CHIOGGIA Venice’s Seventh District and gateway to italian history Presentaon by Hugo Trumpy & Trumpy Tours

1 Contents

• Chioggia – The port - Local and Connecons page 3 - Venice Chioggia: The Distance 4 - The Entrance 5 - Isola Saloni 6 - Isola Saloni 7 - Terminal Grand Opening 8

• Chioggia – The City - History 9 - Arsc Tour 10 - Acvies, excursions and beaches 11 • What to see in the sorroundings of Chioggia 12 – Mantova 13 – Ferrara 15 – Ravenna 17 – Verona 19 – Padova 21 • Typical Products - Food and Wine 24 • Contacts and References 25

2 Chioggia – The Port Strategically Located in the Venean Lagoon

• Chioggia is on a small island in the southern part of the Venean Lagoon. • It's in the Veneto region on Italy's east coast, about 25 km south of Venice (50 km by road). • The Laguna del Lusenzo seperates the town of Chioggia from the Soomarina beaches on the Adriac sea. • The nearest internaonal airports are Venice, only 60 Km from Chioggia, and Treviso (80 Km). • The port of Chioggia is connected to the transalpine naonal and internaonal highway’s net, this allows the goods to reach easily the areas of North Italy and Central Europe. • Venice is only 12 miles away by boat

3 Chioggia – The port Venice Chioggia : The Distance Venice and Chioggia are very close, the distance between the two ports is only 12 Miles

4 Chioggia – The Port Infrastructures and port services Entrance

Port of Chioggia - Lat. : 45° 13' 31" N - Long. : 12° 17' 23" E - UN/LOCODE : ITCHI - Port Type : Harbor

5 Chioggia – The Port Cruise Terminal facilies “Isola Saloni”

• Chioggia Cruise Terminal was recently built in order to easily accomodate thousands of embarking and disembarking passengers in total comfort, thanks to different areas for check in and security procedures, a spacious waing room and a very large hall, where baggage claim is efficiently arranged • The port of call Isola Saloni is located inside the city, has a draught of 8 metres and takes a surface of about 100.000 mq, with over 1500 mq of covered surface developed on three levels.

6 Chioggia – The Port Cruise Terminal facilies “Isola Saloni”

7 Chioggia – The City Terminal Isola Saloni - Operaons

8 Chioggia - The City History

• Chioggia has ancient origins, being ideally placed for seagoing and defensive purposes. Etruscans seled here, and in Romans mes the town was called Clodia. Chioggia grew in importance at the same me as the other Venean Lagoon selements, when mainland- dwellers were seeking safer homes. • The town's most famous moment came when it was part of the Venean Republic, and Venice finally defeated Genoa here in the Bale of Chioggia. The town then subsided into a quiet fishing port, which is sll prey much its status today, although the seaside Soomarina area has reinvented itself as a modern beach resort. Apart from the great sea-bale, one other historical event to which you'll see references around town is a local apparion of the Virgin Mary.

9 Chioggia – The City Arsc tour of the City

• Chiesa di San Domenico, one of the only tourist sights not on the main street. The church sits on its own lile island, and contains one of Chioggia's greatest treasures: Viore Carpaccio's St. Paul, his last recorded painng. There are also works by Tintoreo and Bassano, and a venerated wooden crucifix. • Chiesa di San Giacomo Apostolo, The building and its decoraon are fruits of an eighteenth-century redesign. Inside, the main altar contains an icon commemorang the appearance of the Virgin Mary to a local peasant in 1508, first on a log washed up on the shore, then aboard a small boat with Jesus in her arms; the log is preserved here. • Chioggia's cathedral, or Duomo, is at the far end of the Corso; a grand building designed by Baldassare Longhena, architect of the Salute church in Venice. The interior is painted white, with solid-looking columns and coloured marble altars. • The Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacra is around a corner to the right, aer the Duomo. In a smart new building, the museum collects together treasures and oddments from Chioggia's churches. The highlights are two polyptychs aributed to Paolo Veneziano.

10 Chioggia – The City Acvies, excursions and beaches

• With only a short transfer by boat and passenger we can reach the hearth of Venice and its wonders.

• Tours offered among others: - Venice’s secret corners - Venice on your own - Island of Murano, Burano & St.Mark’s - Gondola and explores St.Mark’s - Padova, city tour and wine tasng • The beach of Soomarina Soomarina now enjoys a wonderful beach, renowned for its sandy terrain which is parcularly well-suited for vegetaon and is today a well-known tourist centre, endowed with modern infrastructure, surrounded by natural greenery.

