Padua ( or , ) is a city and
comune in
Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the
province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 214,000 . The city is sometimes included, with
Venice (
Italian Venezia) and
Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice
Metropolitan Area, having a population of c. 1,600,000.