Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the
Veneto
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
region at the northern base of the ''
Monte Berico
The Church of St. Mary of Mount Berico ( it, Basilica di S. Maria di Monte Berico) is a Roman Catholic and minor basilica in Vicenza, northern Italy. The church is a Marian shrine, and stands at the top of a hill which overlooks the city.
Ori ...
'', where it straddles the
Bacchiglione River
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. Vicenza is approximately west of
Venice
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and east of
Milan
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.
Vicenza is a thriving and
cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
city, with a rich
history
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and
culture
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, and many
museum
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villa
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s,
church
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es and elegant
Renaissance
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Teatro Olimpico
The Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585. The theatre was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after his death. The ...
'' (Olympic Theater), the "city of Palladio" has been listed as a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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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
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and
jewelry
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is made in Vicenza, greatly contributing to the city's economy. Another important sector is the
engineering
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/
computer components
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B ...
microprocessor
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's co-inventor, was born in Vicenza).
History
Roman era
Vicentia was settled by the Italic Euganei tribe and then by the Paleo- Veneti tribe in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. The Romans allied themselves with the Paleo-Veneti in their fight against the Celtic tribes that populated north-western Italy. The Roman presence in the area grew exponentially over time and the Paleo-Veneti (whose culture mirrored Etruscan and Greek values more so than Celtic ones) were gradually assimilated. In 157 BC, the city was a de facto Roman centre and was given the name of ''Vicetia'' or ''Vincentia'', meaning "victorious".
The citizens of Vicetia received Roman citizenship and were inscribed into the Roman tribe ''Romilia'' in 49 BC. The city was known for its agriculture, brickworks, marble quarry, and wool industry and had some importance as a way-station on the important road from '' Mediolanum'' (Milan) to
Aquileia
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, near ''Tergeste'' (Trieste), but it was overshadowed by its neighbor '' Patavium'' (
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, PÃ dova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
). Little survives of the Roman city, but three of the bridges across the
Bacchiglione
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and Retrone rivers are of Roman origin, and isolated arches of a
Roman aqueduct
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exist outside the ''Porta Santa Croce''.
During the decline of the
Western Roman Empire
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,
Heruls
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,
Vandals
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The ...
Visigoths
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, as well as the
Huns
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laid waste to the area, but the city recovered after the
Ostrogoth
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conquest in 489 AD, before being conquered by the
Byzantine Empire
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soon after. It was also an important Lombard city and then a
Frankish
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** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages
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center. Numerous
Benedictine
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, abbreviation = OSB
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
monasteries were built in the Vicenza area, beginning in the 6th century.
Middle Ages
In 899, Vicenza was destroyed by Magyar raiders.
In 1001,
Otto III
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Otto III was crowned as King of ...
handed over the government of the city to the
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
, and its communal organization had an opportunity to develop, separating soon from the episcopal authority. It took an active part in the League with Verona and, most of all, in the Lombard League (1164–1167) against Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa compelling Padua and Treviso to join: its
podestÃ
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, Ezzelino II il Balbo, was captain of the league. When peace was restored, however, the old rivalry with Padua, Bassano, and other cities was renewed, besides which there were the internal factions of the Vivaresi (
Ghibellines
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During the 12th and 13th centuries, rivalr ...
) and the Maltraversi (
Guelphs
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During the 12th and 13th centuries, rivalr ...
).
The tyrannical Ezzelino III from Bassano drove the Guelphs out of Vicenza, and caused his brother, Alberico, to be elected podestà (1230). The independent commune joined the Second Lombard League against Emperor Frederick II, and was sacked by that monarch (1237), after which it was annexed to Ezzelino's dominions. On his death the old oligarchic
republic
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political structure was restored – a ''consiglio maggiore'' ("grand council") of four hundred members and a ''consiglio minore'' ("small council") of forty members – and it formed a league with Padua,
Treviso
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and
Verona
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. Three years later the Vicentines entrusted the protection of the city to
Padua
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, so as to safeguard republican liberty; but this protectorate (''custodia'') quickly became dominion, and for that reason Vicenza in 1311 submitted to the Scaligeri lords of
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
, who fortified it against the
Visconti of Milan
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Republic of Venice
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in 1404, and its subsequent history is that of Venice. It was besieged by the
Emperor Sigismund
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, and
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*Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, reigned 1597–1651
*Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1636-1689)
*Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, reigned 1795†...
held possession of it in 1509 and 1516.
