Vicenza during the Roman Age

Vicenza was founded by the Veneti in the first half of the 6th century A.D. and it took the Roman structure after the construction of via Postumia (148 B.C.). The above-mentioned road became the heart of Vicenza urban apparatus. This route leads to the remains of the Roman town: they are not a lot but very significant to have an idea of the essential elements of the urban center at that time: the houses construction and the roads (in Piazza Duomo), the forum (in Palazzo Trissino), the theater of Berga district (hall no. 10 of Santa Corona Civic Museum) , the artistic culture (mosaics, statues, inscriptions held in the Civic Museum and in Palazzo Da Schio hallway).

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NOTE LOGISTICHE
The trip will last one day by waking in the Vicenza historical center. The mentioned stops are located between Piazza Duomo, Corso Palladio and Contrà S. Corona (around 0,5 km in total).