* The city of Vicenza comes under the rule of the Venetians.

Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi.

Three years later the Vicentines entrusted the protection of the city to Padua, so as to safeguard republican liberty ; but this protectorate ( custodia ) quickly became dominion, and for that reason Vicenza in 1311 submitted to the Scaligeri lords of Verona, who fortified it against the Visconti of Milan.

This part of Italy also boasts several important tourist attractions, such as the canal-filled city of Venice, the cities of Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Trento, Bolzano, Bologna, Ferrara, Piacenza, Parma, Ravenna and Trieste.

Thiene is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, in northern Italy, located approximately 75 km west of Venice and 200 km east of Milan.

The city of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The palladian villas are located mainly in the province of Vicenza, while the palazzi are concentrated in the city of Vicenza and the churches in Venice.

He arrived at Valeggio, near Verona, and, with the help of Ezzelino III da Romano and other Ghibelline leaders, sacked the city of Vicenza.

Bassano del Grappa ( Venetian simply: Basan //, italianized: Bassan or Bassàn ) is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, region Veneto, in northern Italy.

In 1175 Bassano was conquered by Vicenza, but the city maintained a semi-autonomous status as a free commune in the 13th century also, when it was under the family of the Ezzelinos.

Its highest point is at 1276 m, whereas the lowest point is at 84 m. The city lies at the foothills of the Venetian Prealps, where river Brenta comes out the southern end of Canal di Brenta ( also called Valbrenta ' Brenta valley ') and flows in the lowlands at the borders of Vicenza, Treviso and Padua provinces.

The site selected was a hilltop just outside the city of Vicenza.

Its capital city is Vicenza.

In 1563 he became maestro di cappella at Vicenza Cathedral, thus returning to his home city, but only briefly, for he accepted a position in Milan in 1565.

Marano as a surname has noble Italian origin, derives from last name Marani of Vicenza that came to Naples in the 16th century with Francesco Antonio buried in the church of Sant ' Antonelli to Caponapoli in the ancient center of Naples city.

* In April 2001, 77, 000 inhabitants ( around 2 / 3 of the population ) of the Italian city Vicenza were evacuated for several hours so that an unexploded bomb, originally dropped in World War II, could be safely disarmed.

The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance building in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, north-eastern Italy.

Nove is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto, north-eastern Italy, with just over 5, 000 inhabitants.

A German ethnic minority have settled in the mountains between Vicenza, Verona and Trento in Italy ( also known as Seven Communities ) is also called the Cimbri (: it: Cimbri ( minoranza linguistica )).

Under long-standing bilateral agreements flowing from NATO membership, Italy hosts important U. S. military forces at Vicenza – home of 173d Airborne Brigade – and Livorno ( USA ); Aviano ( USAF ); and Sigonella, Nisida, and Gaeta – home port for the U. S. Navy Sixth Fleet.

Italy has now emerged as a fast-growing area for Sikh migration, with Reggio Emilia and the Vicenza province being areas of significant Sikh population clusters.

In 1167 an alliance ( called the Lombard League ) was formed among the Venetian cities such as Venice, Padua, Treviso, Vicenza, and Verona with other cities of Northern Italy to assert their rights against the Holy Roman Emperor.

It is also Sardinia's economic and industrial hub, having one of the biggest ports in the Mediterranean sea, an international airport, and the 28th highest income rate in Italy, comparable to several Northern cities, such as Turin, Vicenza and Genoa.

Padua is also the birthplace of the famous architect Andrea Palladio, whose 16th century " ville " ( country-houses ) in the area of Padua, Venice, Vicenza and Treviso are among the most beautiful of Italy and they were often copied during the 18th and 19th centuries ; and of Giovanni Battista Belzoni, adventure-man, engineer and egyptologist.

Traditionally Mount Summano ( elevation 1291 m .) in the Alps near Vicenza ( Veneto, Italy ) is considered a site of the cult of god Pluto, Iupiter Summanus and the Manes.

The area was one of the last strongholds of ancient religion in Italy as is shown by the fact that Vicenza had no bishop til 590 CE.

In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Vicenza grew by 3. 72 percent, while Italy as a whole grew by 3. 85 percent.

