Vicenza
Veneto

Vicenza

110,500 residents · 225,500 within 5 km · 41 m above sea level

83Quality of life
85Infrastruktur
81Economy

What Vicenza is actually like

Vicenza is a prominent Italian city located in the Veneto Region. Known for its outstanding architecture, the city features the works of Andrea Palladio, a 16th-century architect whose influence earned a portion of the city's UNESCO World Heritage status. Vicenza is both a cultural hub and a dynamic business center. The local economy benefits from the jewellery and textile industries, as well as a growing information technology sector. This city, while maintaining its small-town appeal, offers the amenities and infrastructure that residents and international visitors need.

How Vicenza is built

Post-war expanded comune

Pre-war 21%Mid-century 67%Modern 12%
Settlement pattern
Compact
5% of homes scattered in the countryside
In town 95%Dispersed 5%
Condition
86%
Some wear — 14% needs work
Good / excellent 86%Poor / mediocre 14%
Occupancy
83%
Lived-in year-round — 17% holiday or vacant
Main homes 83%Holiday or vacant 17%
VicenzaMaddaleneRettorgoleCasalettoCa' FolcoCa' CarpanedaVilla Margherita
Historic coreEstablishedPost-warModernRuralSparsely built

Building age, condition and occupancy from the ISTAT census (2011), by census section. Occupancy is shown as one honest split — the 2011 census does not reliably separate holiday homes from vacant ones.

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