Arquà Petrarca

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Arquà Petrarca-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Arquà Petrarca
region = Veneto
province = Padua (PD)
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area_total_km2 = 12
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 1876
population_density_km2 = 156
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|16|12|N|11|43|06|E|region:IT_type:city(1835)|display=inline,title
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telephone = 0429
postalcode = 35032
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website = [http://www.comune.arqua.pd.it/ www.comune.arqua.pd.it]

Arquà Petrarca is a town and municipality (comune) in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua.As of 2007 the estimated population of Arquà Petrarca was 1,835.cite web | url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=489187155 | title="The World Gazetteer" | accessdate=2007-02-21] It is the place where the poet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) lived the final part of his life and died, whence the town's name. Francesco Petrarca died and was buried here in 1374 CE.

In 2004, celebrations were held there and in nearby Padua for the 700th anniversary of the poet's birth.

The house where Francesco Petrarca lived in Arquà is now a museum decicated to the poet.

The town has a medieval aspect. It is set in a picturesque location on the slopes of Monte Ventolone and Monte Calbarina, part of the Euganean Hills.

Local produce include olives, extra virgin olive oil, honey, chestnuts, ziziphus.

External links

* [http://www.comune.arqua.pd.it/ Official Website (in Italian)]
* [http://padovacultura.padovanet.it/musei/archivio/000067.html Petrarch's House (in Italian)]

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