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4399 - Padua, Italy

The sender is from Padua, a city of about 210,000 people located roughly 40 kilometres west of Venice. However, the postcard itself is from Zaragoza, and features a street view of the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar).

Construction of the basilica began in 1681 and continued over several centuries, with completion finally achieved in 1961.

The basilica contains nine chapels:

  • Chapel of the Rosary


  • Chapel of Joachim

  • Chapel of Saint Lawrence (Lorenzo)

  • Chapel of Saint Pedro de Arbués

  • Chapel of Saint Braulio

  • Chapel of Saint Anthony

  • Chapel of Saint Joseph

  • Chapel of Saint Anne

  • Chapel of Saint John

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