Battaglia_Terme

Battaglia Terme

Battaglia Terme

Comune in Veneto, Italy

Battaglia Terme (Venetian: Ła Bataja) is a town and comune in the Veneto region of Italy, in the province of Padua.

Quick Facts Ła Bataja, Country ...

Battaglia lies at the easternmost edge of the volcanic Euganean Hills, and has been noted for its warm saline springs and natural vapour grotto since the Middle Ages.[3]

History

The construction of the navigable Battaglia canal in the early 13th century brought traffic and growth to the town which commanded a central position at the confluence of several canals in the network of barge traffic that linked Este and Padua, the Adriatic, the Lagoon of Venice and the north by means of the Brenta Canal, the canalized Bacchiglione and the Adige.

Main sights

  • Villa Emo-Capodilista: erected in the mid-17th century by Marquis Benedetto Selvatico, the owner of the mineral springs. The castle features several thermal lakes and has been the royal residence of the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III during the first World War.
  • Castello del Catajo: large castle-residence with internal frescoes by Giambattista Zelotti
  • San Giacomo: baroque style parish church

Twin town

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Population data from Istat
  3. [3]
     One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Battaglia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 529.




Stub icon

This article on a location in Veneto is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Battaglia_Terme, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.