VICENZA

A refined artistic city at the foot of the Berici Mountains, Vicenza is an active industrial, commercial and artisan center, noted for its traditional processing of silk and gold.

Its historic center, whose fulcrum is the lively Piazza dei Signori, is rich in beautiful palaces of Gothic-Venetian and Renaissance style. 

Home of the great architect Palladio, who lived here doing the 1500's, Vicenza preserves many of his works such as the splendid Teatro Olimpico and the majestic Palazzo della Ragione, known as the "Basilica", the symbol of the city. 

The gastronomy is rich and diverse with such specialties as snails with garlic and parsley, "risi e bisi" rice with asparagus and the incredibly famous "baccalà alla vicentina".