The Vicenza Province is one of the most industrialized and richest areas in Italy but, at the same time, still maintains many green and wild areas. You’ll beamazed by the charm of this city thanks to its Palladian villas, sumptuous palaces, the great green valleys that run throughout the territory, such as the Valsugana, and the great enchanted woods of the Seven Municipalities Plateau.
Do not miss the typical towns of Vicenza, set in the territory as precious diamonds, which preserve works and typical products of the highest prestige. This province, famous for the nicknames about cats, will surprise you day by day for its artistic beauties scattered throughout the territory. Plan your holidays in the province of Vicenza, our tips and suggestive photographs will help you to take the right path for your trip.
In this chapter we deal with one of the countries that are part of the Seven Municipalities Plateau, a lively and welcoming place: Lusiana. Lusiana is a pretty town that is located in the southernmost part of the Asiago plateau, and directly overlooks the immense Vicenza plain. From where, on clear days, you can enjoy …
The Madonna’s Sanctuary of Mount Berico is located on the top of a hill, a few kilometers away from the historic center of Vicenza. It represents the northernmost part of the complex complex of the famous Berici Hills, a natural group of hilly reliefs. The main place of worship and pilgrimage of the city of …
The Olympic Theater, the first and oldest covered theater of the modern era, intended as the historical period of the Middle Ages, prior to the contemporary age. It was the last great work of the architect Andrea Palladio, who started it for the Olympic Academy, of which he was a member, at the end of …
The Palladian Basilica or also called Ragione Palace, is the masterpiece of the architect Andrea Palladio, elegant, grandiose, extraordinary, with its white columns and its chiaroscuro games of the loggias, it represents the symbolic building of the city of Vicenza. It was built between 1549 and 1614 in Signori Square, in the drawing room of …
The Vicenza Squares are also called the salons of the city, thanks to the elegance of its buildings, to the many clubs and shops that we can admire and above all to the liveliness of its inhabitants. Places of passage, a crossroads of business and free time, the square is the cornerstone of the life …
Corso Andrea Palladio, leads directly into Piazza Matteotti, one of the most beautiful areas of Vicenza, on the right the imposing Chiericati Palace stands out. A Renaissance building built as a residence for the Counts Chiericati, which can be considered as one of the most ingenious and suggestive buildings built by Andrea Palladio, to whom …
The Vicenza Cathedral or Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunciata is the most important place of worship in the city, and a bishop’s seat, that is, the most important seat of the diocese, of which it represents the liturgical and spiritual center. It is a building particularly characterized by the Venetian Gothic style, which is located …
The Valmarana Loggia was probably built in 1591 by a promising pupil of Andrea Palladio, at the behest of Gian Luigi Valmarana, who wanted this place to become a magnificent Italian garden and the main meeting point between intellectuals and academics. It is an exceptional six-column structure of Doric order, almost reminiscent of a Greek-Roman …
The Capitaniato Loggia, also called Bernarda Loggia, is one of the most powerful and extraordinary creations of the architect Andrea Palladio. Started in August 1571, it was the seat of the Captain, the representative of the Venetian Republic of this territory, and imposes itself directly on the central Signori Square. A place of passage, a …
In this chapter we discuss one of those places that have marked history and its memory remains indelible within us, Ortigara Mount. The Ortigara Mount is a mountain of the 2,105 m high Alps located along the border between Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige, in the northern part of the Seven Municipalities Plateau. It is famous …