The first reliable mention of the church appears in a bull issued by Pope  Urban III  in 1186 , addressed to Bishop Pastore of Vicenza. The chapel of S. Stefano  was one of the seven city chapels , each led by a chaplain under the authority of the cathedral chapter. In 1459 , the church—by then severely dilapidated—was demolished , and all the artworks it contained were lost. A new church was built on the same site, soon enriched with side chapels  thanks in part to bequests

Squeezed between Venice and Verona, Vicenza boasts not only Palladio, the core (nucleus) of its world charm. It contains other treasures and just to mention a few: the panel of the Baptism of Christ by Giovanni Bellini in San Corona, the large canvas of the supper of San Gregorio Magno by Veronese in Monte Berico; the Gallerie d’Italia initiative born in Vicenza and then followed by Florence, Naples, Milan, Venaria Reale (Turin), at Palazzo Leoni Montanari; the galleries of P

The 18th century in Vicenza produced scholars capable of transforming architecture into an instrument of interpretation and memory. Among them, Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi  stands out as one of the most refined figures of the period. He was born in 1719 into a modest family; his father worked as a barber, and the young Ottavio initially faced a future far from noble patronage or academic studies. His path shifted thanks to the interest of Marquis Capra , who recognized in him a

In 1404 a delegation of Vicentini, led by Giampiero De Proti, signed in Venice the dedication of our city to the Serenissima. The first Venetian mayor, Michiel, exhibited the symbol of Venice in Vicenza: the bas-relief with the winged lion of St. Mark was placed on the Bissara tower in 1406. A column was then raised in the square with the plan to hoist another lion on top. Clearly visible and majestic. It was placed up there in 1473 and remained there until 1509. In that year

Quinto Remmio Palemone forgotten character of the Vicenza city. A street in the San Pio X district of Vicenza was dedicated to an unknown character from ancient imperial Rome. A slave from an educated family, who lived in Vicenza with a wealthy family, in need of a person who would best educate their offspring. He was born in Vicenza in the year 5 AD, therefore a contemporary of Jesus. "Many stamps of the gens Remmia QUINTUS REMMIO were found on Campus Marzius" wrote Giovanni

Filippo Pigafetta and 16th-century Vicenza culture In 2022, the 500th anniversary of Antonio Pigafetta's first trip around the world occurs; he is commemorated with due honors. It is also an occasion to remember that another member of the family, Filippo, was a leading exponent of the Vicenza culture of that century. He was born in Vicenza in 1533, the year in which historians hypothesize that Antonio died in Greece, fighting against the Turks. Like his ancestor, Philip too

Valerio Belli in the Vicenza culture of the 1500s Valerio Belli was born in Vicenza in 1468 to a rich Milanese family; he learned the art by joining the goldsmiths' brotherhood, specializing in the cutting and engraving of gems and rock crystal in Vicenza and Venice. He had important friendships in the Veneto . Palladio frequented his house being a friend of his son Elio, an Olympic physician and academic, and was able to study the rich collection of ancient coins and medals

The Manneken-Pis is a bronze statue of a puer minges, about fifty centimeters high, located in the historic center of Brussels. This statue is the symbol of the independence of spirit of the inhabitants of Brussels. It is a fountain that represents a child who is urinating. The words MannekenPis in Brussels (Flemish dialect close to Dutch) mean little boy who pees. Manneken Pis has become, with the Grand Square and the Atomium (large steel sculpture of a unit cell of an iron

Corte dei Roda Contrà S. Andrea, so called due to the existence in medieval times of a small church dedicated to the saint. Someone wrote that above a garage in the street there remains, as evidence of the church, the carved bezel that overlooked the entrance door. I have searched a lot, but I have not had the luck of seeing it. Unless the unknown informant was referring to a square image with a man's head that appears on the wall of a house at the end of the straight part o