| Sommacampagna | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Veneto | |
| Territory | Veronese | |
| Altitude | 121 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 40.83 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 14.615 (2011 census) | |
| Name inhabitants | Sommacampagnesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 045 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 37066 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Saint Andrew the Apostle | |
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Sommacampagna is a city of Veneto.
To know
Ancient center not far from Verona, was an agricultural town that in the twentieth century recorded a remarkable development determined by its proximity to the city.
Geographical notes
In the Venetian plain, where the first corrugations of the morainic hills of the Lake Garda, Sommacampagna is 18 km from Verona, about ten from the shores of Lake Garda.
Background
The best known historical events are certainly the Risorgimento battles of the First and Third War of Independence which took place in its territory, on the morainic hills of Custoza. The history of the place has its roots in ancient times, testified by archaeological finds from prehistoric and Roman times, when the town was called Summa Campanea and developed in the area of the parish church of Sant'Andrea, to then develop in medieval times up to the church of San Rocco.
It was part of the territory of Verona, therefore of the Republic of Venice, of Lombardo Veneto and finally of united Italy. The industrial development of Verona and the proximity to the city has made the inhabited area grow, which has been equipped with new neighborhoods and has significantly increased the population, from a few thousand in the nineteenth century to almost 15,000 current inhabitants (2014). The municipal area also hosts the airport Catullus of Verona.
How to orient yourself
Sommacampagna: full screen map.The demographic increase has determined the development of the city, which over time is dropped from the hills where its historical nucleus was to populate the plain in the direction of Verona by building the new neighborhoods.
Neighborhoods
The following are centers of its territory: Caselle (with the Verona airport) and Custoza, whose name is linked to the battles of the Risorgimento. Other inhabited centers are: Accademia, Bagolina, Red Balconies, Bethlehem, Brognol, Cappello, Casazze, Ceolara, Cesarina, Coa, Coramar, Fredda, Ganfardine, Gasparina, Montegodi, Palazzo-Rezzola, Pantina, Pirlar, Poiane, Sarcè, Siberie, Terruia, Zemine
How to get
By plane
- 1 Verona Airport (Catullus), Caselle di Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
How to get around
What see
- 1 Parish church of Sant'Andrea.
Guided tour on the first Sunday of each month from 3.00 pm.. It is the oldest monument in the city, built on the site of a Roman temple transformed into a Christian church with several interventions in a time span between 400 and 1000. In Romanesque style, it has a basilica with three naves. It preserves various frescoes and an important wooden Via Crucis, both recently restored. - Sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte. The Friars Minor held the Sanctuary in past ages; their presence is remembered by the picture that depicts at the end of the choir the Assumption with San Francesco, Sant'Antonio and San Bonaventura. The date of construction of the church is unknown, but it still shows signs of aging.
Guided tour on the first Sunday of each month from 3.00 pm.. It is the oldest monument in the city, built on the site of a Roman temple transformed into a Christian church with several interventions in a time span between 400 and 1000. In Romanesque style, it has a basilica with three naves. It preserves various frescoes and an important wooden Via Crucis, both recently restored.- Church of San Rocco (San Rocco al Castello). The popular denomination of San Rocco at the castle remember that the church is located on the site of the ancient castle of the city which was demolished. In 1511 the temple was dedicated to San Rocco to ask for protection from the plague. The bell tower is a recent reconstruction of 1903.
- 2 Parish Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo. In the first half of the sixteenth century the church became the main one in Sommacampagna; in a more central position, the prerogatives of the Pieve were transferred there. The Pirlàr it was enlarged and rebuilt in the mid-eighteenth century; the church thus rebuilt was consecrated in 1762. Of the ancient church of the Madonna del Pirlàr the bell tower remains.
In addition to the religious monuments, the city also preserves numerous patrician villas and palaces of the Veronese aristocracy, who built sumptuous residences here.
- Cà Zenobia. It originates between the 12th and 13th centuries, of which it retains parts of the Romanesque style; remodeled in the Gothic period, it had extensions in the sixteenth century.
- Villa della Vecchia. Villa of the second half of the sixteenth century, has an Italian garden and a Venetian style plant, with a central hall and side rooms.
- Villa Masi. It has stylistic characteristics that recall the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Villa Fiocco.
