Vicenza locates in the zone of the Panada plain between Montes Berici and Montes Lissini. The province of Vicenza includes 121 municipalities that distribute by a surface of 2722.20 km ².
The city is atraversada by three rivers: the Bacchiglione, the Astichelio and the Seriola.
Vicenza presents/displays an historical center good conserved with beautiful palaces and monuments since the city-planning expansion has occupied mainly the periphery.
Thanks to the talent and the genius of Andrea Palladio, architect and artist, the city of Vicenza became rich with numerous and prestigious monuments. The work of Palladio has caused that UNESCO recognized in 1994 palladianas Vicenza and its sixteen villas like Patrimony of the Humanity.
Between the most important monuments of Andrea Palladio we remembered the Olympic Theater, that was constructed between 1580 and 1584 and presents/displays graderío elliptical and proscenio full of beautiful statues and the Roundhouse, the most famous villa of this artist who is synonymous of classic beauty anywhere in the world. Also it is necessary to see the Palladiana Basilica, constructed in center historical of the city to consolidate a gothic building.
Between the señoriles buildings projected by Palladio they are: Palazzo Chiericati (1550) with an extensive porch with jónicas columns, Palazzo Thiene, Palazzo Bonin and Palazzo gives Porto that a facade divided in two orders, jónico presents/displays and conrintio.
An important example of gothic architectura is the Church of Santa Corona and the Temple of San Lorenzo. First one began to construct in 1261 and it lodges in his interior the Valmarana Chapel made by Palladio. The Temple of San Lorenzo is one of more beautiful the gothic churches of Véneto and belongs to year 1280.
Finally, in Vicenza is one of the most important monuments of the paleocristiana art, the Basilica of San Felice and Fortunato who began itself to construct in year 313 in the padana area of one necrópolis.