The fifteenth-century "castle" of Thiene is really the Da Porto Colleoni villa in disguise: battlements and flamboyant Gothic windows from an age when country houses still had to look like fortresses. It ranks among the earliest Venetian villas, and a merchant town grew around it, whose Monday market remains an institution across the Vicenza area.
Today the town counts 23,254 residents and a dense web of small manufacturers. At Villa Fabris, a European centre for heritage crafts trains restorers from across the continent in the care of stone, wood and frescoes.
Baccalà alla Vicentina
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Next up: Saint John the Baptist, patron of the town of the «Thiene 1492» re-enactment, Thursday 24 June
Nearest airport: Treviso, 56 km away
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📅 Every year, on 24 June; the «Thiene 1492» re-enactment is held in even years between late September and early October
Thiene celebrates Saint John the Baptist on 24 June; in even years, between late September and early October, the town hosts the «Thiene 1492» historical re-enactment, linked to the granting of a duty-free market.
Stockfish, milk, oil and anchovies, cooked for hours over the lowest heat: baccalà alla vicentina arrived from Norway with a shipwreck in 1432.
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Outside Thiene, but an easy day trip away.
