Vigonovo
località: Baita, Giudecca, Pava
Vigonovo (from Latin vicus novus, "new village") is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
History
Before the year 1000 BC the territory was inhabited by Etruscans, Euganeans and Paleoveneti.
It is believed that around 1000 BC after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks, the members of a tribe of Paphlagonia (province of Asia Minor), called Heneti (hence the name Veneti), landed on the Adriatic coasts and settled there after having expelled the locals Etruscans.
In 186 BC, at the time of the Roman Empire, the Via Annia was built by the Roman Consul Aemilius Lepidus, which started from Padua, reached Tombelle, passed through Vigonovo, continued through San Pietro di Stra up to Altinum and Aquileia.[citation needed]
Until medieval times, the town was called Sarmazza after a settlement of Sarmatians (an ancient people coming from the East).
Geography
Vigonovo is located in the most extreme point of the area of the Venetian villas that have made the Riviera del Brenta known.
With its frazioni (boroughs) of Galta, Tombelle and Celeseo, Vigonovo is extending for about 13 square km west of the Brenta river on flat land. Extremely rich in waterways, in addition to the Brenta, the territory is crossed by the Piovego canal and minor others.
The town borders the municipalities of Fossò and Stra in Venice, and those of Noventa Padovana, Padua, Sant'Angelo di Piove di Sacco and Saonara in the Province of Padua.
Transport
Vigonovo is located south of the strada statale SR11 [it].
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