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Timeline Of Vicenza
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Italy. Prior to 18th century * 2nd-6th century - Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza established. * 569 - Lombards in power.( it) * 825 - Regional school established in Vicenza. * 1117 - Earthquake. * 1160 - (church) tower rebuilt. * 1167 - Vicenza joins the Lombard League. * 13th century - built. * 1260 - Santa Corona church construction begins. * 1280 - (church) construction begins. * 1311 - Scaligeri of Verona in power. * 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date). * 1387 - Visconti of Milan in power. * 1404 - Vicenza becomes part of the Republic of Venice (until 1797). * 1440 - built. * 1474 - Printing press in operation. * 1549 - Basilica (town hall) Palladian remodelling begins. * 1550 - Palazzo Chiericati construction begins. * 1552 - Palazzo Thiene built. * 1555 - ( learned society) founded. * 1566 ** Palazzo Valmarana built. ** Villa Capra "La Rotonda" constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance '' palazzi''. With the Palladian Villas of the Veneto in the surrounding area, and his renowned ''Teatro Olimpico'' (Olympic Theater), the "city of Palladio" has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994. In December 2008, Vicenza had an estimated population of 115,927 and a metropolitan area of 270,000. Vicenza is the third-largest Italian industrial centre as measured by the value of its exports, and is one of the country's wealthiest cities, in large part due to its textile and steel industries, which employ tens of thousands. Additionally, about one fifth of the country's gold a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Capra "La Rotonda"
Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza in northern Italy designed by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The villa's correct name is Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, but it is also known as "La Rotonda", "Villa Rotonda", "Villa Capra", and "Villa Almerico Capra". The name ''Capra'' derives from the Capra brothers, who completed the building after it was ceded to them in 1592. Along with other works by Palladio, the building is conserved as part of the World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto". Inspiration In 1565 a priest, Paolo Almerico, on his retirement from the Vatican (as referendario apostolico of Pope Pius IV and afterwards Pius V), decided to return to his home town of Vicenza in the Venetian countryside and build a country house. This house, later known as 'La Rotonda', was to be one of Palladio's best-known legacies to the architectural world. Villa Capra may have inspired a thousand subsequent buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombing Of Vicenza In World War II
The bombing of Vicenza was a series of attacks by the United States Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force on the Italian city of Vicenza, Veneto, during World War II. The purpose of these raids was to disable the city's marshalling yard and airport, but the bombing also caused considerable collateral damage to the city itself. Chronology of the main air raids 25 December 1943 The first air raid on Vicenza. 20 bombers of the 15th Air Force attacked the airfield, but many bombs also fell on the city, hitting the San Bortolo and San Francesco districts, causing 31 victims among the population. 28 December 1943 Raid by 17 bombers of the 15th USAAF, targeting the marshalling yard. Part of the bombs fell on the southeastern districts of the city, causing 41 victims among the population. 26 March 1944 Raid by 78 RAF bombers, targeting the marshalling yard. Bombs also fell on the southern districts of the city, killing 14 civilians. 2 April 1944 Raid by fifty RAF bombers, target ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadio Romeo Menti
Stadio Romeo Menti is a football stadium in Vicenza, Italy, named after Romeo Menti. It is currently the home of Vicenza Calcio. The stadium holds 12,000. Recent years On 11 November 1989 the stadium hosted the only game played so far in Vicenza in the Italy national football team. The match, a friendly in preparation for the World Cup Italy 90, saw the victory of Italy 1–0 against Algeria. Subsequent work removed the metal pillars of the old grandstand that hindered filming of football matches, along with the installation of seats in a field at the corner of the south stand. In 2007 an adaptation of the structure finally saw the laying of the entrance turnstiles and the strengthening of surveillance. On September 21, 2013 an initiative called ''Give a hand to Menti'', saw the repainting of the exterior, with the participation of the players and the mayor Achille Variati. References L.R. Vicenza Romeo Romeo Menti Sport in Vicenza Romeo Menti Romeo Menti (; 5 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicenza Airport
Vicenza Airport, officially Vicenza “Tommaso Dal Molin” Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Vicenza “Tommaso Dal Molin”) , was an airport serving Vicenza, Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It was one of three airports in the Province of Vicenza, along with Asiago Airport and Thiene Airport. Classified as a ''city airport'' because it was only northwest of the city center, it remained in operation from 1921 until 2008, when it was closed to all air traffic for the construction of a base for the United States military, the second such base in the Vicenza area. The runway was demolished in 2009,Articolo del Giornale di Vicenza (in Italian), 4 February 2009 and as of 2016 a public park is being designed for the former airport grounds. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicenza Calcio
