Arquà Petrarca

Petrarch chose this village in the Euganean Hills for his last years, settling here in 1370, and in 1868 Arquà added his name to its own. Its medieval lanes climb the slopes in two parts, upper and lower, past Gothic houses, olive groves and the squares where Venetian nobles built their residences. The poet's house is now a museum, and his tomb stands outside the church of Santa Maria Assunta.

Highlights

• Casa del Petrarca, the poet's last home, now a museum (IT)
• Petrarch's tomb on the churchyard of Santa Maria Assunta
• Brodo di giuggiole, the jujube liqueur of the October festival (IT)
• Laghetto della Costa, a UNESCO-listed prehistoric pile-dwelling site
• Loggia dei Vicari, a 14th-century meeting hall re-roofed in glass and copper

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.