Scrovegni Chapel

Scrovegni Chapel (Cappella degli Scrovegni), Padua
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	The Last Judgment in the Scrovegni Chapel
Location	Padua, Veneto, Italy
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iii)
Reference	1623
Inscription	2021 (44th Session)
Website	www.cappelladegliscrovegni.it/index.php/en/
Coordinates	45°24′43″N 11°52′46″E / 45.41184°N 11.87952°E
	Location of Scrovegni Chapel in Veneto Scrovegni Chapel (Italy)

The Scrovegni Chapel (Italian: Cappella degli Scrovegni [kapˈpɛlla deʎʎi skroˈveɲɲi]), also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. The chapel and monastery are now part of the complex of the Musei Civici di Padova.

The chapel contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed around 1305 and an important masterpiece of Western art. In 2021, the chapel was declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 14th-century fresco cycles composed of 8 historical buildings in Padua city centre.^[2] The Scrovegni Chapel contains the most important frescoes that marked the beginning of a revolution in mural painting and influenced fresco technique, style, and content for a whole century.

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^ Eimerl, Sarel (1967). The World of Giotto: c. 1267–1337. et al. Time-Life Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-900658-15-0.
^ UNESCO. "Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles, UNESCO declaration". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[2] Eimerl, Sarel (1967). The World of Giotto: c. 1267–1337. et al. Time-Life Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-900658-15-0.

[3] UNESCO. "Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles, UNESCO declaration". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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