We kindly inform you that the Scrovegni Chapel and the Eremitani Museum are open to the public from Monday 1st February.
The sites can be visited from Monday to Friday and remain closed on Saturday and Sunday.
It is currently possible to make reservation for the week going from 23rd to the 26th of February; in compliance with the Covid-19 containment measures, visits to the Scrovegni Chapel are of 10 people every 15 minutes.
Since not all the time slots are full these days after the reopening, it would be advisable to check at the museum ticket office if there are any places available last minute.
Openings will be established on a weekly basis.
Until March 31st, 2021 residents of Padua and its province can visit the Eremitani Museum (excluding the Scrovegni Chapel) with free admission.
Reservation is not required; physical distancing between visitors will be guaranteed.
All other visitors, who are not normally entitled to any ticket reductions, until March 31st will be able to access with an ordinary reduced ticket instead of a full-price ticket.
All further reductions remain valid.
The Scrovegni Chapel, a masterpiece in the history of painting in Italy and Europe in the 14th century, is considered to be the most complete series of frescoes executed by Giotto in his mature age.
Colour and light, poetry and pathos.
Man and God.
The sense of nature and history, humanity and faith are mingled in narrating the stories of the Virgin Mary and Christ in a unique way.
Giotto completed the frescoes in the Chapel at the beginning of 1305.
At that time: "...the chapel presents very simple architecture: a rectangular hall with a barrel vault, an elegant gothic triple lancet window on the façade, tall, narrow windows on the southern wall, and a polygonal apse, later raised to contain the belfry".
The frescoes follow three main themes :episodes in the lives of Joachim and Anna (1-6), episodes in the Virgin Mary's life (7-13),episodes recounting Christ's life and death.
The lower parts of the walls contain a series of frescoes illustrating Vices and Virtues in allegory.
The ticket office is situated at the entrance of the Eremitani Museum, its address is 8, Eremitani Square.
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We kindly remind our visitors that it is not possible to book for the same day. Tickets should be collected 1 hour before the scheduled time of visit.
Compulsory bookings
Call centre: +39 049 2010020
The call centre is operative: Mondays to Fridays, 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. - Saturdays, 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Reservation is compulsory.
On-line reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance. It is not possible to reserve for the same day.
It is possible to make reservation until the day before the visit if you pay by credit card.
If you want to pay by bank transfer, the reservation should be made at least 3 days before the day of the visit calling the call-center.
We count three days excluding the day of visit and the day of reservation.
For example: if you want to visit the chapel on Friday, you should make reservation by the previous Monday.
Tickets should be collected well in advance; groups should show up at least 45 minutes prior to visit.