- Villa Venier (The Bassa). It has a large Italian garden. Its appearance is that of a large 17th century patrician palace; purchased by the municipal administration, it is used for shows in the summer and exhibitions throughout the year. Its garden is open to the public.
- Villa Bocca Trezza (A thousand and one rose). It rises in the central area; its construction is ascribable to the seventeenth century; it hosted illustrious personalities during the Risorgimento wars of 1848 and 1866 such as Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and Archduke Albert of Austria.
- Villa Livio.
TO Custoza
- Ossuary of Custoza, Via Ossario 17, ☎ 39 045 8971356.
Free admission. It was inaugurated by Umberto I in 1879 and collects the bones of the Italian and Austrian soldiers who died during the two Independence Wars of 1848 and 1866. - House of the Sardinian drummer.
- Villa Ottolini. On the hill of the hamlet of Custoza, it dates back to the seventeenth century and enjoys a beautiful view over the plain of Villafranca of Verona is Valeggio sul Mincio. Restored by the current owner, it also preserves a chapel with 17th century furnishings.
Free admission. It was inaugurated by Umberto I in 1879 and collects the bones of the Italian and Austrian soldiers who died during the two Independence Wars of 1848 and 1866.Events and parties
- Carnival. On the occasion of the Carnival the local mask comes out among the public, Messer Gidino.
- Custoza Marathon. The second Sunday of May.
- Festival of San Luigi (in Caselle di Sommacampagna). the first weekend of August.
- Feast of the Madonna (to the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte and to Villa Venier). in August.
- Ancient annual Sommacampagna Fair. Monday following the last Sunday of August. Market exhibitions of local agricultural products, agricultural machinery, merchandise markets, funfair, sports competitions, food stands, folklore evenings and final fireworks.
- Custoza White Wine Festival. the second weekend of September. during the festival the best producer of Custoza.ino White Wine is proclaimed
What to do
- Sporting Club Paradiso horse & pony, via Ceolara 4 (in Caselle), ☎ 39 045 8581533. Riding center and riding school.
Shopping
The countryside of the morainic hills of Custoza and Sommacampagna are soils that have provided an ideal habitat for white grape vines from which the White of Custoza, a particularly pleasant soft dry wine that goes well with many dishes and is also suitable for desserts or between meals.
How to have fun
Where to eat
- 1 Osteria Monte Molin, via Orsa Maggiore 1, ☎ 39 045 8969051.
- 2 Trattoria Merica, via Rezzola 93, ☎ 39 045 515160. country place with typical Venetian dishes
- 3 Trattoria Tre Colli, via Pigno 6, ☎ 39 045 515935.
- 4 Osteria del Fil de Fero, Piazza Carlo Alberto 4, ☎ 39 045 8969097.
Average prices
- 5 Scaliger, via Osteria Grande 41, ☎ 39 045 8978533.
- 6 Chez René, via Rezzola 2, ☎ 39 045 515300.
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 2 Italian post, via Carlo Alberto 33, ☎ 39 045 8971611.
- 3 Italian post, via Roma 22 (in Caselle), ☎ 39 045 8581555.
Around
- Lake Garda - It is one of the great Lombard lakes; the eastern shore is Venetian, the tip to the north it is thirty. A destination for climatic tourism since the nineteenth century, every coastal town lives and develops with tourism. Main destinations are Sirmione, Desenzano del Garda, Salò, Riva del Garda, Garda, Peschiera del Garda.
- Peschiera del Garda - On the lower shore of the lake, where the Mincio is formed, its historic core is still surrounded by walls and four corner bastions; the Austrians made it one of the cornerstones of the so-called Quadrilateral with Mantua, Legnago is Verona. The portion of its territory that extends towards Sirmione takes the name of Lugana, where the famous wine of the same name is produced.
- Verona
- Custoza
Itineraries
- Morainic hills of Lake Garda - On the first corrugations of the Po plain that becomes a hill, where the great lake basin of the Lake Garda, the route touches towns and cities that were the domain of Gonzaga, Venice, Scaligero, and then became the scene of the bloody battles of the Risorgimento that were the prelude to the unification of Italy. To the tourist, historical and naturalistic importance the area combines an oenological interest as a production area of wines from the hills, tokai, merlot and claret.
- Walled cities of Veneto. An itinerary to discover the strongholds and the history of Veneto.
Other projects
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