Anguillara Veneta: Waterways, Culture and Regional Discoveries

Anguillara Veneta can be explored through its waterways, cultural history and regional everyday culture. The section of the Via Romea Germanica through Anguillara Veneta largely follows the old embankment of the Gorzon. Near Anguillara Veneta, the route also crosses the Adige and then continues along its right bank. For your travel planning, this creates a clear geographical connection to rivers, embankments and the surrounding landscapes.

Cycling through the surrounding area

The cycling tourism route “Dai Colli Euganei al Fiume Adige” offers a different perspective. It runs from Anguillara Veneta to Monselice via paved side roads with little traffic. This gives cycling travellers a clear sense of both the exact route and its character: side roads, paved surfaces and light traffic define this section. The route therefore provides a concrete way to place Anguillara Veneta within a journey between the town and Monselice.

Villa Arca del Santo and Oratory

Villa Arca del Santo was built between 1653 and 1654 as the residence of the venerable Arca del Santo of Padua. Because of its significance for the history, culture and traditions of Anguillara Veneta, it has considerable symbolic value. The building thus represents part of the local past that can be specifically understood through its period of construction and its connection with the Arca del Santo of Padua.

Attached to Villa Arca del Santo is an oratory with a sacristy dedicated to Saint Anthony. On 13 June, the oratory hosts the feast in honour of Saint Anthony.

Cultural attractions in the surrounding region

Several different cultural attractions can be found around Anguillara Veneta: Palazzo Roncale, a palace; Galleria Il Melone Arte Contemporanea, a museum; the Civic Museum Civiltà in Polesine, also a museum; and Villa Castello Miari de Cumani, a palace. The range therefore extends from palaces to museums.

Canals, legends and landscapes

The Taglio del Gorzone is an artificial canal created in 1558 to divert water from Lago di Vighizzolo and the surrounding valleys and marshes into Lago della Grignola, also known as Lago di Anguillara.

The Gorgo della Novizza is associated with a local legend. It tells how the ground swallowed a church, a bridal couple and the wedding guests, thereby creating the Gorgo della Novizza. Monte Venda, a mountain, is also located in the wider regional area around Anguillara Veneta.

A local product name

There is also a clear connection with the town in culinary terms: the sweet potato from Anguillara Veneta bears the municipal De.Co. designation “Patata Americana Dolce di Anguillara Veneta”. The precise Italian name makes this aspect of the local identity immediately discoverable for you as well.

For your further travel planning, you can also discover Este, Pelosa, Feriole, Galzignano Terme, Villalta, Mira, Bassa and Torreglia.

For the overarching travel overview: Padua.