11 What to see in the sorroundings of Chioggia Venice but also Mantova, Ferrara, Ravenna, Verona, Padova

12 Chioggia: the gateway to Italy’s most fascinang historic towns

13 Mantova, the town of the Gonzagas

Mantua is a very ancient town: it has got Etruscan origins, but it flourished in the age of the Communes and, above all, during the long Gonzaga seigniory (1328-1707). The Commune and the short seigniory of Bonacolsi family le important buildings, such as Palazzo Bonacolsi, Palazzo del Podestà, Palazzo della Ragione, and churches such as San Lorenzo rotunda and Santa Maria del Gradaro.

Palazzo Ducale – the Ducal Palace - is the main sign of the Gonzaga seigniory: it is one of the largest Italian palaces, counng about 500 rooms and several internal squares, courtyards and gardens.

Here you can admire architectures, such as San Giorgio castle, Domus Nova - by Luca Fancelli - and Santa Barbara palane basilica – by G. B. Bertani - but also magnificent frescoes series, such as in the Camera degli Sposi - which is the masterpiece of Andrea Mantegna -, in the Old Court – by Pisanello – and in the Appartamento di Troia - by Giulio Romano. Not to miss the famous tapestries, whose cartoons were made by Raphael.

14 Mantova, monuments and churches

The other magnificent building le by the Gonzaga family in Mantua is Palazzo Te, which was built and frescoed by Giulio Romano (1525 to 1535): you will surely admire Sala dei Gigan, Amore e Psiche and Cavalli – the rooms illustrang the Fall of the Giants, the Tale of Love and Psyche and Gonzaga's horses. Before geng to Palazzo Te, you should not miss vising the house of Andrea Mantegna, a cube with an inner round courtyard. Along the way, you may also stop at Palazzo di San Sebasano, that was recently restored and today hosts the City Museum. About churches, in late XV century Leon Basta Alber designed the impressive Sant’Andrea basilica and San Sebasano - which is today a monument to the dead -; sll, the different architectural styles and the inner renovaons by Giulio Romano make the cathedral very interesng. Under the rule of Empress Maria Theresa new buildings enriched Mantua: the Episcopal Palace, Palazzo d'Arco and, above all, the Academy Theatre by Bibiena.

If you like modern architecture, you can appreciate the profile of Burgo paper factory – designed by P. L. Nervi – from the lakebanks just out of city centre. You can comfortably visit Mantua on foot or by bike: several bikelanes and cycle tracks let you easily move in town and reach neighbouring places.

15 Ferrara the city of Renaissance

Lying in the middle of the Po Valley, Ferrara sll has the atmosphere of the past, which blends in harmoniously with the lively atmosphere of the present. Ferrara's most famous image is certainly that of its grand Renaissance, the age of splendour of the Estense court, which has le indelible signs everywhere: in the colossal Addizione Erculea project, in the impressive pictorial cycles belonging to the Quarocento and Cinquecento and in the Last Judgement by Basanino.

From 1995 on, UNESCO has included the historical centre of Ferrara in the list of World Cultural Heritage as a wonderful example of a town planned in the Renaissance and sll keeping its historical centre intact. The town planning criteria expressed in Ferrara had a deep influence on the progress of town planning in the following centuries. From the Middle Ages to today, the area around the Cathedral has always been the focus of the city life. The seat of the various rulers over the years and a commercial and historical area of great importance, the centre is sll the favourite meeng place of residents and visitors alike. The original layout of the ancient city, which has been developing along the banks of the river Po, is sll clearly recognizable in the famous area of Via delle Volte.

16 Ferrara The Estense Castle and the Palazzo dei Diaman

The Estense Castle In Ferrara in 1385, a dangerous revolt convinced Niccolò II d’Este of the need to erect mighty defences for himself and his family thus the Castello di San Michele was built, a fortress erected against the people. An elevated covered passageway, which sll exists, joined the military building to the marquises’ Palace, today Palazzo Municipale. Later on, the castle became the magnificent residence of the court and was embellished with roof terraces at the top of the towers, marble balconies, the Renaissance style courtyard and apartments. The imposing towers stand out at the four corners of the Castle, symbols of the magnificence of the Este Family: the Torre di Santa Caterina; the splendid Torre dei Leoni, from which it is possible to admire the panorama of Ferrara; the Torre Marchesana; the Torre di San Paolo.

