Schio - First Route

This itinerary begins at the heart oF Schio's historicol centre, in Piazza Alessandra Rossi which is dominated by the massive classical-style Cathedral oF 5. Pietra erecfed on Garzone hill. The originai eighteenth-century construcfian by Miazzi was rendered monumental by Carlo Barrera wha, Fallowing drawings by Diedo, added the Carinthian pranaos and the side belFries (1820); however the Final arrangement oF this large building is owed to Antonio Caregaro Negrin, who odded the aisles, impraved the scenographic Flight oF steps culminating in two hanging gardens by Meduna and the eclectic style oF the parish priest's house. Since 1945, this square has been the site oF the Famous Monument to the Weaver (1879) by Giulio Monteverde, which was commissioned by Alessandro Rossi to decorate the main square oF the New Workers' Neighbourhood. Going down Via Cavour, we con admire the neo-classicol Palazzo Maddalena (1879) by Folladore. Further olang, on the right, we con see the classicol-style Church oF S. Giacomo with its annexed fiFteenth-century colonnade, Formerly parf oF the Battuti hospital complex. The eighteenthcentury Palazzo Boschetti is an the apposite side. The conspicuous Floral-style Palazzo Tamburini (1871) by Caregaro Negrin stands in Via Porta di Sotto. 

Going back up Via Del Ferro we turn into Via Fusinato, characferised by the Tempie oF the Holy Family (1850) by Bartolomeo Folladore, modelled on the Pantheon in Rome. The Canossiane Sisters' Institute (1864) is annexed to the church. Via Carducci begins to the leFt oF the Cathedral, and is introduced by the neo-classicol Palazzo Da Schio (1875) by the architecf Barichella, and 0150 Palazzo Gasparini with its reFined sober eclecfic style. The Former Baratto hospital (now the Municipal Library), at the end oF the road, has a beautiFul seventeenth-century Faeade, centrai three-light opening and quadrilobate windows based on the Venetian style. In Via Baratto, the monumental complex oF S. Francesco stands aut among the greenery just past the Former neo-Palladian 'A Rossi' Medicol Surgery (1896) by Gaetano Rezzara. The church, Founded in the FiFteenth century by the Minor Observant Friars, Features an asymmetricol Façade with an elegant portico raised on slim columns. The Famous altarpiece by Francesco Verla dedicoted to the nuptials oF S. Caterina oF Alessandria (1512) is kept here. The 10Fty Romanesque-Gothic belFry is rather characteristic. The secluded sancfuary oF the Holy Trinity containing the remains oF the Fallen in the two world wars stands on the apposite side. From the Church oF S. Francesco, the scenic route Filled with historicol and artistic souvenirs winds through the Valletto and the public park colled Grumi dei Frati and passes the small sixteenth-century Church oF S. Maria in Valle; then it goes around the Maltraversi costle hill, where 011 that remains oF the Medieval costle is the tower with its embattlements and the neorby Church oF S. Maria della Neve, which has been deconsecrated Far some time now. The route then continues past the small sixteenth-century structure oF the Church oF S. Rocco with its 10Fty neo-Gothic belFry by the architect Antonio Caregaro Negrin, and Finally reaches the monastery oF the Copuchin Friars with the small annexed Church oF S. Nicolò consacrated in 1600. To Finish this itinerary back in Piazza Alessandro Rossi, we go olang Via Castello where Casa dei Fusinieri and the ogival Faeade oF Osteria al Cappello are worth stopping Far. Route: 

Piazza A Rossi, Via Cavour, Via Porta di Sotto, Via Del Ferro, Via Fusinato, Via Carducci, Via Baratto, Via 55. Trinitò, Valletto, Grumi dei Frati, Sca/ette di S. Maria, Colle del Castello, Largo S. Rocco, Via Fra' Matteo, Via Castello, Piazza A Rossi 

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