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Cittadella
Sign in to saveCittadella () is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around . There are four gates which roughly correspond the points of the compass.
Cittadella is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, originally built in the 13th century as a military stronghold for the city of Padua. The city's distinctive surrounding wall, which features four gates aligned roughly with the cardinal directions, has been restored and remains one of the best-preserved examples of medieval fortification architecture in the region.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Cittadella
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Cittadella
- Italian comune.native_name
- Sitadeła
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Cittadella view from the walls.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- A view of a section of the Vicenza gate of Cittadella's walls from the outside
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Cittadella (Italia)-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Veneto
- Italian comune.province
- Padua (PD)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Ca' Onorai, Facca, Pozzetto, San Donato, Santa Croce Bigolina, Santa Maria
- Italian comune.mayor
- Luca Pierobon
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 36
- Italian comune.population_total
- 20133
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 June 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Cittadellesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 48
- Italian comune.saint
- San Prosdocimo, San Donato
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 35013
- Italian comune.area_code
- 049
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Cittadella
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Padua
- Population
- 20023
- Area
- 36.68
- Elevation
- 48
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Carmignano di Brenta
- Official website
- www.comune.cittadella.pd.it
- Image
- Cittadella aerea.jpg
- Dialing code
- 049
- Licence plate code
- PD
- Patron saint
- Prosdocimus
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- twinned administrative body
- Guben
- Commons category
- Cittadella (Italy)
- postal code
- 35013
- Köppen climate classification
- humid subtropical climate
- topic's main category
- Category:Cittadella (Italy)
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Cittadella (Italy)
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cittadella
- male population
- 9835
- female population
- 10237
- P8168
- Anybody Killa
- owner of
- Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
- P11012
- Tanith Lee
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Cittadella () is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around . There are four gates which roughly correspond the points of the compass.
==Main sights== thumb|left|A view of Cittadella thumb|left|Cittadella walls The town was founded in 1220 by the Paduans to counterbalance the fortification of Castelfranco Veneto, to the E., in 1218 by the Trevisans. This was a time of war between the communes.
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