Scrovegni Chapel
Cappella degli Scrovegni
A chapel with a complete cycle of frescoes by Giotto, painted around 1305 and regarded as the starting point of Western painting's move toward the Renaissance. A World Heritage Site.
The walls of the chapel are covered with Giotto's frescoes of the Life of the Virgin and Christ and the Last Judgment. The deep blue starry ceiling is breathtaking. To protect the frescoes, visitors wait about 15 minutes in a climate-controlled room before going in for a 15- to 20-minute visit. Numbers are limited for each session, so you must book a time slot on the official website in advance. Admission costs about EUR 15 and includes the Musei Civici agli Eremitani next door. In summer there are evening 'double-length' tickets.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–19:00 (evening sessions on some summer days)
Nearby sights
- Eremitani Civic Museums
- Church of the Eremitani
- Palazzo Bo
- Caffè Pedrocchi
- Palazzo della Ragione
- Piazza delle Erbe & Piazza della Frutta
- Piazza dei Signori & Clock Tower
- Padua Jewish Ghetto