Lovertino: Discover Chapels, Churches and Rolling Hills

Lovertino combines religious buildings, Roman traces and the rolling hills around Colle di Lovertino. This creates a destination where you can combine cultural and historical discoveries with a landscape of hills and paths. When choosing a hotel or other accommodation, you can tailor your stay to your interests, balancing churches, archaeological evidence, landscapes and local festivals.

Churches and Archaeological Traces

The Chapel of Santi Vito e Modesto is at the heart of the local history. Roman artefacts were discovered around the chapel. The archaeological remains include Roman foundations, layers of ground and parts of mosaics. The chapel is documented as early as 753, while its apse preserves the original structure.

Following severe weather, the chapel was restored in 1965 and returned to its original appearance. Another testament to the past is a spear-shaped flint fragment, found in 1935 in the valley below the old church of Lovertino and now preserved at the Museo Atestino in Este. The present parish church of San Silvestro dates from 1856. In the 9th century, San Silvestro was a chapel belonging to the abbey of the same name in Vicenza, which depended on Nonantola.

Rolling Hills and Paths

Colle di Lovertino and the adjacent hills are protected under landscape conservation legislation pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 490 of 29 October 1999. On the hill, a historical-documentary and environmental trail begins at the ancient port of Bisatto. The Cammino di Adelaide also leads into the local cultural landscape: on its eighth stage, hikers reach the chapel and then follow the embankment of the Bisatto Canal towards Albettone. The stage lists the Church or Chapel of San Vito e San Modesto as a site of interest.

Practical Orientation on Site

For planning different days of travel, the accessibility of the local parish church of San Silvestro provides a practical point of reference. The church can be reached by vehicle up to the church; alternatively, there is a staircase for pedestrians. In the southern hill area of the Colli di Albettone, to which Lovertino belongs and which also includes the hamlet of Lovolo, most roads have little traffic, but they are not closed to traffic. This information is particularly relevant for realistic planning by car, on foot or by bicycle.

A Local Connection to Albettone

The Festa dei Marroni, a chestnut festival, is associated with Albettone, in the hamlet of Lovertino. This culinary and local festival connection adds another facet to a stay alongside the churches, archaeological traces and paths.

For further regional orientation, you can also find Sossano, Cartigliano, Sarcedo, San Vito Di Leguzzano, Torri Di Quartesolo, Marano Vicentino, Agugliaro and Cornedo Vicentino.

For the broader travel overview: Vicenza.