It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione River.
- VicenzaEste, Padua, Oderzo, Adria, Vicenza, Verona, and Altino became centres of Venetic culture.
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Padua
8 linksPadua (Padova ; Pàdova) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy.
Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40 km west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza.
Verona
5 linksVerona (, ; Verona or Veròna) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.
In 1164 Verona joined with Vicenza, Padua and Treviso to create the Veronese League, which was integrated with the Lombard League in 1167 to battle against Frederick I Barbarossa.
Venice
4 linksVenice (Venezia ; Venesia or Venexia ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
Today, Venice is a major fashion and shopping centre; not as important as Milan, Florence, and Rome, but on a par with Verona, Turin, Vicenza, Naples, and Genoa.
Andrea Palladio
4 linksItalian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic.
Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic.
The city of Vicenza, with its 23 buildings designed by Palladio, and 24 Palladian villas of the Veneto are listed by UNESCO as part of a World Heritage Site named City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.
Villa Barbaro (begun 1557) at Maser was an imposing suburban villa, built for the brothers Marcantonio and Daniele Barbaro, who were respectively occupied with politics and religious affairs in the Veneto, or Venice region.
Republic of Venice
4 linksSovereign state and maritime republic in parts of present-day Italy (mainly northeastern Italy) which existed for 1100 years from 697 AD until 1797 AD. Centered on the lagoon communities of the prosperous city of Venice, it incorporated numerous overseas possessions in modern Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Greece, Albania and Cyprus.
Sovereign state and maritime republic in parts of present-day Italy (mainly northeastern Italy) which existed for 1100 years from 697 AD until 1797 AD. Centered on the lagoon communities of the prosperous city of Venice, it incorporated numerous overseas possessions in modern Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Greece, Albania and Cyprus.
In the early 15th century, the republic began to expand onto the Terraferma. Thus, Vicenza, Belluno, and Feltre were acquired in 1404, and Padua, Verona, and Este in 1405.
The pope wanted Romagna; Emperor Maximilian I: Friuli and Veneto; Spain: the Apulian ports; the king of France: Cremona; the king of Hungary: Dalmatia, and each one some of another's part.
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
3 linksKingdom in Northern Italy (formerly the Italian Republic) in personal union with France under Napoleon I.
Kingdom in Northern Italy (formerly the Italian Republic) in personal union with France under Napoleon I.
It covered Savoy and the modern provinces of Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino, South Tyrol, and Marche.
Department of Bacchiglinoe (capital Vicenza)
Bacchiglione
1 linksThe Bacchiglione (Medoacus Minor, "Little Medoacus") is a river that flows in Veneto, northern Italy.
It flows through and past a number of cities, including Vicenza and Padua.
Lombards
2 linksThe Lombards or Langobards (Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The Lombards or Langobards (Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
Soon Vicenza, Verona and Brescia fell into Germanic hands.
He extended his dominions, conquering Liguria in 643 and the remaining part of the Byzantine territories of inner Veneto, including the Roman city of Opitergium (Oderzo).
Adriatic Veneti
1 linksThe Veneti (also Heneti) were an Indo-European people who inhabited northeastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of Veneto.
It included cities of the modern Veneto such as Este, Padua, Vicenza, Asolo, Oderzo, Montebelluna, Vittorio Veneto, Cadore, as well as other areas around the Po Delta.
Bassano del Grappa
2 linksBassano del Grappa (Basan or Bassan, ) is a city and comune, in the Vicenza province, in the region of Veneto, in northern Italy.
In 1175 Bassano was conquered by Vicenza, but the city maintained a semi-autonomous status as a free comune in the 13th century also, when it was home to the family of the Ezzelini, who first unified the various territories of Veneto.