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The
Abbey
of
Santa
Giustina
is
a
10th-century
Benedictine
abbey
complex
located
in
front
of
the
Prato
della
Valle
in
central
of
Padua.
Adjacent
to
the
former
monastery
is
the
basilica
church
of
Santa
Giustina,
initially
built
in
the
6th
century,
but
whose
present
form
derives
from
a
17th-century
reconstruction.
The
basilica
is
monumental
from
the
Prato
della
Valle
is
well
visible.
A
church
dedicated
to
the
St
Justina
of
Padua
and
of
other
4th
century
Christian
martyrs
of
Padua,
was
present
at
the
site
by
the
520s,
erected
under
the
patronage
of
the
Prefect
Opilius
and
housing
the
relics
of
the
saint.
The
church
was
already
described
as
lavish
in
decoration
in
the
565
biography
of
Life
of
St
Martin,
written
by
Venantius
Fortunatus.
By
the
10th
century,
pilgrims
who
came
to
the
basilica
to
venerate
the
saints'
relics,
were
ministered
by
monks.
In
971,
Bishop
of
Padua
placed
the
community
under
the
Rule
of
St.
Benedict.
The
complex
of
the
Abbey
of
Santa
Giustina
includes
the
large
Basilica
with
eight
domes
and
the
rich
monastery,
of
which
it
is
possible
to
visit
the
Cloister
of
the
Chapter,
built
in
the
12th
century
in
Romanesque
style
and
the
Main
Cloister,
also
called
the
Painted
Cloister
for
the
many
frescoes
that
decorated
it.
The
interior
of
the
Basilica
of
Santa
Giustina,
vast
and
bright,
one
of
the
greatest
masterpieces
of
Renaissance
architecture,
has
a
Latin
cross
shape
and
is
divided
into
three
naves
by
large
pillars.
For
dimensions
(122
meters
long)
Santa
Giustina
is
the
ninth
among
the
churches
in
the
world,
also
marked
in
the
floor
of
St.
Peter's
Basilica
in
Rome.
To
the
right
and
left
of
the
side
aisles
there
are
twenty
chapels,
ten
on
one
side
and
ten
on
the
other.
They
are
painted
with
masterpieces
by
famous
Renaissance
masters
such
as
Giacomo
Ceruti,
Pietro
Damini,
Bernardo
Falcone,
Luca
Giordano,
Pietro
Liberi
and
the
greatest
of
all
Paolo
Veronese.
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