L.R. Vicenza, commonly referred to as Vicenza, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza, they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953, then Vicenza Calcio from 1990 to 2018, a year which saw the club going bankrupt and being put under controlled administration in order to preserve the Serie C spot at the end of the 2017–18 season. Renzo Rosso, owner of fashion brand Diesel (brand), Diesel, merged its Bassano Virtus and some of the assets of Vicenza Calcio into one team, L.R. Vicenza Virtus, which will play in Vicenza, while the two sides will preserve their distinct youth teams. Vicenza is the oldest team in Veneto; officially founded on 9 March 1902 by the then dean of Liceo Lioy, Tito Buy, and the physical education teacher of the same school, Libero Antonio Scarpa. The club currently plays in Italy's Serie C, having spent the entire 1960s, most of the 1970s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banca Cattolica Del Veneto
Banca Cattolica del Veneto was an Italian bank based in Vicenza, Veneto. in 1989 it was merged with Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano to form Banco Ambrosiano Veneto. History Founded in 1892 as Banca Cattolica Vicentina by the Catholic church, in 1930 the bank was renamed to Banca Cattolica del Veneto, as well as absorbing Banca Cadorina, Banca Cattolica Atestina and Banca Cattolica di Udine in 1930, Banca Feltrina, Banca Provinciale di Belluno and Banca Cattolica San Liberale in 1931, Banca Depositi e Prestiti di Feltre in 1936, Banca Depositi e Prestiti G. Fabris, F. Favero and Banca Bassanese A. Girardello in 1938. In 1946 the bank acquired Banca Agricola Distrettuale; Banca Veneziana di Crediti e Conti Correnti in 1948, Banca Mandamentale di Maniago e Sacile in 1950, Banca San Daniele in 1951 and Banca Triestina Banca may refer to: Places * Bangka Island, an island lying east of Sumatra, part of Indonesia * Banca, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an 1946 Italian institutional referendum, institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italy, Italian Republic. The state resulted from a decades-long process, the ''Italian unification, Risorgimento'', of consolidating the different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state. That process was influenced by the House of Savoy, Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered Italy's legal Succession of states, predecessor state. Italy Third Italian War of Independence, declared war on Austrian Empire, Austria in alliance with Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops Capture of Rome, entered Rome in 1870, ending Papal States, more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicenza Railway Station
Vicenza railway station ( it, Stazione di Vicenza) serves the town and ''comune'' of Vicenza, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1846, it forms part of the Milan–Venice railway, and is also a junction of two branch lines, to Schio and Treviso, respectively. The station is currently owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Features The station has a large passenger building that houses many facilities for passengers, the headquarters of the Railway Police, and the offices of Trenitalia and the station management. The six through platforms at the station are numbered from 1 to 6. At the far eastern end of the station, there are also two bay platforms (''1 Giardino'' and ''2 Giardino''), at which trains arrive fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan–Venice Railway
The Milan–Venice railway line is one of the most important railway lines in Italy. It connects the major city of Milan, in Lombardy, with the Adriatic Sea at Venice, in Veneto. The line is state-owned and operated by the state rail infrastructure company, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana that classifies it as a trunk line. The line is electrified at 3,000 volts DC. History The line was designed by the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia to connect its two joint capitals and built by a company named the ''Imperiale Regia Privilege Strada ferrata Ferdinandea Lombardo-Veneta dell'Imperatore'' in honour of Ferdinand I of Austria. It was built in sections: the first section to be completed was between Padua and Marghera, opened on 13 December 1842, and was the third railway opened in Italy. On 13 January 1846 a bridge over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice was opened, with 222 arches supported on 80,000 larch piles. It was followed by the opening of the Padua–Vicenza sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Fogazzaro
Antonio Fogazzaro (; 25 March 1842 – 7 March 1911) was an Italian novelist and proponent of Liberal Catholicism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. Biography Fogazzaro was born in Vicenza to a wealthy family. In 1864 he obtained a law degree in Turin. He then moved to Milan where he followed the ''scapigliatura'' movement. In 1869 he was back in Vicenza to work as lawyer, but he left this line of work very soon to be a full-time novelist. He began his literary career with ''Miranda'', a poetical romance (1874), followed in 1876 by ''Valsolda'', which, republished in 1886 with considerable additions, constitutes perhaps his principal claim as a poet. His novels, ''Malombra'' (1882), ''Daniele Cortis'' (1887), ''Misterio del Poeta'' (1888), obtained considerable literary success upon their first publication, but did not gain universal popularity until they were discovered and taken up by French critics in 1896. In Fogazzaro's work there is a consta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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