a range of hills of Venetian Lombardy, in the western part of the delegation of Padua. They extend for about 10 miles from N.W. to S.E., between the Bacchiglione, the Monselice canal, and the Bisato. The chain presents few points of great elevation, the highest being Mount Venda, 1920 feet above the level of the sea, which is well wooded and cultivated, and has some thermal springs, resorted to for bathing.

In ancient times a people known as the Euganei occupied, at one time, all the country lying between the Alps and the head of the Adriatic, part of which territory they were afterwards compelled by the Veneti to evacuate. They are believed to have been originally an independent and very powerful people; and even in the time of Pliny they continued to subsist, and are known to have enjoyed the Latin franchise. No light has yet been thrown upon the origin of the Euganei. Their name has given rise to the idea that they sprang from a Greek source, but it is more probable that they were an offshoot from some of the early Gallic invasions of Italy.