Vicenza is a historic city famous for the buildings designed during the Renaissance by Andrea Palladio. Its center, built with magnificent churches and palaces, is entered on the UNESCO list.
The city was founded in antiquity and from the 2nd century BC it belonged to Rome. Later, they were swept by the invasions of barbarian tribes, and the calming was only brought about by joining these lands to the Lombard state. Vicenza's greatest heyday was in the 16th century, when it belonged to Venice. One of the most famous Italian Renaissance artists, Andrea Palladio, was active here.
The work of Palladio consists of many palaces and representative buildings of Vicenza. The most important of them is the Palladaian Basilica in Piazza dei Signori. It is a building that served the municipal authorities in the past, in which Palladio used many architectural solutions characteristic of his work. His works in Vicenza also include, among others Palazzo Chiericati, Villa la Rotonda and the Olympic Theater, the first covered theater in the world.
Among the attractions of Vicenza there are also many other historic buildings, including the Sanctuary of Madonna di Monte Berico, which houses the famous painting by Paolo Veronese of Gregory the Great's Supper, Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Palazzo Leoni Montanari and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunciata. Among the local museums, the Museum of the Resistance stands out, presenting collections from the period from the Napoleonic Wars to World War II.
