The city of Padua offers important monuments such as the Scrovegni Chapel with Giotto's frescoes, recently restored, the Civic Museums of the Hermits, the famous Basilica of Saint Anthony and the Scuola del Santo with remarkable frescoes of the '500 also by Titian. Prato della Valle, one of the largest squares in Europe, is beautiful. The Botanical Garden, founded in 1545, is one of the oldest in Europe, as well as the University, one of the oldest in the world and founded in 1222. Colorful Squares in the heart of the city house markets ( especially food) and Palazzo della Ragione hosts, under the Hall, the shops with culinary excellence  and specialties of all kinds.