3D print the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
A free, printable model of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, its cluster of domes and slender towers, with the buildings, streets and water around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
In Padua, in Veneto, Northern Italy, stands this Catholic church with the rank of minor basilica, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua. Locals call it "il Santo", and it is among the national shrines the Holy See recognizes. Padua's cathedral is the separate Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Mary. The Cappella di San Giacomo, along with a second chapel for Blessed Luca Belludi, is part of Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Construction probably began around 1232, a year after St. Anthony died, and finished in 1310, though structural changes continued from the end of the 14th century to the middle of the 15th. In keeping with his will, the saint was buried in a small church, Santa Maria Mater Domini, near which he founded a convent in 1229. The church became part of the basilica as its Madonna Mora chapel, the Chapel of the Dark Madonna.
The basilica is a huge building lacking one precise architectural style, and St Mark's Basilica in Venice strongly influenced it. Its exterior blends elements that are mainly Romanesque and Byzantine, along with a few Gothic features. The domes were raised in height externally, which gives a Byzantine look, while the many small belfries beside them recall Turkish minarets. A Baroque Treasury chapel was built in 1691 by Filippo Parodi, a student of Bernini. The high altar is by Donatello, who also made the equestrian statue of Gattamelata outside.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 19 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 23 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 30 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Domes and slender towers
- A cluster of rounded domes is ringed by tall, slender towers with pointed caps. Print friendly adapts thin towers like these to your print scale; Full detail keeps them, best printed slowly with good cooling.
- Smooth curves, small belfries
- The domes are smooth curved surfaces with small belfries beside them. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curves smooth, and a larger print keeps the belfries readable.
- One piece with the ground
- The Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua grows with the print: about 19 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
