Prato della Valle

45°23′54″N 11°52′33″E / 45.39833°N 11.87583°E / 45.39833; 11.87583

Padova – Prato della Valle – Engraving by F. Piranesi (c. 1785).[note 1]
Prato della Valle, Abbey of Santa Giustina on the middle in the background
The Abbey of Santa Giustina as seen from the Prato.

Prato della Valle (Prà de ła Vałe in Venetian) is a 90,000-square-meter elliptical square in Padua, Italy. It is the second largest square in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, l'Isola Memmia, surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues.
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