The Palazzo dei Diaman The magnificent Palazzo dei Diaman, at the centre of the Addizione Erculea, on the important crossroads known as the Quadrivio degli Angeli belonged to the duke’s brother Sigismondo d’Este. Its name derives from over 8000 pink and white marble ashlars in the form of pyramids (or diamonds) that cover the two façades. The architect Biagio Rosse rendered it a townplanning masterpiece by placing the most important decoraon on the corner: a contrivance desned to highlight the importance of the crossroads and make the building an enrely original work, designed as it was to be viewed in perspecve rather than from in front of the façade. 17

Ravenna, three mes the Capital of an Empire

Ravenna is a treasure chest of art, history and culture, a city with ancient origins and a glorious past. It became capital three mes: it was capital of the Western Roman Empire, of Theodoric King of the Goths and of the Byzanne Empire in Europe. The basilicas and bapsteries of the city preserve the richest heritage of mosaics in the world, dang back to the 5th and 6th centuries, and eight historic buildings are included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO. It is the city that guards the remains of Dante and keeps alive the memory of the great poet with important cultural events. The winding streets sll reveal the past of a city built on a lagoon and the presence of water in the canals that crossed it. The canals were closed during the Venean dominaon period, at the end of the Fieenth Century, so that the elegant space of Piazza Maggiore, now named Piazza del Popolo, was opened.

In the Eighteenth Century the city was connected to the sea by a new navigable canal, the current port, which the people of Ravenna call Candiano. The Corsini Canal opened up new perspecves for resuming the ancient vocaon as a port.

18 Ravenna, a Capital of Culture

Ravenna is a living mosaic. The cultural offer of Ravenna is abundant and varied: • MAR, the City Art Museum of Ravenna, programmes regular exhibions of high profile and is home to a number of permanent collecons; • the Naonal Museum exhibits a variety of collecons, including findings from excavaons of Roman and Byzanne remains; • TAMO. • All the adventure of mosaic, is a permanent, interacve and mulmedia exhibion dedicated to the art of mosaic in all its aspects, from anquity up to contemporary mes; • the Archiepiscopal Museum includes the Chapel of Saint Andrew (Unesco); • the Dantean Museum holds heirlooms connected with the cult and fame of the poet • the Museum of the Risorgimento bears witness to the fervent passions of Mazzini and Garibaldi who srred up the people of Ravenna in a more recent past.

19 Verona, Centuries of history in one city

Verona is a splendid city of art, surrounded by the traces of its ancient history, splendid in its mythical dimension bestowed upon it by the Shakespearean tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

Roman ruins, medieval vesges, Venean and Austrian traces can be seen all across the city, as well as anque palaces, squares, bridges and wonderful churches. In the historical centre, Piazza Bra and the Arena, Piazza Erbe and Piazza dei Signori, Via Cappello and Corso Porta Borsari lead to the Teatro Romano, Ponte Pietra, Castelvecchio, the Ponte Scaligero and the ancient churches of San Fermo and Sant’Anastasia, the Cathedral (Duomo) and San Zeno. Verona is a man-sized city which fascinates visitors with its elegance and its welcoming atmosphere, in which ancient and modern mes meet. The city’s past centuries of history and its past splendour are witnessed by its architectural and arsc masterpieces; its culture and art are well renowned on a naonal and internaonal level. For this reason, in the year 2000 Verona was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Arena, is Verona’s most famous monument, visited by tourists world-wide. Its ellipcal shape produces perfect acouscs from every physical stand point in the arena and enhances its capacity to accommodate a great number of people.

20 Verona Romeo and Juliet’s hometown

"There is no world without Verona walls": the pen of William Shakespeare has lent Verona fame and immortality with his tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo Montecchi (Montagu) and Juliet Capule (Capulet). The story of their tragic love is set in two precise locaons - Juliet's house and the tomb.

The Capulet House, best known as "Juliet's House", dates back to the thirteenth century. It is tower-shaped and belonged to the Dal Cappello family, whose coat-of-arms is visible above the inner arch-way of the court-yard. The brick façade is decorated by elegant gothic windows standing on either side of the famous balcony on which Juliet is said to have spoken to Romeo.

At the far end of the courtyard stands Nereo Costanni's bronze statue of Juliet visited by thousands of tourists every year from all over the world.

