Arqua Petrarca in the Euganei Hills

 Arqua Petrarca is located in the Euganei hills and still has many of the medieval homes and buildings.  It was renamed to add Petrarca after the Arezzo born poet Francesco Petrarca  moved there and spent the last days of his life.  Petrarca's small house can be visited in the village.

The land area and town became part of the Venetian Republic and there and you still see the influence of the Venetian's. 

Today the village is quiet and relaxed in the morning hours during the weekdays, and but in early afternoon there is an invasion of tour buses from the Abano thermal spa's.  Also on weekends there is an increase of walkers and cyclist passing through.  But everything seems to cease in early evening.