Negrar di Valpolicella is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, about west of

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and about northwest of

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. Since 8 February 2019, the official name has been changed to "Negrar di Valpolicella" (L.R. n. 7, 8 February 2019) after a referendum was held in the town.

History

In prehistoric times, it was a center of the Arusnati, a not-well-known population of perhaps mixed origins. In the Middle Ages it was a free commune until it was acquired by the

Scaliger The Della Scala family, whose members were known as Scaligeri () or Scaligers (; from the Latinized ''de Scalis''), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years. History Wh ...

of Verona (14th century). Later it was part of the

Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...

, under which, in 1791, it received the right to hold a livestock market. In 2020 the municipality announced that a

Roman villa A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Typology and distribution Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas n ...

had been discovered beneath a local vineyard.

Archaeology

In May 2020, the discovery of a well-preserved

Roman mosaic A Roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the Roman period, throughout the Roman Republic and later Empire. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings, on both floors and walls, though they competed with cheaper frescos for the ...

floor dating to the 3rd century AD buried underneath a

vineyard A vineyard (; also ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture. Vineyards ...

is reported after about a century of searching the site of a long-lost villa.

Economy

Negrar and its villages are mainly devoted to agricultural, with production of cherries, vine and fruit, and of wines such as

Valpolicella Valpolicella (, , ) is a viticultural zone of the province of Verona, Italy, east of Lake Garda. The hilly agricultural and marble-quarrying region of small holdings north of the Adige is famous for wine production. Valpolicella ranks just af ...

Amarone Amarone della Valpolicella, usually known as Amarone (, ), is an Italian DOCG denomination of typically rich dry red wine made from the partially dried grapes of the Corvina (45–95%, of which up to 50% could be substituted with Corvinone), R ...

and

Recioto Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but is a much older process and suitable for warm climates. The technique dates bac ...

Notable people

Andrea Benvenuti Andrea Benvenuti (born 13 December 1969 in Negrar, Verona) is an Italian former 800 metres runner. Biography He won the gold medal at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. Previously, he had come fifth in the 1992 Olympic final and third ...

, athlete *

Pietro Boselli Pietro Boselli (born 3 December 1988) is an Italian model, engineer, and former mathematics lecturer at University College London. Biography Boselli was born the first of four boys, he has three younger brothers. Boselli was discovered at the ag ...

, engineer, former mathematician and model *

Davide Formolo , birth_date = , birth_place = Negrar, Italy , death_date = , death_place = , height = , weight = , currentteam = , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = Climber , amateur ...

, cyclist *

Matteo Manassero Matteo Manassero (born 19 April 1993) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event. Amateur career Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. After a short ...

, professional golfer *

Damiano Tommasi Damiano Tommasi (; born 17 May 1974) is an Italian former footballer and current Mayor of Verona. A defensive midfielder during his footballing years, after a decade at Roma – winning the 2001 Serie A title – he continued his career abroa ...

, ex professional footballer, major of Verona *

Ronnie Quintarelli Ronnie Quintarelli (born 9 August 1979) is an Italian racecar driver, currently competing in Super GT. A four-time champion, he holds the all-time record for the most drivers' championship titles won in the GT500 class of Super GT. Biography Qui ...

, racing driver.

Gallery

File:Panorama di Negrar.jpg, Panorama File:Vista San Peretto Negrar.jpg, vineyards File:Panorama colline sopra Negrar.jpg, vineyards File:Villa Mosconi Bertani and Amarone della Valpolicella Classico vineyards.jpg,

Villa Mosconi Bertani The Villa Mosconi Bertani (also known as Villa Novare) is a Neoclassical winery and manor in the Veneto region of Italy famous for its heritage in the production of Amarone della Valpolicella wine. It is located in the municipality of Negrar ...

and Amarone vineyards File:Villa Rizzardi cancello.jpg, Villa Rizzardi and Amarone vineyards

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Veneto {{Veneto-geo-stub