Early modern era
Vicenza was a candidate to host the
Council of Trent
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.
The 16th century was the time of
Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of th ...
, who left many outstanding examples of his art with palaces and villas in the city's territory, which before Palladio's passage, was arguably the most downtrodden and esthetically lacking city of the Veneto.
After the
Fall of the Venetian Republic
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In 1796, the young general Napoleon ...
in 1797, under
Napoleonic
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(not a grand duchy, but a hereditary (extinguished in 1896), nominal duchy, a rare honor reserved for French officials) within Napoleon's personal
Kingdom of Italy
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for general Caulaincourt, also imperial Grand-Écuyer. One of the consequences of the city's occupation was the destruction of a prized silver model of the city, the Jewel of Vicenza.
19th century and later
After 1814, Vicenza passed to the
Austrian Empire
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. In 1848, however, the populace rose against Austria, more violently than in any other Italian centre apart from Milan and Brescia (the city would receive the highest award for military valour for the courage displayed by revolutionaries in this period). As a part of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, it was annexed to
Italy
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after the
Third War of Italian independence
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.
Vicenza's area was a location of major combat in both
World War I
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(on the Asiago plateau) and
World War II
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(a focal center of the Italian resistance), and it was the most damaged city in Veneto by Allied bombings, including many of its monuments; the civil victims were over 2,000. The end of World War II was followed by a period of depression, caused by the devastation during the two world wars. In the 1960s, the whole central part of Veneto, witnessed a strong economic development caused by the emergence of small and medium family businesses, ranging in a vast array of products (that often emerged illegally) that paved the way for what would be known as the ''"miracolo del nord-est"'' ("miracle of the northeast").
In the following years, the economic development grew vertiginously. Huge industrial areas sprouted around the city, massive and disorganized urbanization and employment of foreign immigrants increased.
Vicenza is home to the
US Army
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headquarters
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of the Southern European Task Force, which includes the
173d Airborne Brigade
The 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for Eu ...
In 2007, there were 114,268 people residing in Vicenza, located in the province of Vicenza,
Veneto
Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.
Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
, of whom 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 17.17% of the population, compared to pensioners, who number 21.60%. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06% (minors) and 19.94% (pensioners). The average age of Vicenza residents is 43 compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Vicenza grew by 3.72%, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.85%. The current birth rate of Vicenza is 9.16 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births.
In 2010, 83.5% of the population was Italian. From 1876 to 1976 it has been calculated that over 1,000,000 people from the province of Vicenza have emigrated, with more than 3,000,000 people of Vicentino descent living around the world (most common migrational currents included
Brazil
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, the
United States
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,
Canada
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,
Australia
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,
Germany
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,
France
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,
Belgium
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and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
) escaping the devastation left by poverty, war and sickness. Today, almost 100,000 Vicenza citizens live and work abroad. Today, the city has morphed from a land of emigration to a land of immigration. The largest immigrant group comes from the
United States
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(about 9,000 people, partly due to the presence of the
military base
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). Other ethnic minorities comes from other European nations (the largest being
Serbia
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,
Romania
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, and
Moldova
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),
South Asian
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(the largest being
Bangladesh
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and
Pakistan
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),
sub-saharan Africa
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, and
North Africa
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(largest is from
Morocco
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). The city is predominantly
Roman Catholic
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, but due to immigration, it now has some
Orthodox Christian
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,
Muslim
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UNESCO
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inscribed "Vicenza, City of Palladio" on its list of
World Heritage Site
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s. In 1996, the site was expanded to include the Palladian villas outside the core area, and accordingly renamed "
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto is a World Heritage Site in Italy, which protects buildings by the architect Andrea Palladio. UNESCO inscribed the site on the World Heritage List in 1994. At first the site was called " ...
".
