Lonigo | |
Official Name: | Comune di Lonigo |
Coordinates: | 45.3833°N 11.3833°W |
Region: | Veneto |
Province: | Vicenza (VI) |
Frazioni: | Almisano, Bagnolo, Lobia Vicentina, Madonna, Monticello |
Mayor: | peirLuigi Giacomello |
Area Total Km2: | 49 |
Population Total: | 16441 |
Population As Of: | 30 September 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Leoniceni |
Elevation M: | 31 |
Saint: | Sts. Quirico and Giulitta |
Day: | March 25 |
Postal Code: | 36045 |
Area Code: | 0444 |
Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.[1]
In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site. Another villa in the comune, Rocca Pisana, was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi.
Outside the town is the church and complex of the 16th-century Sanctuary of Madonna dei Miracoli.
Lonigo is twinned with:
Lonigo is well known for motorcycle speedway and has a stadium known as the Santa Marina Stadium, which is a 5,000-capacity venue.[2] Lonigo had previously had another speedway venue from 1947 to 1972.[3]