Marostica

Marostica
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Vicenza  (VI)
Local name	Marostega
Coordinates	45 ° 45 ′  N , 11 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E
height	103  m slm
surface	36 km²
Residents	14,105 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	392 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	36063
prefix	0424
ISTAT number	024057
Popular name	Marosticensi
Patron saint	San Simeone
Website	Marostica

Marostica, Castello Inferiore

Marostica, Piazza degli scacchi

Marostica, panorama

Marostica is a town with 14,105 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Vicenza , Veneto region . The area of ​​the municipality covers 36 km² .

The place is famous for the live chess game (with actors in “medieval” costumes), which has been held every two years for several decades in the arcaded piazza of the town. It is reminiscent of a legendary game allegedly played in 1454 for the hand of the lord's daughter. The monumental Castello da Basso (Castello Inferiore, 14th – 15th century) on this site are worth seeing, as is the ruinous Castello Superiore on the rock above the town. In the parish church of S. Antonio Abate there is the painting Paul Preaches in Athens , a major work by Jacopo Bassano , 1574.

The neighboring communities are Bassano del Grappa , Conco , Lusiana , Mason Vicentino , Molvena , Nove , Pianezze , Salcedo) and Schiavon .

Town twinning

Marostica is partnered with São Bernardo do Campo in Brazil, Tendō in Japan and Montigny-le-Bretonneux in France.

sons and daughters of the town

• Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), doctor and botanist
• Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti (1931–2009), Archbishop of the Curia
• Enrico Battaglin (* 1989), racing cyclist
• Giovanni Battaglin (* 1951), racing cyclist
• Alfredo Dinale (1900–1976), cyclist and Olympic champion
• Gianni Faresin (* 1965), racing cyclist
• Tatiana Guderzo (* 1984), cyclist
• Virgilio Maroso (1925-1949), football player

Web links

Commons : Marostica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City homepage (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.