Romeo's house is situated in "Via Arche Scaligere". It is an authenc medieval house which belonged to the 13th century Counts of Cagnolo Nogarola. The façade bears an inscripon with the famous words: "Oh Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?..." "Tut! I have lost myself; I am not here: This is not Romeo, he's some other where." (Act 1, scene 1)

21 Padova, a city full of Art

Probably beer known as the city of St. Anthony, Padua is one of the most important Art Cies in Italy. The classic inerary includes the visit to the most important monuments of the town, especially those realized between the 13th century and the 15th century, the most extraordinary economic and cultural period, that le an indelible mark on the town: the Medioeval City Walls, the great civil and religious buildings, the University, the wonderful frescoe-cycles realized by Gioo and his followers, and later the works by Andrea Mantegna and Donatello. The inerary can start from the ancient Roman Amphitheatre (the Arena) which surrounds the Scrovegni Chapel, which holds, enrely preserved, the most complete cycle of frescoes produced by Gioo (1303-1305). In the nearby Eremitani Town Museum, you can admire precious archeological finds dang back to the paleovenean, roman, etruscan and paleochrisan periods. The adjacent Eremitani Church, built at the turn of 13th century, has a wonderful wooden ceiling, due to Fra' Giovanni, and many monumental tombs. Not far away, separang Piazza delle Erbe from Piazza della Frua, stands Palazzo della Ragione, commonly called Il Salone, a building of 1218, rebuilt in 1306 by Fra' Giovanni degli Eremitani. A busy market occupies daily the ground floor and the adjoining Piazze. The nearby Piazza dei Signori is aracvely enclosed by buildings. On the W side, Palazzo del Capitanio (1599-1605) incorporates the Torre dell'Orologio with its astronomical clock dang from 1344 The city centre includes also the Cathedral. Michelangelo took part in the design of the present building which was erected between the 16th and the 18th century

22 Padova, the city of St. Anthony

St.Anthony Basilica was started immediately aer the death of the Santo (1231) and completed at the beginning of the following century, it is an imposing construcon in Romanesque Gothic style, with eight domes and spires of eastern inspiraon. It holds the body of St. Anthony and is the object of pilgrimages from all over the world.

Near the Basilica rise St.George Oratory, holding a great cycle of frescoes by Alchiero (1379-1384), the School of the Saint, that keeps three famous frescoes by Tian (1511), the Antoniani Museums, which keep a rare collecon of sacred objects. In the square stands the bronze equestrian monument to the Gaamelata, Donatello's masterpiece, completed in 1453.

Not far from the Basilica is the Botanical Garden, which was founded in 1545 with the name of "Simples Garden" (medicinal plants) by the Faculty of Medicine, was laid out by the architect A. Moroni. It displays an extremely important collecon of rare plants.It houses the old library and botany collecons of the University. Prato della Valle, once a Roman theatre, has become the tradional site for fairs and amusements. The square is surrounded by historical monuments and palaces such as the Basilica of St. Jusna and the Palazzo Angeli which houses the Museum of the magic lantern (pre-cinema

23 Typical products Food and Wine

Food Chioggia is famous for its fishing boats or 'bragozzi' as well as the fine typical restaurants which cook the freshest of sea food dishes. • Some of the most classic dishes are: - Boboli de vida: snails in olive oil and parsley - Risoo de sepe: rico with fried or boiled squid. - Broeto: fish or molluscs cooked in a sauce of olive oil,onions and vinegar. - Radicchio rosso - served in olive oil and salt, roasted or fried.

Wine Chioggia is situated in Veneto, a wine region in north-eastern Italy, one of a group of three highly producve Italian regions known collecvely as the “Venezie”. The region is protected from the harsh northern European climate by the Alps. These cooler climes are well-suited to white variees like Garganega (the main grape for Soave wines) while the warmer Adriac coastal plains and river valleys are where the renowned Valpolicella, Amarone and Bardolino DOC reds are produced.

24 Contacts and References

• Hugo Trumpy Via San Siro 10 – 1622 Genova, Italy Tel. +39 010 2494.1 [email protected]

• Contact Giorgio Grillo – Operaon Manager [email protected]

• Trumpy Tours Piazza Dante, 6/ - 16121 Genova, Italy Tel. +39 010 587615 [email protected]

• Contact Cinzia Burlando – Shorex Manager [email protected]

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