Longare: Costozza
Costozza occupies the northern foothills of the Berici Hills in Veneto, just south of Vicenza. This frazione of Longare developed where limestone slopes meet the Vicenza plain, a setting shaped by cultivated land and old rural routes. Its best-known heritage is a group of Venetian villas, including Villa da Schio, whose grounds and architecture reflect the long connection between the Vicenza area and the Venetian mainland. Costozza is also associated with the Covoli, cavities in the Berici limestone whose circulating air influenced local building traditions. The settlement forms a quiet counterpart to Vicenza’s Palladian monuments, linking the city’s cultural orbit with low hills and the agricultural plain.
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Longare has served as a rural settlement on Veneto’s southern approaches to Vicenza since the Middle Ages. Set between the low Berici Hills and the Bacchiglione plain, the municipality includes Longare, Costozza, Lumignano and Secula along the old Riviera Berica route. Costozza preserves a notable group of Venetian villas, including Villa da Schio, while Lumignano is known for limestone cliffs used by climbers. This is a quieter part of the Vicenza area, where cultivated lowlands meet pale rock and wooded Berici slopes. Move on to other webcams in Veneto to compare river plains and hill settlements around Longare.
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