Scrovegni Chapel
A small chapel in Padua whose walls are covered from floor to vaulted blue ceiling in frescoes by Giotto, painted in the early 14th century. Visitors go in small groups through a climate-controlled room, and the cycle is counted among the founding works of Western painting.
- Where
- Padua, Veneto, Italy
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 45.4118, 11.8795
Get the Scrovegni Chapel stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Scrovegni Chapel. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Veneto volume with your photos and a note.
Near Scrovegni Chapel
Basilica of Saint Anthony 1.2 km
The great pilgrimage church of Padua, built over the tomb of Saint Anthony and known locally simply as Il Santo. Its domes and minaret-like towers mix Byzantine and Gothic styles, and the high altar holds bronzes by Donatello.
Grand Canal 35 km
The largest channel in Venice, curving through the city in a backward S and serving as its main street for boats. It is lined with palaces from every century of the Republic, and the vaporetto ride along it is the classic first view of the city.
Gallerie dell'Accademia 35 km
The great gallery of Venetian painting before the 19th century, housed in a former confraternity, church and convent on the Grand Canal in Dorsoduro. It holds work by Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto, and owns Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, shown only for a few weeks every six years.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection 35 km
The modern art collection of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim, shown in the low, unfinished 18th-century palace on the Grand Canal where she lived for three decades. She first opened it to the public in 1951, and it now holds works by Picasso, Pollock, Ernst and Magritte.
Teatro La Fenice 36 km
The opera house of Venice, whose name means the phoenix. In the 19th century it saw the premieres of works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi, among them Rigoletto and La Traviata, and its gilded horseshoe of boxes is still in use.
Santa Maria della Salute 36 km
An octagonal Baroque church under a great white dome, standing at the point where the Grand Canal meets the San Marco basin. Venetians call it simply La Salute, and it was built in the 17th century by Baldassare Longhena as a votive offering to the Virgin.
Rialto Bridge 36 km
The oldest of the four bridges over the Grand Canal, linking the San Marco and San Polo districts. A pontoon bridge first crossed here in 1173, and the present stone arch carries two rows of shops, with the Rialto market just beyond.
Piazza San Marco 36 km
The principal square of Venice, known to Venetians simply as la Piazza, with the Basilica, the Campanile and the Doge's Palace at its edges. Its smaller extension, the Piazzetta, opens onto the lagoon between two columns topped by the city's lion and its old patron saint.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Veneto
Questions
Where is Scrovegni Chapel?
Scrovegni Chapel is in Padua, Veneto, Italy. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Basilica of Saint Anthony (1.2 km), Grand Canal (35 km), Gallerie dell'Accademia (35 km).
How do I get the Scrovegni Chapel stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Scrovegni Chapel and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Veneto volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Scrovegni Chapel before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Veneto volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.