The Veneto has always been the natural home for a wide array of artistic activity. Countless ceramics and forniture schools and artisan guilds were founded in the region, which was also the birthplace of great architects,painters and sculptors. The painting on wood school, despite being one of the last founded, soon gained an excellent reputation for the quality of its furnishing panels.
Cittadella, a city fortifed with battlements and turrets to defend it from the Paduans in 1220, has a proud art school tradition, which produced many fine works.