Centro culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Cultural center in Padua, Italy.

Centro culturale Altinate San Gaetano is a cultural center in Padua housed in a five-level building spanning 12,000 square meters with an auditorium, exhibition spaces, workshops, and a civic library. The spaces are organized to allow different activities to happen simultaneously, with areas flowing naturally into one another.

The building was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi and built between 1582 and 1693 as a convent of the Theatines dedicated to San Gaetano. In 1874 it became property of the Comune di Padova, which turned it into the Palazzo di Giustizia. A fire in 1920 damaged it badly, and the restoration by engineer Tullio Paoletti largely produced its present appearance.

The centre takes its name from the Contrada Altinate and the adjacent church of San Gaetano. Its exhibitions are sponsored by the City of Padua's culture department and the University of Padua. The main exhibition space is the cloister on the ground floor, and the historic civic library occupies the second floor.

The exhibition galleries and the cloister, the main display space, are on the ground floor, with further rooms on the first floor and the civic library on the second. A cafe-restaurant is on the ground floor. The entrance is the glazed central arch of the right wing, marked by a black lantern and the plaque "CENTRO CULTURALE ALTINATE".

The building was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi and built between 1582 and 1693 as a convent of the Theatines dedicated to San Gaetano. From 1874 it belonged to the City of Padua, which turned it into the Palazzo di Giustizia; a fire in 1920 led to the restoration by engineer Tullio Paoletti that gave it its present appearance.