4-8 May 2026

Padua, Italy

University of Padua, Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and The Ancient World. Palazzo Wollemborg, Via del Santo 26, Padova (Italy). map

Day 1 - Monday May 4th

Palazzo Wollemborg, Via del Santo 26

- 9:00 Welcome coffee

- 9:30 Initial meeting

- 10:00 Group works

- 12:30 Lunch

- 14:00 Visit to the Geography Museum

- 16:30 Visit to Padua and its water heritage

- 19:00 visit to the Scrovegni Chapel

Day 2 - Tuesday May 5th

Field trip in the Euganean Hills Natural Regional Park and Unesco Biosphere Reserve

- 8:00 Departure by bus from Padua bus station

- 10:30 Meeting with representatives of the Euganean Hills Park and Biosphere Reserve at Casa Marina

- 11:30 meeting with local farmer

- 12:30-13:30 lunch at Azienda Agricola Ca' Lustra (packed lunch)

- 14:00-16:00 Hiking excursion with guide

- 16:00-17:30 Visit to the Euganean Hills Museum in Galzignano

- 17:30-19:00 Walk to Battaglia Terme station

- 18:55 Train to Padua (19:24 Arrival at Padua station)

Day 3 - Wednesday May 6th

Palazzo Jonoch, Via del Vescovado 30 and Palazzo Wollemborg, via del Santo 26

- 9:00 Seminar Part I (Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch)

- Giada Peterle (UNIPD) ‘Biodiverse’: comics, biodiversity and geographies of care

- María Egea Hernández (UGR) The role of women in preserving rural landscapes

- 10:30 coffee break

- 11:00 Seminar Part II (Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch)

- Daniele Codato (UNIPD) and Lorenzo Bragagnolo Carlon: Il Parco Agropolitano e il progetto Coltiva Padova

- Jorge Garrido (UMIN): ‘A rua da estrada’, the EN103 (Barcelos–Braga) as a case study to explore the transition from road to street and the implications for landscape stewardship beyond the nature–culture dichotomy.

- Q&A and discussion

- 13:00 lunch

- 14:00 work groups (Palazzo Wollemborg)

- 17:00 Visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum

Day 4 - Thursday May 7th

Field trip in the Venice Lagoon (Porte Grandi, Sant’Erasmo, Lazzaretto Nuovo, Torcello)

Day 5 - Friday May 8th

Palazzo Wollemborg, via del Santo 26 and Palazzo Jonoch, Via del Vescovado 30

- 9:00 Group Work (Palazzo Wollemborg)

- 13:00 Lunch

- 14:30 Final project presentation (Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch)

- 20:00 Goodbye dinner