Travel Poster Padova Padua Italy ENIT
Original vintage travel advertising poster for tourism in Padua, Italy and published by the ENIT—Agenzia nazionale del turismo, known in English as The Italian Government Tourist Board. a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. The artwork features the sculpture horse, modelled on the Trojan horse, with the Basilica di Sant’Antonio of Padua in the background, and a pair of white peace doves circling atop the statue. Acceptable condition, tape marks, paper losses at edges, folds, tears. Country of issue: Italy, designer: Barbi Benvignati, size (cm): 99x5x61.5, year of printing: 1949
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Original vintage travel advertising poster for tourism in Padua, Italy and published by the ENIT—Agenzia nazionale del turismo, known in English as The Italian Government Tourist Board. a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. The artwork features the sculpture horse, modelled on the Trojan horse, with the Basilica di Sant’Antonio of Padua in the background, and a pair of white peace doves circling atop the statue. Acceptable condition, tape marks, paper losses at edges, folds, tears. Country of issue: Italy, designer: Barbi Benvignati, size (cm): 99x5x61.5, year of printing: 1949
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