The month of February occupies a specific state of mind for many of us. February is situated almost smack dab in the middle of winter. The days are short and the nights are long. It is a time to cozy up with a warm blanket, a good book, or a long Netflix queue. The hustle […]
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Poliambulatori San Gaetano in Thiene, Italy recently added a new 3D Hologic Selenia Mammogram System which enables them to study the breast more in-depth with the capability of detecting + 41% of lesions in the tissue compared to traditional 2D mammography. There are many perks to this machine as well as having a mammogram performed […]
Vicenza’ s Museums and main Exhibits Opening Hours for the 2018 Christmas Holidays: Exhibit The Triumph of Color – From Tiepolo to Canaletto and Guardi Dec 24 and 25 – closed Dec 31 – open (9-14:30) Jan 1 and Jan 6 – open (9-19:00) Musei Civici – City Museums Olympic Theater Dec. 24 and 26 – […]
Between the various Vicenza downtown Christmas initiatives we can not fail to mention the electric train going thru the town. It is active every Saturday and Sunday and public holidays from Dec 1, 2018 to Jan. 6, 2019. From Saturday, December 22, 2018 to Saturday, January 6, 2019, the train will be active daily. Hours of […]
Are you looking for a place to stay once you PCS to Italy as a military family? Do you have friends and family in town and need to find a hotel for them? Or, maybe you want to get away from the kids for the night and spend a romantic evening with your spouse? In […]
Name origin The meaning of the name “Mossano” is still discussed. Some think the name has an erudite origin from the Latin mons sanus (healthy mountain), others believe it comes from the Latin personal name Mussius, yet both explanations lack substantial proofs. It is more likely that the origin of this name be some non-Latin […]
Called “the Montursium” in ancient times, the toponym derives either from “mount”, from its Roman name “Ursius”, or from the name of the noble Orso (belonging to the ancient family of Trissino), who had probably built the castle of Fratta hill – now the cemetery. This is, therefore, the origin of the name “Castrum Montis […]
Comprehensive ticket / pass valid for seven days from the first use and it allows to visit (one visit only for each site) eight different sites: Olympic Theater, Palazzo Chiericati art gallery, Archeological Naturalistic Museum, Resistance and Risorgimento Museum, church of Santa Corona, Diocesan Museum, Leoni Montanari Palace Galleries and Palladio Museum: Full price €15 Reduced price […]
An international school in the heart of Vicenza: lessons taught in English following the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme, (H-International School Vicenza is a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme). The educational path ranges from Nursery to Middle School, and the opening of the first two years of […]