The Church of the Eremitani stands next to the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. The Augustinian hermit friars arrived in Padua in 1237 and ran the church until 1806. It was built between 1260 and 1276 in the Gothic style, with the patronage of the wife of the local nobleman Zaccaria dell'Arena and of the city. The facade is tall and has a rose window, and a fifteenth-century side portal has bas-reliefs of the months. The interior has a single nave.
Andrea Mantegna painted the frescoes of the Ovetari Chapel from 1448 to 1457, with scenes from the lives of Saints James and Christopher. An Allied bombardment in March 1944 largely destroyed the chapel, which stood next to a German headquarters. About 88,000 fragments survive.
The church is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was listed in 2021.
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