Padova Water Marathon News

Participants in the Padova Water Marathon will be surprised to discover how many bridges they will pass beneath during the long route around Padua’s river ring. These bridges belong to very different historical periods and construction styles, built over more than 2,000 years of the city’s history. The bridges described below will be encountered by...

If a citizen of Padua from the early 20th century were to take part today in the Padova Water Marathon and look around, they would rightly ask: “Am I still in Padua?” Let’s try to show the most curious PWM canoeists, with the help of historical photos from the early 1900s compared with today’s images,...

It is curious to tell how the people of Padua—and those of many other inland cities—in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed swimming and sunbathing during the summer, freely using the river and canals that crossed the city. At that time, the city was not as densely populated as today, and large areas...

We chose as the emblem of our marathon this slender tower, which you encounter just a few kilometers from the start, at the gates of Padua: it is the tower of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Padua, commonly known as the “Specola.” It is an ancient monument that, throughout its history, has undergone...

Padua was once a city of water, rich in canals....