Palazzo della Ragione, Padua in the context of Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles


Palazzo della Ragione, Padua in the context of Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles

⭐ Core Definition: Palazzo della Ragione, Padua

The Palazzo della Ragione is a medieval market hall, town hall and palace of justice building in Padua, in the Veneto region of Italy. The upper floor was dedicated to the town and justice administration; while the ground floor still hosts the historical covered market of the city.The palace separates the two market squares of Piazza delle Erbe from Piazza dei Frutti. It is popularly called il Salone ("the big hall"). It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as "Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles" in 2021.

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Palazzo della Ragione, Padua in the context of Unit of measurement

A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multiple of the unit of measurement.

For example, a length is a physical quantity. The metre (symbol m) is a unit of length that represents a definite predetermined length. For instance, when referencing "10 metres" (or 10 m), what is meant is 10 times the definite predetermined length called "metre".

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