Sant'Angelo Di Piove Di Sacco: Casoni, Crafts and Venetian Houses

Sant'Angelo Di Piove Di Sacco can be explored through several specific themes: rural history, crafts and architectural heritage. The municipality preserves traces of its characteristic historic rural landscape. Casoni, churches, residential buildings and a specialized museum each give these themes their own character. This creates a culturally focused visit for you, with different forms of local history at the center.

Buttons as an Unusual Museum Focus

The Museo Storico del Bottone “Sandro Partesotti e Leda Siliprandi” displays several thousand antique, non-mass-produced buttons dating from the Middle Ages to the 1960s. The collection includes buttons from all over the world, with a substantial selection of Murano glass buttons. If you are looking for unusual museums away from the usual focal points, this subject offers an independent approach to cultural history.

Casoni and Rural Landscape

The historic landscape of Sant'Angelo Di Piove Di Sacco included numerous thatched-roof Casoni, where day laborers and farmers lived. In the municipality there were 80 Casoni in the 1940s, 43 in the 1950s, 34 in 1959 and just 13 in 1962. In these rural buildings, a central room served for cooking and as the family's living space; depending on their size, additional rooms were used as bedrooms and storage rooms.

Water Landscape and Historical Changes

In earlier times, the area included forests and marshlands. Through extensive drainage works, the Lombards diverted standing waters into the Canalizzo. The ancient canal ran from Lettoli via Ardoneghe, Brugine and Arzerini to one of the two branches of the Medoacus, the Brenta.

Chairmaking Between Tradition and the Present

A historic local tradition of chairmaking is associated with the “caregheta”, the chairmakers from Sant'Angelo Di Piove Di Sacco. They traveled from place to place by bicycle. Today, this tradition continues on an industrial scale in modern chair factories.

Historic Houses and Churches

Casa Caprari Maritan features the typical structure of a Venetian house. Casa Maritan is a stately residence dating from the 17th century. The remains of Casa Gasparoni belong to a 16th-century building that was protected under Law No. 1089/1939. Together, these buildings provide insight into different forms of historic residential and local architecture.

The churches also make their own distinctive contributions. The Church of San Giacomo in Vigorovea has an 18th-century high altar made of white Carrara marble, created by Alvise Tagliapietra. The Church of Madonna della Salute in Celeseo was built between 1942 and 1947 as a single-nave church in the Romanesque style. The Church of San Michele Arcangelo preserves several works of art, including a painting of Saint Michael by G. B. Canal.

Guidance When Choosing Your Accommodation

The road connections of Sant'Angelo Di Piove Di Sacco include the intersection of SS516/Via Piovese/Via Padana with Via Caron and Via Anello. When comparing hotels for your stay, these street names can help you identify the location on maps and incorporate it into your own planning. The town's thematic diversity thus ranges from historic waterways and rural forms of housing to museums, crafts, architecture and sacred art.

Other Places

Other places: Busiago, Vigonza, Lozzo Atestino, Fornace Laterizi, San Giorgio In Brenta, Levada, Selvazzano Dentro, Pontecasale

For the higher-level travel overview: Padua.