Discover Lovara: St. Peter's Festival, Church Art and Hilly Landscape

Lovara lies at the foot of the hills of Trissino and extends eastwards to the Arpega Valley. The place therefore shows a clear connection between a hilly setting and an open valley landscape. For your travel planning, this creates a destination where landscape, ecclesiastical history and local festival culture come together closely.

Church and Festival Culture in Lovara

The parish of Lovara can be traced back to 1360. Lovara's church is dedicated to Saint Peter and serves as the religious focal point for the parish festival. For more than 30 years, this has been held on the last two weekends of June in connection with the Feast of the Apostle Peter on 29 June. The church organ was also inaugurated at the 2012 edition of the Lovara Festival.

The furnishings of the Chiesa di San Pietro di Lovara also turn attention to ecclesiastical art. The church contains two Renaissance-style paintings: “La lavanda dei piedi” and “La pesca miracolosa”. Together with the parish and the St. Peter's Festival, they create a cultural focus that can be understood directly through the local religious buildings and their history.

Krapfen as a Speciality

Krapfen are part of the culinary character of the Lovara Festival. They are the speciality that distinguishes the festival's food stalls. The Krapfen are prepared by local women and served hot at the festival. Anyone wishing to get to know Lovara through its festival culture will find a distinctive regional feature here that connects the religious occasion with local cuisine.

Hilly Landscape and Mountain Bike Route

The location between the hills of Trissino and the Arpega Valley gives Lovara a clearly defined landscape setting. Another way to explore the area is the “Trissino - Lovara - San Benedetto - Pugnello - Castello - Restena” mountain bike route, which forms a circular tour. It follows both paved and unpaved roads.

Palaces, Castle and Viewpoint in the Surrounding Area

Several historically significant destinations with clearly defined individual characteristics lie in the vicinity of Lovara: Villa Trissino Marzotto is a palace, Tessaro is a museum, Villa Piovene da Schio is another palace, and Castello d'Arzignano is a castle. These places broaden the cultural perspective beyond Lovara's church and festival, without their significance needing to be reduced to a single attraction.

The “Punto panoramico "Castello"” viewpoint is located in the vicinity of Lovara. The peaks of Monte Calvarina, Monte Bellocca and Monte Faiardan are also nearby. The area surrounding the town therefore includes historic buildings, a viewpoint and distinctive peaks. Which of these aspects you give greater weight to depends on your personal interest in church art, regional history, cuisine, the landscape or a cycling tour.

Further places for orientation: Carré, San Vito Di Leguzzano, Sovizzo, Sarcedo, Monticello Conte Otto, Campese, Enego and Zané.

For the overview of the wider travel region: Vicenza.