Palladio's works
Vicenza is home to twenty-three buildings designed by Palladio. Famous examples include:
* ''
Villa Almerico Capra
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'' (also known as "La Rotonda"), located just outside the downtown area
* '' Basilica Palladiana'', centrally located in Vicenza's ''Piazza dei Signori'', of which Palladio himself said that "it might stand comparison with any similar work of antiquity"
* ''
Teatro Olimpico
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'' (Olympic Theater), designed for the ''
Accademia Olimpica
The Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585. The theatre was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after his death. The ...
'' (Olympic Academy) and begun to be built in 1580, when Palladio died. The wooden scenes are by Vincenzo Scamozzi.
* ''
Palazzo Chiericati
The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza (northern Italy), designed by Andrea Palladio.
History
Palladio was asked to design and build the palazzo by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the palace in 1 ...
'', home of the city pinacotheca
* '' Palazzo Barbaran da Porto'', home of the ''Museo Palladio''
* ''
Palazzo del Capitaniato
The palazzo del Capitaniato, also known as loggia del Capitanio or loggia Bernarda, is a palazzo in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio in 1565 and built between 1571 and 1572. It is located on the central Piazza dei Signori, f ...
Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare
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'' (built by Vincenzo Scamozzi)
* ''
Palazzo Thiene
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Villa Gazzotti Grimani
The Villa Gazzotti Grimani (1542) is a Renaissance villa, an early work of architect Andrea Palladio, located in the village of Bertesina, near Vicenza in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
In 1994 UNESCO designated Villa Gazzotti Grimani as pa ...
'', in the ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' Bertesina
Other sights
Churches
Some of the main historical churches:
*
Cathedral of Vicenza
Vicenza Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata, ''Duomo di Vicenza'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Vicenza, and is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary ...
(church of Santa Maria Annunciata), dating from early in the 11th century, and restored in the 13th, 16th, 19th and after the ruinous destruction of
World War II
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, possesses a number of paintings and sculptures, nearly all of them by Vicentine artists; the dome and north side door were designed by
Andrea Palladio
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.
* Basilica Sanctuary of Saint Mary of
Monte Berico
The Church of St. Mary of Mount Berico ( it, Basilica di S. Maria di Monte Berico) is a Roman Catholic and minor basilica in Vicenza, northern Italy. The church is a Marian shrine, and stands at the top of a hill which overlooks the city.
Ori ...
: the structure was completed in two stages, creating two churches in different styles: the first in 1428 in Gothic style, the second in 1703 by
Carlo Borella
Carlo Borella was an Italian architect of the 17th century. He designed churches in Vicenza and is thought to have been the architect responsible for the completion of Palladio's Palazzo Chiericati.
One of Borella more notable works is the chur ...
, designed as a late-baroque style
basilica
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. The adjacent convent, houses the large ''
The Supper of Saint Gregory the Great
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'' canvas by
Paolo Veronese
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. The bell tower (1826) was designed by Antonio Piovene. The basilica commemorates two apparitions of Our Lady to Vincenza Pasini, a pious woman who lived in a village in the province, and the liberation of the city from a terrible plague.
*
Basilica of Santi Felice and Fortunato
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: church built in the 4th century within a Roman cemetery and expanded in the 5th century to house the relics of the martyrs Felice and Fortunato. In the 9th century, the city, and the church, were razed by the
Hungarians
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; by the 10th century, the church had been re-erected by the bishop Rodolfo with the support of Emperor Otto II. It has the layout of a paleochristian basilica, initially rectangular, then doubled in width and divided into three naves. After the Hungarian invasions, the
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built a new baptistery and the semicircular apse, adding the bell tower and the rosette, as well as a series of blind arches and a Byzantine cross in front. In later centuries, the interiors underwent a radical alteration, enriching it with Baroque altars and decorations. A 20th century restoration removed many of these embellishments. Next to the church there is a small museum exhibition with archaeological finds from the church and from the nearby Roman
necropolis
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The term usually im ...
.
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Santa Corona
Santa Corona is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in Vicenza, region of Veneto, Italy. The church contains the Valmarana chapel (circa 1576), whose design is attributed to the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Palladio himself w ...
