Castelgomberto
Castelgomberto lies in the Agno valley, among the hills of Vicenza province, not far from the city of Vicenza
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The story
The story of Castelgomberto
From Chiuse to Castelgomberto
The name Castelgomberto derives from the Germanic personal name Gonbert. In the medieval period the area was known as Chiuse: in the year 1000 it was donated by Otto III to the Bishop of Vicenza. Chiuse and Castelgomberto were originally two separate settlements, which merged in the early sixteenth century, when the name Chiuse gradually fell out of use.
Ancient Traces
Archaeological excavations on the hill of Santo Stefano and at Monte Castello have brought to light settlements dating to the Middle-Late Bronze Age, between the fifteenth and twelfth centuries BC, and to the early Iron Age, in the ninth century BC, evidence of human presence in the area long before Roman times.
Villa Da Schio
Villa Da Schio was built for the Piovene family in the second half of the seventeenth century to a design by architect Antonio Pizzocaro, following Palladian tradition. The complex is surrounded by an eighteenth-century park with broad tree-lined avenues and includes a large fishpond, used both as a water reserve for irrigation and as a decorative feature, together with statues in the Italian garden attributed to the school of Orazio Marinali.
Villa Trissino-Barbaran and the Quarries
Villa Trissino-Barbaran was built in 1710 on an earlier Gothic building, of which a loggia survives on the right-hand side; it now houses a school. Along the Strada vecia de Vale, at the foot of the San Valentino hill, lie old white stone quarries, freely accessible and marked by broad, luminous caverns.
Trails and Agricultural Vocation
Castelgomberto's trail network supports mountain biking, trail running and nordic walking, with events such as the Spring Walk and the CastelTrail race. The territory, with fertile valley floors and hillside slopes suited to viticulture, has hosted the Santa Maria Maddalena Fair since 1798, an event still well attended today.
Experiences not to miss
- Visit Villa Da Schio and its eighteenth-century park
- Discover the old stone quarries along the Strada vecia de Vale
- Follow the hillside trails for mountain biking and trail running
- See the surviving Gothic loggia of Villa Trissino-Barbaran
- Attend the Santa Maria Maddalena Fair
To see
What to see in Castelgomberto
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Routes in Castelgomberto
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