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 - Ars7c Tour 10 - Acvi7es, 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 leo 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 leo 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 leo 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 mee7ng 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.