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Montecchio Maggiore

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Montecchio Maggiore
Montécio Majore
Comune
Comune di Montecchio Maggiore
View of Montecchio Maggiore
View of Montecchio Maggiore
Coat of arms of Montecchio Maggiore
Coat of arms
Montecchio Maggiore is located in Italy
Montecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Maggiore
Location of Montecchio Maggiore in Italy
Montecchio Maggiore is located in Veneto
Montecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Maggiore (Veneto)
Coordinates: 45°30′N 11°25′E / 45.500°N 11.417°E / 45.500; 11.417
CountryItaly
RegionVeneto
ProvinceVicenza (VI)
FrazioniAlte Ceccato, Bernuffi, Ghisa, Santissima Trinità, Sant'Urbano, Valdimolino, Carbonara
Government
 • MayorSilvio Parise: centre-left coalition: Insieme X Montecchio, Parise Sindaco 2024, Montecchio Democratica
Area
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 • Total
30.67 km2 (11.84 sq mi)
Elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2025)[2]
 • Total
24,096
 • Density785.7/km2 (2,035/sq mi)
DemonymMontecchiani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36075
Dialing code+39 0444
Patron saintSan Vitale
Saint dayFebruary 8
WebsiteOfficial website

Montecchio Maggiore (Venetian: Montécio Majore) is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7 miles) west of Vicenza and 43 km (27 miles) east of Verona; SP 246 provincial road passes through it.

Montecchio Maggiore borders the following municipalities: Altavilla Vicentina, Arzignano, Brendola, Castelgomberto, Montebello Vicentino, Montorso Vicentino, Sovizzo, Trissino, Zermeghedo.

History

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The land of Montecchio Maggiore has been inhabited since the late Stone Age, though it was invaded and occupied many times. Two castles built about 975 are claimed to be the inspiration for the Romeo and Juliet legend. Luigi da Porto of Vicenza set the story here in his novel of 1552.

PFAS Contamination

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In 2013, following the PFAS emergency in Veneto,[3] the municipality of Montecchio entered the Orange Zone due to the widespread chemical contamination caused by the Miteni plant in Trissino,[4] located on the municipality's border, 7 kilometers north of the historic center. In the following years, Montecchio became the political center of the contamination: the Health Director of the Veneto Region, Domenico Mantoan, launched the "regional health alarm" at the Civic Hall on April 28, 2016; the Veneto Region's Head of Prevention and Food Safety, Francesca Russo, spoke for the first time about an "environmental disaster" during the large assembly convened by citizens at the Cinema di San Pietro on February 17, 2017; the first large demonstrations and marches began from Montecchio, which would lead to the closure of the Miteni plant and the trial at the Assize Court in Vicenza.[5].

According to an independent investigation conducted by Greenpeace Italy, the results of which were published in January 2025,[6] as of the same date, the Montecchio Maggiore water supply network did not appear to be contaminated by PFAS.[7]

Main sights

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  • Villa Cordellina Lombardi, is a masterpiece of neo-Palladian architect Giorgio Massari, with 18th-century frescoes by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
  • Museum Zannato, founded in 1922 by Giuseppe Zannato, its first curator. It has sections devoted to archaeological and paleontological finds. Some of these contain materials found in the late-Roman necropolis of Carpanè. There is also an important gemological section.
  • Castle Bellaguardia (called "Castle of Juliet")
  • Castello della Villa (called "Castle of Romeo")

International relations

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Montecchio Maggiore is twinned with:

References

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  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sostanze perfluoro alchiliche (PFAS)". Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Marina Forti. "I veleni nelle acque del Veneto". Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Alberto Peruffo. "31 dicembre 2022: Breve storia sociale della Miteni. Nei territori contaminati da PFAS. Una prima traccia per il futuro". forever chemicals - archivio pfas.land (in Italian). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Acqua Senza Veleni". public.tableau.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-02-04.
  7. ↑ Società Editrice Athesis S.p.A. "Pfas, la mappa della contaminazione. Ad Arzignano i valori più alti in Veneto, Montecchio è libera". Il Giornale di Vicenza (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Alton Town Twinning Association". Hampshire County Council. May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-07-25.

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