The Euganei (fr. Lat. Euganei, Euganeorum; cf. Gr. εὐγενής (eugenēs) 'well-born') were a group of populations, difficult to define, settled in the flat and mountainous areas of Northeast Italy, between the Eastern Alps and the Adriatic.

The Euganean Hills (Italian: Colli Euganei [ˈkɔlli euˈɡaːnei]) are a group of hills of volcanic origin that rise to heights of 300 to 600 m from the Padovan-Venetian plain a few km south of Padua.

The Euganei (or Euganeans) were not part of the West Indo-European migration into southern Central Europe between about 3500-2500 BC. Instead they may have borne a degree of relationship with the Etruscans of north-western Italy (although the Celtic Encyclopaedia lists them as …

…Etruscans and the Veneti): the Euganei, inhabiting the plain and the Alpine foothills, and the Raeti, in the valleys of the Trentino and the Alto Adige. Minor peoples in the region belonged to one or the other of these stocks or to Ligurian stocks; with regard to many of these… Read More

Sono i Colli Euganei, una serie di formazioni vulcaniche di antichissima origine a poco più di dieci chilometri dal centro di Padova. Così vicini, sono in grado di far dimenticare la città e la sua frenesia: immersi nel verde, i Colli Euganei sono una fresca oasi di pace e armonia.

Mar 17, 2016 · Discover the Euganean Hills, or Colli Euganei as they are known in Italian, a large and beautiful regional park of about 20,000 hectares.

Thematic itineraries can be found at the Strada del Vino dei Colli Euganei, suggesting pathways enriched by stop-overs at farms, restaurants and winegrowers, to taste the food pleasures of the territory and to sip the celebrated wines of the hills.

Mar 10, 2016 · The Euganean Hills were officially protected in 1989 in the creation of the Parco Regionale dei Colli Euganei, which was the first regional park ever in Veneto’s.

May 10, 2022 · The Euganean Hills or Colli Euganei in Italian, are a group of hills of volcanic origin that formed about 35 million years ago.

Gli Euganei erano un gruppo di popolazioni, difficilmente definibile, stanziato nelle zone pianeggianti e montuose dell'Italia nord-orientale, tra le Alpi Orientali e l'Adriatico. Con l'arrivo dei Veneti si ritirarono nelle valli alpine, confondendosi con i Reti [1].