The name comes from "pieve", a mother church: Plebs Sacci, head parish of the Saccisica, the territory that has looked to this market town between Padua and the lagoon for a thousand years. Piove di Sacco is still its capital with 19,067 residents, a cathedral rebuilt on the ancient parish site and the sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie, a pilgrimage goal with its venerated icon.
The position says it all: twenty kilometres from Padua, twenty-five from Venice, and eastward the wetlands sliding toward the southern lagoon, a realm of cycle paths and fishing lodges. Whoever seeks minor Veneto — Thursday markets, osterias without tourist menus — finds it intact here.
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📅 Every year, on 11 November; 6 May commemorates the 1631 votive procession to Our Lady of Graces
Piove di Sacco celebrates Saint Martin of Tours on 11 November; on 6 May, a vow made to Our Lady of Graces in 1631 to ask for the end of a serious plague epidemic is still commemorated today with a solemn procession.
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Outside Piove di Sacco, but an easy day trip away.
