In 2021, the site Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles, located within the city walls of Padua in north-eastern Italy, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming the 57th Italian site on the list. The Padua Urbs Picta Nomination Committee was formally formed in 2016, although collaboration between the partners had already been underway for some years.
The site is made up of eight religious buildings and monumental complexes which house a selection of fresco cycles painted between 1302 and 1397 by different artists. Although they were painted by different artists and in different buildings with different functions, the 14th-century frescoes maintain a unity of style and content, the model for which is Giotto's work in the Scrovegni Chapel.