: one of the oldest and most important churches of the city, this 13th century church first endowed by the bishop of Verona, the Blessed Bartholomew of Breganze, to shelter one of the thorns from Christ's crown. It was under the purview of the Dominicans after the death of Ezzelino III da Romano. It houses paintings by Montagna (''The Magdelene''), Bellini (''Baptism of Christ'') and others; the
crypt
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Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...
hosts the Valmarana chapel by Palladio. The church underwent a major restoration in 2012.
* '' San Giorgio in Gogna'': one of the oldest churches in the city, built before the year 1000. with a Romanesque facade. The outer walls consist of agglomerates of different materials (brick, stone, marble salvaged from other buildings) are clearly a demonstration of the origin of the construction craft, which can be seen especially in the polygonal apse. It was restored by the diocese in 2011.
* ''
San Lorenzo
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'' (1280): church built by
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in mixed Gothic and Lombard Romanesque styles. Located along Corso Fogazzaro facing the central Piazza San Lorenzo, it hosts the tombs of illustrious Vicentines and is served by the Conventual Franciscans.
* '' Santa Maria Nova'': late 16th-century church is the only religious architecture designed and built by Palladio in Vicenza, apart from the Valmarana chapel and the limited interventions in the cathedral.
* '' Santa Maria in Araceli'' (1244): church later refurbished by
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* Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538–1612), Italian poet and diplomat
* Anna Guarini, Contessa Trotti, (1563–1598), Italian virtuoso singer of the late Renaissance
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in Baroque style, formerly belonged to the
Clarisses
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, contains statues by
Orazio Marinali
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He trained with Josse de Corte. He is best known for over 150 statues produced by him and his studio for the estate and gardens ...
and Cassetti, and the reproductions of original altarpieces by
Piazzetta
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and Tiepolo (now at the Pinacotheca Civica).
* Santa Maria of the Servites: church in Piazza Biade adjacent to the Piazza dei Signori, was commissioned in the early 15th century by the order of the
Servants of Mary
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. The church portal was executed in the studio where Andrea Palladio worked at the beginning of his career and would be one of his earliest works. In the
cloister
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in 1319 took place miracles of St.
Philip Benizi de Damiani
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San Marco in San Girolamo
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'' (early 18th century): late baroque church built by the Discalced Carmelites on a previous convent and church of the Jesuati. The architect is unknown, but inside it is clear the influence of the style of the Venetian
Giorgio Massari
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He designed the Villa Lattes near Treviso in 1715, the church of Santo Spritito in Udine, the church of Santa Maria della Pace 1720–46 in ...
. After the Napoleonic abolition of the religious orders and their convents, it became in 1810 the church of San Marco, one of the oldest parishes in the city. It hosts many works by Vicentine and Venetian artists of the early 18th century, including some masterpieces. The sacristy preserves the complete original furniture of the time.
* '' San Vincenzo'': church dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa – ancient patron of Vicenza – overlooks Piazza dei Signori, facing the Basilica Palladiana, interrupting the smooth texture of the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà . The church was built from the 14th century to the 18th. The baroque façade (1614–1617) hosts two lodges with three arches, in Corinthian and composite style. The lodges are surmounted by a crown with Christ mourned by angels, by
Giambattista Albamese
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, also author of the five statues in the
pediment
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Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedimen ...
. Behind the lodge there is the ancient church of 1387, offset in relation to the building that has incorporated, with the altar facing east. The interior of the church, as amended in 1499 and again in the 18th century by
Francesco Muttoni Francesco Muttoni (January 22, 1669 – February 21, 1747) was an Italian architect, engineer, and architectural writer, mainly active near Vicenza, Italy.
Biography
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, was restored in the 1920s. It hosts the ark of Simone Sarego (14th century), the impressive altar,
rococo
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work of Bernardo Tabacco, and the altar of Pietà , masterpiece of a young
Orazio Marinali
Orazio Marinali (1643–1720) was an Italian late-Baroque sculptor, active mainly in the Veneto or Venetian mainland.
He trained with Josse de Corte. He is best known for over 150 statues produced by him and his studio for the estate and gardens ...
(1689). Within the porch, a red marble stele is engraved with the ancient official linear measures of the Community of Vicenza.
