Vigonovo

Vigonovo is a town and comune in the Metropolitan [City of Venice], Veneto, Italy.

History

Before the year 1000 BC the territory was inhabited by Etruscans, Euganeans and Paleoveneti.
It is believed that around 1000 BC after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks, the members of a tribe of Paphlagonia, called Heneti, landed on the Adriatic coasts and settled there after having expelled the locals Etruscans.
Until medieval times, the town was called Sarmazza after a settlement of Sarmatians.

Vigonovo is located in the most extreme point of the area of the Venetian villas that have made the Riviera del Brenta known.
With its frazione of Galta, Tombelle and Celeseo, Vigonovo is extending for about 13 square km west of the Brenta river on flat land. Extremely rich in waterways, in addition to the Brenta, the territory is crossed by the Piovego canal and minor others.
The town borders the municipalities of Fossò and Stra in Venice, and those of Noventa Padovana, Padua, Sant'Angelo di [Piove di Sacco] and Saonara in the Province of Padua.

Vigonovo is located south of the State highways .