He also met several important figures Thomas Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester, with whom he toured Northern Italy in the summer of 1714 ( a tour that led Kent to an appreciation of the architectural style of Andrea Palladio's palaces in Vicenza ).

Yet, the main destination in Northern Italy was Venice, which was considered a vital stop, as well as cities around it such as Verona, Vicenza and Padua.

Italy is home to forty seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country, including many entire cities such as Verona, Siena, Vicenza, Ferrara, San Gimignano, Urbino, Matera, Pompei, Noto and Siracusa.

Among his other teachers and friends in Italy were Demetrius Chalcondylas, Hermolaus Barbarus, Aldus Romanus the printer of Venice, and Nicolaus Leonicenus of Vicenza.

View of the seating area and part of the stage at the Teatro Olimpico ( 1585 ) in Vicenza, Italy.

Abizaid commanded the 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Regiment combat Team in Vicenza, Italy, during the Persian Gulf War and deployed with the battalion in Northern Iraq to provide a safe haven for the Kurds.

He was born at Valdagno, near Vicenza, in Italy.

Lynne Cheney giving a public reading from her book America: A Patriotic Primer to the students of Vincenza Elementary School in Vicenza, Italy.

Also participating was the 3 / 325 Airborne Battalion Combat Team, based in Vicenza, Italy, and commanded by then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid.

Giuseppe Apolloni ( April 8, 1822 – December 31, 1889 ) was an Italian composer born in Vicenza, Italy.

The Lombard League was an alliance formed around 1167, which at its apex included most of the cities of northern Italy including, among others, Milan, Piacenza, Cremona, Mantua, Crema, Bergamo, Brescia, Bologna, Padua, Treviso, Vicenza, Venice, Verona, Lodi, Reggio Emilia and Parma, though its membership changed through time.

* Rosà a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

She was a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College-Europe ( UMUC-Europe ) in Italy, and then worked as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the American military base of Vicenza ( Italy ).

`` The white colonnaded, cedar-roofed Southern mansion is directly traceable via the grey and buff stone of grey-skied England to the golden stucco of one particular part of the blue South, the Palladian orbit stretching out from Vicenza: the old mind of Andrea Palladio still smiles from behind many an old rocking chair on a Southern porch, the deep friezes of his architectonic music rise firm above the shallower freeze in the kitchen, his feeling for light and shade brings a glitter from a tall mint julep, his sense of columns framing the warm velvet night has brought together a million couple of mating lips ''.

* 1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.

The party won 66. 8 % in eastern Lombardy ( 73. 6 % in the Province of Bergamo ), 60. 5 % in Veneto ( 71. 9 % in the Province of Vicenza ), 69. 6 % in Trentino and 57. 8 % in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that is to say where the late Italian People's Party had its strongholds.

* The Palazzo della Ragione, with its great hall on the upper floor, is reputed to have the largest roof unsupported by columns in Europe ; the hall is nearly rectangular, its length, its breadth, and its height ; the walls are covered with allegorical frescoes ; the building stands upon arches, and the upper storey is surrounded by an open loggia, not unlike that which surrounds the basilica of Vicenza.

There is also another smaller group called Piccole Dolomiti ( Little Dolomites ) located between the provinces of Trentino, Verona and Vicenza ( see the map ).

Vicenza is approximately 60 km west of Venice and 200 km east of Milan.

Vicenza is the third-largest Italian industrial centre as measured by the value of its exports, and is one of the country's wealthiest cities.

Especially due to its textile and steel industries which employ tens of thousands and about one fifth of the country's gold and jewelry is made in Vicenza, greatly contributing to the city's economy.

Another important branch is the engineering / computer components industry ( Federico Faggin, the microprocessor's co-inventor was born in Vicenza ).

Vicenza came under rule of Venice in 1404, and its subsequent history is that of Venice.

Vicenza is home to the United States Army post Caserma Ederle ( Camp Ederle ), also known as the U. S. Army Garrison Vicenza.

The Gold Exposition is world-famous and it takes place in Vicenza three times per year ( January, May, September ).

The average age of Vicenza residents is 43 compared to the Italian average of 42.

The current birth rate of Vicenza is 9. 16 births per 1, 000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9. 45 births.