His language is marked by originality, focusing on naturalistic and portrait-like details (such as the animals in the \u201cAnnunciation\u201d and the landscape in the \u201cAdoration of the Magi\u201d). This new style is infused with sacredness while also attentive to daily life and the figures of his time, already looking forward to the art of the new century. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"share-dialog\"><header class=\"shareDialogHeader\"><h4 class=\"dialog-title\">Share with<\/h4><button class=\"close-button\"><svg><use href=\"#close\"><\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/header><div class=\"targets\"><a class=\"sharingButton\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"facebookLink\"><span class=\"socialFont\">E<\/span><span>&nbsp;Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sharingButton\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"twitterLink\"><span class=\"socialFont\">\u00f9<\/span><span>(Twitter)<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sharingButton\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"linkedinLink\"><span class=\"socialFont\">C<\/span><span>&nbsp;LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sharingButton\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"mailToLink\"><span class=\"socialFont\">k<\/span><span>&nbsp;Email<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"link\"><textarea autofocus readonly rows=\"1\" id=\"pen-url\"><\/textarea><button class=\"copy-link\">Copy<\/button><\/div><\/div><button class=\"share-button\" type=\"button\" title=\"Share this post\"><svg class=\"buttonToki\"><use href=\"#share-icon\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"buttonToki\">Share<\/span><\/button><svg class=\"hidden\"><defs><symbol id=\"share-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-share\"><path d=\"M4 12v8a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2v-8\"><\/path><polyline points=\"16 6 12 2 8 6\"><\/polyline><line x1=\"12\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"15\"><\/line><\/symbol><symbol id=\"facebook\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"#3b5998\" stroke=\"#3b5998\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-facebook\"><path d=\"M18 2h-3a5 5 0 0 0-5 5v3H7v4h3v8h4v-8h3l1-4h-4V7a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h3z\"><\/path><\/symbol><symbol id=\"twitter\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"#1da1f2\" stroke=\"#1da1f2\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-twitter\"><path d=\"M23 3a10.9 10.9 0 0 1-3.14 1.53 4.48 4.48 0 0 0-7.86 3v1A10.66 10.66 0 0 1 3 4s-4 9 5 13a11.64 11.64 0 0 1-7 2c9 5 20 0 20-11.5a4.5 4.5 0 0 0-.08-.83A7.72 7.72 0 0 0 23 3z\"><\/path><\/symbol><symbol id=\"email\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"#777\" stroke=\"#fafafa\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-mail\"><path d=\"M4 4h16c1.1 0 2 .9 2 2v12c0 1.1-.9 2-2 2H4c-1.1 0-2-.9-2-2V6c0-1.1.9-2 2-2z\"><\/path><polyline points=\"22,6 12,13 2,6\"><\/polyline><\/symbol><symbol id=\"linkedin\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"#0077B5\" stroke=\"#0077B5\" stroke-width=\"1\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-linkedin\"><path d=\"M16 8a6 6 0 0 1 6 6v7h-4v-7a2 2 0 0 0-2-2 2 2 0 0 0-2 2v7h-4v-7a6 6 0 0 1 6-6z\"><\/path><rect x=\"2\" y=\"9\" width=\"4\" height=\"12\"><\/rect><circle cx=\"4\" cy=\"4\" r=\"2\"><\/circle><\/symbol><symbol id=\"close\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-x-square\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"3\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" rx=\"2\" ry=\"2\"><\/rect><line x1=\"9\" y1=\"9\" x2=\"15\" y2=\"15\"><\/line><line x1=\"15\" y1=\"9\" x2=\"9\" y2=\"15\"><\/line><\/symbol><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oratory of San Giorgio and the Oratory of San Michele, both included in Padua\u2019s UNESCO World Heritage sites, house frescoes by Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo da Verona. 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