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Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Venice and 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Milan.
Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture. While he designed churches and palaces, he was best known for country houses and villas. His teachings, summarized in the architectural treatise, The Four Books of Architecture, gained him wide recognition.
The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance building in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, north-eastern Italy. The most notable feature of the edifice is the loggia, which shows one of the first examples of what have come to be known as the Palladian window, designed by a young Andrea Palladio, whose work in architecture was to have a significant effect on the field during the Renaissance and later periods.
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The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio.
The Diocese of Vicenza is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy.
Alessandro Maganza (1556–1630) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, born and active in Vicenza, as well as in Venice.
The Church of St. Mary of Mount Berico is a Roman Catholic and minor basilica in Vicenza, northern Italy. The church is a Marian shrine, and stands at the top of a hill which overlooks the city.
The 9th Alpini Regiment is a regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Based in the city of L'Aquila in Abruzzo the regiment is operationally assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".
Carlo Carpioni was an Italian painter. He was the son of Giulio Carpioni. He was born about the middle of the 17th century. He was educated by his father, after whose style he painted a few pictures, but he is better known by his portraits. In the Council-chamber at Vicenza and in the convent of the Servîtes at Monte Berico there are some groups of portraits of magistrates, which show an ingenious and elevated imagination.
The palazzo del Capitaniato, also known as loggia del Capitanio or loggia Bernarda, is a palazzo in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio in 1565 and built between 1571 and 1572. It is located on the central Piazza dei Signori, facing the Basilica Palladiana.
Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin was an Italian painter.
The Arco delle Scalette is an arch in Vicenza, built in 1596, whose design is attributed to the architect Andrea Palladio.
Francesco Muttoni was an Italian architect, engineer, and architectural writer, mainly active near Vicenza, Italy.
Torre Bissara is a tower in Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza, Italy.
Agostino Panozzi was an Italian painter, active in Vicenza.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Italy.
Monte di Credito su Pegno di Vicenza was an Italian bank based in Vicenza. It was originated as a mount of piety known as Monte di Pietà di Vicenza. Due to Legge Amato, the legal person of the bank spin off its banking business as a società per azioni in 1995, and sold the business to Cariverona Banca in 1996; the original legal person of the bank became Fondazione Monte di Pietà di Vicenza. The bank was known for its headquarters, Palazzo del Monte di Pietà in the Piazza dei Signori.
The Jewel of Vicenza was a silver model of the city of Vicenza made as an ex-voto in the 16th century and attributed to the architect Andrea Palladio. The Jewel was stolen by the Napoleonic army during the Italian Campaign in the French Revolutionary Wars and subsequently destroyed. A copy was created between 2012 and 2013.
The Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana is a main public library of the municipality of Vicenza, Italy. Inaugurated at the dawn of the 18th-century, and now the third largest library in the Veneto, after the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice and the University of Padua library. The main office is located in the Palazzo San Giacomo, Vicenza.
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- The Sanctuary of "Monte Berico" ( Vicenza, Veneto, Italy) retrieved 20 November 2006
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