Arquà Petrarca2
Arquà may refer to: *Arquà Petrarca, a commune in Padua, Italy *Arquà Polesine Arquà Polesine (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Rovigo. Arquà Polesine borders the following municipalities: Bosaro, Costa di ...

Arquà Petrarca
Arquà Petrarca () is a town and municipality (''comune'') in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua. As of 2007 the estimated population of Arquà Petrarca was 1,835. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"), and it has been awarded the Bandiera arancione award for excellence in tourism, hospitality and the environment. Within the town boundaries lies the Coast Lake (Laghetto della Costa), one of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Around the Alps, since 2011 in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. Petrarch Arquà is the place where the poet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) lived the final four years of his life (1370–74). In 1870, the town of Arquà added his name to its own. The house where he lived is now a museum dedicated to the poet. The German international literary Petrarca-Preis awards were held in his residence in 1976 and 1977. In 2004, the 700th anniversary of the poet's birth was celebrated her ...
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