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ascent to the walls have been established, via erection of stairs on the breach, as well as the construction of a stairway and glass lift inside the Porta Vicenza Tower, and stairs, the wooden gangway and the glazed entrance roof in the Torresino Church, plus the building of the connection between the Captain's House and the Porta Bassano Tower. Today the patrol communications trench has been restored and the entire circuit is walkable.
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has been required, since they are a part most highly deteriorated by the wear and tear of time. Other goals in restoration has been the safekeeping and restoration of the patrol communications trench that winds along the walls at a height of 14 metres (46 ft). In addition, several new points of
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The walls today are all intact except for a stretch destroyed in the 16th century during the Cambrai war, and the skilled detail of the construction are still easily visible. It has as many as seven different construction techniques characterized by the alteration of courses in brick and those in
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To provide a better defense, the city walls originally could be traveled over on various levels through communication trenches, partly made of stone though many other stretches were made of wood or were made along the embankments that ran along the entire wall. The restoration of the
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Complete restoration of Cittadella's fortified system will be completed over the next few years with a final restoration of the walls of the northeastern and southeasters sectors and with the conclusion of the works being carried out on the gates and towers.
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It was built in successive stages in a polygonal shape on orthogonal axes through the construction of 32 large and small towers, with the formation of a protective moat and with four drawbridges next to the four entrance gates.
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Its walls, 14 to 16 metres (46 to 52 ft) tall, were built with the "box masonry": two parallel walls filled with a sturdy core of stones and hot
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Valle, Patrizia. (Design architect and director of the restoration works of the fortified system.) "Cittadella: Walled City" (Pamphlet)
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with a diameter of around 450 metres (1,480 ft). There are four gates which roughly correspond the points of the compass.
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This article is about the medieval walled city in Veneto, Italy. For the walled city in Gozo, Malta, see
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In 2011 the town enacted a law which stated that no more licences for shops selling
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The town was founded in 1220 by the Paduans to counterbalance the fortification of
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A view of a section of the Vicenza gate of Cittadella's walls from the outside
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Ca' Onorai, Facca, Pozzetto, San Donato, Santa Croce Bigolina, Santa Maria
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still retains the defense apparatus of the keep and entrance gates. The
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Another town still preserving its walls in the region is
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totaling a thickness of about 2.10 metres (6.9 ft).
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may be granted to businesses within the city walls.
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Cittadella (Gozo)
Cittadella (disambiguation)
Comune
A view of a section of the Vicenza gate of Cittadella's walls from the outside
Coat of arms of Cittadella
Cittadella is located in Italy
Cittadella is located in Veneto
45°39′N 11°47′E / 45.650°N 11.783°E / 45.650; 11.783
Italy
Region
Veneto
Province
Padua
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Demonym
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
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UTC+2
CEST
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Venetian
walled city
province of Padua
Italy
Padua
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