Vicenza
Silicon Valley
General Information
Other Name: -, District: NA, State: Veneto, Italy
Area: 80 km²
Languages Spoken: Italian
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Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region.Vicenza is the third largest Italian industrial city by export.Location
Vicenza is approximately 60 km west of Venice and 200 km east of Milan.Climate
Temperate climate
On the southeast side of the Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza stands the Basilica Palladiana, Palladio''s masterpiece, with open colonnades of two storys (lower part Doric and upper part Ionic), a very impressive combination.Front of the west end of the basilica is a marble statue of Palladio.
Was formerly the residence of the Venetian governor; it was begun by Palladio in 1571 but only half finished.
In the heart of the old town of Vicenza is the Piazza dei Signori, the site of the old Roman forum, with two columns dating from the Venetian period and the slender Torre di Piazza, 82m/271ft, built in 1174 for defensive purposes.
Designed in 1579 for the Vicenza Accademia Olimpica to stage theatrical performances, this is the only surviving Renaissance theater in the world.