Vicenza Province

Vicenza and its famous architect Palladio

The life and work of Palladio, the Vicenzan architect who dominated the 18th-century British architecture.

The spirit of Italy

Delicious drink or foul ﬁre water? Marc Millon extols the virtue of grappa

US base 'referendum' splits city

An unofficial referendum against the planned expansion of a US air base in Vicenza has left the city split.

Vicenza base referendum stopped

Citizens of a northern Italian city fighting against the expansion of a US air base were dismayed Wednesday when a state court said they couldn't hold a city-wide referendum on the issue.

Referendum called Oct. 5 on plan expand Vicenza Air base

Mayor Achille Variati on Thursday ordered that a referendum be held October 5 on the planned expansion of an air base to make room here for American military personnel.

Court ok's Vicenza base expansion

Italy's highest administrative court on Tuesday overturned a regional court's ruling against the planned expansion of an air base here to make room for American military personnel.

Court nixes Vicenza base expansion

A regional administrative court (TAR) has axed plans to expand an air base here to make room for American military personnel, according to the Codacons consumer group which had filed a suit against the project.