* '' Sant'Agostino'': church built upon older buildings in the 14th century, the ancient convent of Saint Augustine is located on the western outskirts of the city, giving its name to the parish and to the ''frazione''. The abbey church was rebuilt in Romanesque style during the rule of Can Grande della Scala between 1322 and 1357. The church has a rich decoration and a large altarpiece of 1404 by Battista da Vicenza.
* Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino: finished in 1678 on commission of the fraternity of St. Nicholas, it is a chapel that houses a series of paintings focused on the life of the saint, among the highest levels of the measured Baroque of Vicenza.
* The Churches of the ''Carmini'' (1372) and ''St. Catherine'' (1292), formerly belonging to the Humiliati, possess notable pictures.
* '' Santa Croce'' (1179)
* Santi Filippo and Giacomo (12th century)
Secular buildings
* The ''
Torre Bissara
Torre Bissara is a tower in Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza, Italy.
History
Bissara Tower is a civic tower that overlooks Piazza dei Signori, alongside the famous Basilica Palladiana. With its 82 meters is one of the tallest buildings in Vicenz ...
'' (clock tower) (1174), at 82 meters high, is one of the tallest buildings
* The ''
Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana
The Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana is a main public library of the municipality of Vicenza, Italy. Inaugurated at the dawn of the 18th-century, and now the third largest library in the Veneto, after the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice and the Universi ...
'', a public library founded by Count Giovanni M. Bertolo and opened in 1708
* '' Casa Pigafetta'' (1440), house of Antonio Pigafetta
* The ''Pinacotheca Civica'' houses mainly Vicentine paintings in the Palladian ''
Palazzo Chiericati
The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza (northern Italy), designed by Andrea Palladio.
History
Palladio was asked to design and build the palazzo by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the palace in 1 ...
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Libraries
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Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana
The Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana is a main public library of the municipality of Vicenza, Italy. Inaugurated at the dawn of the 18th-century, and now the third largest library in the Veneto, after the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice and the Universi ...
'', a public library founded by Count Giovanni M. Bertolo and opened in 1708
* International Library La Vigna, a specialized library
Economy and infrastructure
The surrounding country is predominantly agricultural. Major products are wine, wheat, corn, olive oil ( in the Barbarano area ) and cherries and asparagus are a particularity of Bassano. There are also quarries of marble, sulphur, copper, and silver mines, and beds of lignite and kaolin; mineral springs also abound, the most famous being those of Recoaro.
Massive industrial areas surround the city and extend extensively in the western and eastern hinterland, with numerous steel and textile factories located in the
Chiampo
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and
Sovizzo
Sovizzo is an Italian comune of 7,388 inhabitants in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is north of SR11 and located approximately 10 km from the regional capital of Vicenza.
History
The first settlements in the area that is now the ...
area in the west and
Camisano Vicentino
Camisano Vicentino ( vec, Camixan Visentin) is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is north of SP24, and about from Autostrada A4.
Twin towns — sister cities
Camisano Vicentino is twinned with:Torri di Quartesolo in the east, areas characterised by a disorganised and extensive cementifaction.
Elitè sectors are the
jewelry
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and
clothing
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factories. Important vicentino clothing firms include:
Diesel
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* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
,
Pal Zileri
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Bottega Veneta
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History
Found ...
, Marlboro Classics etc. The Gold Exposition is world-famous and it takes place in Vicenza twice a year (January and September).
Other industries worthy of mention are the woollen and silk, pottery, tanneries, and musical instruments. The headquarters of the bicycle component manufacturer
Campagnolo
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and the protective wear for sports manufacturer Dainese are located here.
Transport
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 ...
junction
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Junction'' (film), a 2012 American film
* Jjunction, a 2002 Indian film
* Junction (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille
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* Junction (manga), or ''Hot ...
of two branch lines, to
Schio
Schio is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza (region of Veneto, northern Italy) situated north of Vicenza and east of the Lake Garda. It is surrounded by the Little Dolomites (Italian Prealps) and Mount Pasubio.
History
Its name comes fr ...
and
Treviso
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, respectively.
Sport
Vicenza is home t Vicenza Hurricanes American Football team which currently plays in
League 2
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. Founded in 2009, the Hurricanes have a junior team and a senior team with a roster of 35+ athletes.
