COMENIUS PROJECT PROGETTO COMENIUS

Istituto comprensivo Vivaldi di Padova ITALYVivaldi’s Institute Primary Schools involved :D. Valeri elevaleri@tiscali.itF.RandiV.Zanibon

2008, 2009, 2010

COMENIUS PROJECTS 2008/09ITALYFIRST  TOPIC:       'WHERE ARE WE IN EUROPE?' In this project, there are three schools of various grades involved:School F.Randi : cl. 2  - 3A / B -  4A / BSchool D.Valeri : cl. 3A/BSchool Zanibon : cl. 2A/B/C  - 4A/B/C.We started our work by showing the children a big map of Europe and putting the flags on each country.We found all the towns and we wrote the schools' names.We divided the topics for each grade:  Grade 2: Our school.Grade 3: Our Veneto region and Padua our town.Grade 4: Italy our contry.

The  second grade children visited  the schools and designed five books in Italian and English.To start their work, the third grade children opened an atlas to find where Veneto is in Italy and draw it.

We spoke in English about Padova and looked at the map to find churches, squares, famous palaces and what is most famous in our city.All the children of class 4 coloured the flags and the maps you can see in their books.

During an assembly, class 4 children explained the Comenius project to other grades.

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Padua’s map.

Valeri school

Randi school

Zanibon school

Piazza della Frutta and Palazzo della Ragione

 Piazza della Frutta has always been one of Padova’s merchant centres and is still occupied by fruit and

vegetable benches. Palazzo della Ragione flanks the square,

separating it from Piazza delle Erbe

Padova

Piazza della Frutta and Palazzo della Ragione The Palazzo della Ragione was built in the XIII and XVI centuries to house the magistrate.

Piazza della Frutta and Palazzo della Ragione The Palazzo della Ragione was built in the XIII and XVI centuries to house the magistrate.

Via d'Abano

One of Padova’s central streets next to Piazza delle Erbe

Piazza dei SignoriPalazzo del Capitanio dates back from 1599 when it housed the Venetian governors. There is an astronomical clock on the tower from 1344.

Piazza dei Signori

Palazzo del Capitanio dates back from 1599 when it housed the Venetian governors. There is an astronomical clock on the tower from 1344.

Piazza dei Signori and Loggia della Gran Guardia The Loggia della Gran Guardia (or Loggia del Consiglio) in Piazza dei Signori. Built in 1523, it served as the meeting place of the city’s Maggior Consiglio

The Duomo and the baptistery.The Duomo in Padova with the baptistery on the right. The Duomo has medieval origins and was transformed into its current form in the XVI century. It is especially known for the medieval frescos inside by Giusto de’Menabuoi.

The Duomo The Battistero, erected in the XII century contains frescos by Giusto de’Menabuoi (1378). Around a hundred frescos portray scenes from the bible. These include the Passione, the Crocifissione and the Giudizio Universale. 

The CastelloThe castle near the Bacchiglione river.

The CastelloThe Castello, in the namesake park, is situated near the Bacchiglione river. It was built in the IX century but was later modified and extended several times. The Università has been using the Castello’s tower as an observatory since 1777

Prato della VallePrato della Valle is one of the largest squares in Europe, with a surface area of almost 90 000 square metres. Created in 1776 to serve as the new city centre and commercial zone.

Prato della Valle

The canal that circles the island Memmia around which there are placed 78 statues of people linked to the city or university.

Prato della ValleThe fountain in the centre of the island, Memmia.

Prato della ValleThe canal that circles the island, Memmia.

Basilica del Santo or Basilica di Sant'Antonio

The Basilica del Santo is situated near S. Giustina .The basilica is probably the city’s most famous monument as it hosts the relics of S. Antonio, the city’s patron saint.

Piazza di S. Antonio

The monument dedicated to Gattamelata di Donatello is considered one of the first masterpieces of the Renaissance in Italy

Orto Botanico

The Orto Botanico is the most ancient garden in the world. It was created in 1545 for growing and studying medichal plants, and it has still got his original round shape that is the symbol of the world.

Orto BotanicoThe garden was placed on the UNESCO “World Heritage List” in 1997.

Orto BotanicoThese days the Orto Botanico hosts around 7500 plants and an important library

Orto BotanicoThe canals close to the Orto Botanico.

Orto Botanico - Palma di GoetheHere is still growing the famous “Goethe’s palm”, a giant plant that is old 400 year.

Ponte GaribaldiPonte Garibaldi on the Bacchiglione river, north of Piazza dei Signori (in the photo the bridge and the view towards Scuola del Carmine).

S. Maria VergineThe church in the vicinity of Cappella degli Scrovegni.(Scrovegni’s Chapel)

Cappella degli Scrovegni

The Scrovegni’s Chapel, one of the most famous monuments in Padova. It was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni in 1303 as a mausoleum for his father, a notorious loan shark that was denied a Christian burial and also featured in Dante’s “Divina Commedia”.

Cappella degli Scrovegni The chapel is known above all for the sequence of 38 frescos by Giotto (“Storie della Vergine e di Cristo”). Amongst the most famous frescos are “Cacciata dei mercanti”, the “Natività”, the “Guidizio Universale”, the “Presentazione di Maria al tempio” and the “Cristo deposto”.

The adoration of the Magi The flight to Egypt

Cappella degli ScrovegniThe gardens surrounding Scrovegni’s Chapel

Chiesa Eremitani The Eremitani church was built in the XIV century. It was later completely destroyed in the 1944 bombardment but has been almost entirely rebuilt

Chiesa Eremitani The church is well-known for the frescos in the inside (particularly the ones by Mantegna), many of the frescos were damaged or destroyed in the 1944 bombardment.

Chiesa EremitaniInterior of the Eremitani church.