The surronding area of Padua and the Euganean Hills offer a landscape of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Castles, fortresses, defensive bulwarks leave the mark of the medieval period of the great battles for the domination of the territory.
Testimonies are found in the 4 walled cities of Cittadella, Monselice, Este and Montagnana, each with its own unique characteristics, and from the village of Arquà Petrarca developed on the hill where the ancient castle was located, Monte Castello in memory of the fortifications now disappeared.
Closed there are many villas and historic houses such as Villa Valsanzibio,Villa Draghi ,
Villa Bassi Rathgeb , Giardino di Villa Barbarigo