Vicenza is home to football club
L.R. Vicenza Virtus
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, formerly Lanerossi Vicenza and Vicenza Calcio, which currently compete in
Serie B
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. Their home venue is the
Stadio Romeo Menti
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Recent years
On 11 November 1989 the stadium hosted the only game played so far in Vicen ...
.
Vicenza is home to Rangers Rugby Vicenza, A rugby union team who compete in Serie A2.
Cuisine and popular dishes
Vicenza's cuisine reflects its humble, agricultural past. Simple, hearty meals made with fresh local ingredients that reflect the province's geographical diversity.
Unlike Venetian cuisine where fish reigns supreme, game meat, cheeses and vegetables take center stage accompanied by polenta, soft from the stove or day-old sliced and grilled over the fireplace embers, better yet cooked in a pan under the spit where it lightly fries in meat drippings to create a crunchy golden outer crust.
Vicenza is known for its simple dishes, and often famous cheeses, fruits, ingredients and wines, such as sopressa Vicentina, Asiago cheese,
Marostica
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History
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the loca ...
Baccalà alla Vicentina
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''
* ''Risi e bisi'' (rice and green peas)
* '' Polenta e Osei''
* ''Bigoli all'Arna'' (thick fresh egg noodles with duck ragout)
* ''Putana'' (in this case not the vulgar term meaning "whore", but a fruit cake traditionally made with poor ingredients such as old bread or polenta and dried fruit such as raisins)
The inhabitants of Vicenza are jokingly referred to by other Italians as ''mangiagatti'', or "cat eaters". Purportedly, Vicentinos turned to cats for sustenance during times of famine, such as during
World War II
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American
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actress, born in Vicenza
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. A
Medal of Honor
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recipient during Vietnam War.
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Giovanni Maria Angiolello
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Career
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Biasion came to prominence in the early 1980s, winning both the Italian and Europea ...
, rally driver
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Marzia Bisognin
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,
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Roberto Busa
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, religious and informatic engineer
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Aulus Caecina Alienus
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Domenico Cerato
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* Domenico Allegri, Italian composer
* Domenico Alvaro, Italian mobster
* Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter
* Domenico Auria, Italian archite ...
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, chef, television personality
* Luigi Da Porto, writer
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Alby Sabrina Pretto
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Biography
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Romeo Menti
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Career
Born in Vicenza, Menti debuted for his hometown's Serie C club in 1935, in the s ...
, football player of the
Grande Torino
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Francesco Muttoni Francesco Muttoni (January 22, 1669 – February 21, 1747) was an Italian architect, engineer, and architectural writer, mainly active near Vicenza, Italy.
Biography
He was born in Lacima, near Porlezza, on Lake Lugano, but his family moved to Vic ...
, architect
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Andrea Palladio
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, architect
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Goffredo Parise
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Guido Piovene
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Born in Vicenza into a noble family, Piovene graduated in philosophy in Milan and then devoted himself to journalism, notably collaborating with ...
Mariano Rumor
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, Indian politician, wife of former Indian Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...
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Flo Sandon's
Mammola Sandon, known by the stage name of Flo Sandon's (29 June 1924 – 17 November 2006), was an Italian singer who was popular in the post-World War II years. She won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1953 with the song " Viale d'autunno".
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Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover ...
, American actress and model, attended Vicenza American High School
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Tiziano Treu
Tiziano Treu (born 22 August 1939) is an Italian politician and academic, former Minister of Labour and Social Security and Minister of Transports, and current president of the National Council for Economics and Labour.
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Giacomo Zanella
Monument to Giacomo Zanella
Giacomo Zanella (9 September 1820 – 17 May 1888) was an Italian poet.
Biography
He was born at Chiampo, near Vicenza, and was educated for the priesthood. After his ordination he became professor at the lyceum of ...
Annecy
Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
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Pforzheim
Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany.
It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...
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Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
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Wuxi
Wuxi (, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China, by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai, between Changzhou and Suzhou. In 2017 it had a population of 3,542,319, with 6,553,000 living in the entire prefecture-level city ar ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(2006)
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Cleveland
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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United States
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