Colli Euganei (English: Euganean Hills) are located in the Veneto region of northern Italy, a few kilometers south of Padua. They take their name from the Euganei, a semi-mythical population who inhabited the area before the Veneti. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Vèneto is one of the twenty Regions of Italy. ... Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the inland waterway or naviglio interno of Padua. ... The Euganei (fr. ... The Veneti (Enetoi in Greek) were an ancient people who inhabited todays northeastern Italy, in a area comprised in the modern-day region Veneto. ...

The Euganei Hills are of volcanic origin; the first eructions of basaltic magma occurred during the Eocene period, when the area was submerged under the sea. Later, in the Oligocene period, eructions of more viscous rhyolites, trachytes, and latites created the typical volcanic cones. Smoking Bromo and Semeru (background) volcanoes on Java in Indonesia. ... Basalt Basalt is a common gray to black volcanic rock. ... Magma is molten rock located beneath the surface of the Earth (or any other rocky planet), and which often collects in a magma chamber. ... The Eocene epoch (56-34 Ma) is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the Cenozoic era. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ... Rhyolite Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. ... Trachyte is an igneous, volcanic rock with an aphanitic to porphyritic texture. ... Latite is an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. ... Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, a cinder-and-spatter cone on Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcano formations. ...

The area still maintains geothermal activity (hot springs, hot mud) in the spas areas of Abano Terme and Montegrotto Terme.

The Colli Euganei remained a small archipelago until the general rising that generated the entire Pianura padana during the Quaternary period. An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... The Po (Latin: Padus) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ... The Quaternary Period is the geologic time period from the end of the Pliocene Epoch roughly 1. ...

The area is now a protected regional park. Near the Hills are the towns of Este and Monselice. Milford Sound: Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1692 meters above the Sound. ... Este is a comune of the Province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. ... Monselice, Italy (from the Latin toponim Mons Silicis mountain of flintstone), is a town located in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua (Padova), about 20 Km southeast of the city of Padua, at the southern edge of the Euganean Hills (Colli Euganei). ...

External links

• (Italian) Official website of the Park
• (Italian) www.colli.euganei.it