Europe's largest producer of textiles and the focus of Italy's "Silicon Valley", VICENZA is a very sleek city, where it can seem that every second car is a BMW. Prosperity hasn't ruined the look of Vicenza, though. The centre of the city, still partly enclosed by medieval walls, is an amalgam of Gothic and Classical buildings that today looks much as it did when the last major phase of construction came to an end at the close of the eighteenth century. This historic core is compact enough to be explored in a day, but the city and its environs really require a short stay to do them justice. In 1404 … more »
Vicenza is located at the foot of the Berici mountains, at the confluence... more »
Founded in the 2nd century B.C. in northern Italy, Vicenza prospered... more »
Lugo di Vicenza is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.... more »
About midway between Padova and Verona, Vicenza has much-celebrated and often duplicated architectur... more »
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