Este is a comune of the Province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. In 2001, the comune had 16,623 residents. In Italy, the commune (comune, plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township. ... Padua (It. ... Veneto is a region in northeastern Italy, bordering on Lombardy, Trentino-South Tyrol, Austria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Emilia-Romagna, between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

It is situated at the foot of the Euganei Hills. During the Iron Age Este was a major centre of the Veneti and later, during the (2nd century BC), became a Roman colony. In the Late Antiquity, Este was wrecked by barbarian invasions and arose again only after the 10th century, when Azzo II built a castle there and named himself and his family after it. Colli Euganei (English: Euganei Hills) are located in the Veneto region of northern Italy, a few kilometers south of Padua. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... The Veneti were an ancient people who inhabited todays northeastern Italy (near Venice). ... (3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events 175 BCE - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter. ... Colonies in antiquity were city-states founded from a mother-city, not from a territory-at-large. ... Late Antiquity is a rough periodization (c. ... Decline of the Roman Empire is a historical term of periodization which describes the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

The House of Este held the city until 1240, when they moved their capital to Ferrara. Este was conquered twice by Ezzelino da Romano III, in 1238 and 1249, and disputed during the 14th century by the Scaligeri, the Carraresi and the Visconti, until it surrendered spontaneously to Venice in 1405. For Tolkiens fictional character, see Estë To know more about the city, see Este Este, Italian princely family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597), Modena and Reggio (1288–1796). ... Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile... Ferrara, a town, an archiepiscopal see and a province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ... Ezzelino da Romano III (1194 - 1259) was an Italian conqueror, dictator, political figure and soldier. ... Events In the Iberian peninsula, James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia September 28 from the Moors; the Moors retreat to Granada. ... Events University, the first College at Oxford founded Births Emperor Kameyama of Japan Pope John XXII Frederick I, Margrave of Baden Deaths July 6 - Alexander II of Scotland (b. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to... The noble family Scaliger (Scaligeri) were lords of Verona. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Events May 29 - Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, meets Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them June 8 - Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in...

Under the Republic of Venice, Este went through a period of economic growth, interrupted only by the plague of 1630. After the fall of the Republic and the Napoleonic Wars, the town, with the whole Veneto region, became part of the Austrian Empire, until it was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy as a consequence of the Third Independence War of 1866. The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... The Italian Plague of 1629-1631 was a series of outbreaks of bubonic plague from 1629 through 1631 in northern Italy. ... A VERY INFORMATIVE PAGE ON THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, GOES VERY FAR IN DETAIL. The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire until 1867 and of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary until 1918. ... There have been several entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Today the town is a centre for farming, crafts and industry worthy of note.

External links

• Comuni italiani: Este
• Official site of the Comune di Este