Altavilla Vicentina

Altavilla Vicentina
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Vicenza  (VI)
Local name	Altaviła Vixentina
Coordinates	45 ° 31 '  N , 11 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '0 "  N , 11 ° 27' 0"  E
height	45  m slm
surface	16.63 km²
Residents	11,935 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	718 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	36077
prefix	0444
ISTAT number	024004
Popular name	Altavillesi
Patron saint	Vincent of Valencia (September 8th)
Website	Altavilla Vicentina

Altavilla Vicentina (German outdated: Altwiller , Cimbrian : Altville ) is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,935 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Vicenza in Veneto . The municipality is located about 7.5 kilometers southwest of Vicenza .

history

Oldest finds, settlement from the 14th to 12th centuries BC Chr.

Probably the oldest find in the municipality comes from the 3rd to 2nd millennium BC. It is about two stone axes. A settlement from the 14th to 12th centuries was found during earthworks on the Colle della Rocca. Venetian and Rhaetian influences can be demonstrated using ceramics . It is speculated that there was a fortress on the way between Vicenza and Verona, but so far no systematic search has been made.

Bloom in the Roman Empire and abandonment in the 9th century

In any case, the fortress known as 'Rocca' dates from Roman times; excavations took place there in 2010. A group of finds that cannot be dated more precisely could be assigned to a Roman villa near the Palazzo Morosini.

With the construction of the Via Postumia (148 BC), a number of bonuses for the surrounding plain were also connected, which in turn benefited the settlements. The toponym Maranus at the time could refer to swamps, but a veteran property was also discussed. During the Great Migration the difficult to defend place in the plain was given up in favor of the fortress hill in the 9th century at the latest. The fortress was expanded because of the Hungarians who plundered the region around 899.

From the first mention to the signories of the late Middle Ages (1000–1404)

Altavilla first appears in a document from the Bishop of Vicenza in the year 1000. In it, Emperor Otto III. Bishop Gerolamo to build a system of fortifications on the hill. After changing disputes about the fortress, it was leveled by the bishop in 1194. Nevertheless, a Giovanni da Apricena, who came from Apulia, sat there around 1250 as castellan. He was followed by his son Roberto, also in the service of the Hohenstaufen.

The church of San Biagio dates from the first half of the 13th century. It was under the patronage of the Valmarana family, so it was the priest who appointed it, not the bishop. The dispute over this patronage, which was increasingly withdrawn from the Bishop of Vicenza, brought Altavilla into conflict with Messrs Trissino and Da Velo. In 1311 the Scaligeri of Verona took over the area, making it part of a larger, coherent rule again for the first time; they were followed in 1387 by the Visconti of Milan. In 1404 the place came to the Republic of Venice during the conquest of Terraferma .

Republic of Venice (1404–1797)

During the reign of Venice, several count families, such as the Conti Chiericati, who owned extensive land around Altavilla at the end of the 16th century, built country palaces. As early as 1509, Francesco Chiericati had 500 auxiliary troops (fanti) in the fight against Emperor Maximilian I.

In 1724 the Villa Valmarana Morosini was built here by Francesco Muttoni as the residence of Benedetto Valmarana .

Napoleon and the Austrians (1797–1866)

After the Treaty of Campoformio the place came with Veneto to Austria, or to the Lombardy-Venetian Kingdom. Napoleon expropriated the church property, the monks worked partially with the Opera di Carità e Assistenza. In April 1848, 211 people entitled to vote from Altavilla spoke out in favor of joining the Kingdom of Sardinia. On June 9th, the Austrian army, led by Field Marshal Josef Radetzky, passed the town, and General von Culoz surrounded the revolutionary troops on Monte Berico. When the Austrians had to leave in 1866, the wagon that was supposed to bring them to Vienna was pelted with sod.

Italy (since 1866), world wars

During the First World War, entrenchments and trenches were built on the Rocca, but the fortress was never besieged. During the Second World War, some of the residents of the Resistenza, more precisely the Brigata Argina or the Brigata Segato, which belonged to the Divisione Vicenza, joined. Up to April 28, 1945 there were numerous acts of sabotage, with the railway line alone being shot at 39 times.

The rides of the Zamperla family, which were manufactured for Disneyland Paris, for example, became an important branch of production.

Daughters and sons of the church

• Imerio Massignan (* 1937), racing cyclist

traffic

The A4 autostrada runs through the municipality from Turin to Trieste. However, the next motorway junction is not in the municipal area. The Strada Regionale 11 Padana Superiore also runs through the localities of the municipality . The train station in the Tavernelle district is on the Milan – Venice railway line .

Web links

Commons : Altavilla Vicentina  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Commune website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Marina De Franceschini: Le ville romane della X regio Venetia et Histria. Rome 1998, p. 208.