Vicenza was much more beautiful in the past years. The railway station was monumental before it was bombed. From the station avenue you went towards the city center admiring the "O" and the Campo Marzio enriched by the Verdi Theater and the Moresco bar. What could Vicenza present itself today with its theater rebuilt as it is, with a bar and restaurant along the avenue of the station. The SALVI garden was enhanced in September by the GOLDSMITH FAIR and therefore was frequented by many people even in all other periods of the year. Within Porta Castello the square on the right was available to the very popular CROSARA brewery.
The Piazza del Castello boasted the fabulous ITALIA corner bar with a large lounge and also a series of outdoor tables. There was no one from Vicenza who did not frequent him on a daily basis. Along the Corso Palladio the electric tram passed with the "tiracche" and the luxurious vintage cars Fiat or Lancia, rigorously black and always polished, gave luster to a "metropolitan" city A historic "ZILERI" building was occupied by the headquarters of the Democracy Cristiana and from a florist shop always full of every beauty. Sergio knew how to dress his beautiful and colorful merchandise. There were no galleries but many prestigious shops and the famous unavoidable cafe del Corso on the corner with the Contrà C. Battisti. There was no shortage of the headquarters of the most well-known banks in Italy and trendy shops without competition from today's supermarkets.
There was the STANDA with the beautiful and elegant young ladies behind the counters full of the latest fashion news. The Center was the only opportunity to see exclusive shops and beautiful people along the two sidewalks and side streets of Corso Palladio. At the Ciodo di Contrà Cavour the gagà and the now university students met as if it were a ritual. There are no longer the famous taverns LA BOMBA, EL MAGHETTO, IL BERSAGLIERE and others. Vicenza in the center was another world, beautiful !!!
Mario Fiorin