We went to Padua for the opening of an exhibition of photographs from The Oxford Project  [more information at OxfordProject.com] curated by a friend, Amy Worthen, of the Des Moines Art Center.  We didn't have time to do it justice [we did see the Giotto frescoes, though] but here is one image, from the Palace:  

'Palazzo della Ragione' (The region’s Palace). This building has its origins in 1218, when the city of Padua constructed it because it needed a building for its court. In 1306 a new floor, the arcade and the ceiling were added. Unluckily the original decoration of the building (by Giotto) was destroyed in a fire in 1420.

from Padua on VirTourist