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Montecchio Maggiore

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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Montecchio Maggiore
| official_name = Comune di Montecchio Maggiore
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|30|N|11|25|E|type:city(23,218)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| region = Veneto
| province = Vicenza (VI)
| frazioni = Alte Ceccato, Bernuffi, Ghisa, Santissima Trinità, Sant'Urbano, Valdimolino
| mayor_party =
| mayor = Milena Cecchetto
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 30.67
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 23315
| population_as_of = 30 November 2017
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| population_demonym = Montecchiani
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 72
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| saint = San Vitale
| day = February 8
| postal_code = 36075
| area_code = +39 0444
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.montecchio-maggiore.vi.it/}}
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Montecchio Maggiore is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is situated approximately {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=off}} west of Vicenza and {{convert|43|km|0|abbr=in}} east of Verona; SP 246 provincial road passes through it.

Montecchio Maggiore borders the following municipalities: Altavilla Vicentina, Arzignano, Brendola, Castelgomberto, Montebello Vicentino, Montorso Vicentino, Sovizzo, Trissino, Zermeghedo.

History

The land of Montecchio Maggiore has been inhabited since the late Stone Age, though it was invaded and occupied many times. Two castles built about 975 are claimed to be the inspiration for the Romeo and Juliet legend. Luigi da Porto of Vicenza set the story here in his novel of 1552.

Main sights

Villa Cordellina Lombardi, is a masterpiece of neo-Palladian architect Giorgio Massari, with 18th-century frescoes by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Museum Zannato, founded in 1922 by Giuseppe Zannato, its first curator. It has sections devoted to archaeologcal and paleontological finds. Some of these contain materials found in the late-Roman necropolis of Carpanè. There is also an important gemological section.
Castle Bellaguardia (callled "Castle of Juliet")
Castello della Villa (called "Castle of Romeo")

International relations

Montecchio Maggiore is twinned with:

{{flagicon|GER}} Passau, Germany, from 2003
{{flagicon|UK}} Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom^[1]
{{flagicon|ITA}} Carloforte, Italy, from 2009.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.altontwinning.hampshire.org.uk/|title=Alton Town Twinning Association|accessdate=2013-07-25|date=May 2013|publisher=Hampshire County Council|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913044757/http://www.altontwinning.hampshire.org.uk/|archivedate=2013-09-13|df=}}

Sources

[https://maps.google.com/maphp?hl=en&ned=us&tab=nl&q=Montecchio_Maggiore,%20Italy (Google Maps)]

External links

Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Montecchio Maggiore

1 : Cities and towns in Veneto

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