Piazza Maggiore Este

The tram is a sign of modernity and expecially of urbanity: Este became a large city and since 1906 used to have an electric tramway (which will be closed in the early '30s), as the provincial capitals. The tram, from Via Massimo d'Azeglio, passed through Via Vittorio Emanuele II (now Via Matteotti), Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (now Piazza Maggiore), Via Principe Umberto and Via Principe Amedeo, where the line branched off from one side to the Este railway station, from the other to the station of S.Elena, on the Padova - Bologna railway line, 5 km ..