Worth seeing in Val Liona

From ancient parish churches to small timeless villages, discover the iconic places and best kept secrets of Val Liona

Antico borgo di Campolongo

Villas and monuments

From where the Liona was made navigable to connect to Venice, stands the ancient walled village of Campolongo, where the aristocratic families of the Barbarano in the Middle Ages and then of the Venetian Dolfi…

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Centro storico di Villa del Ferro

Villas and monuments

A massive wrought-iron bridge over the Liona allowed transit towards the ancient fortified fiefdom of Villa del Ferro, which was donated in the 13th century to the bishop of Vicenza. In the center of the town you…

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Chiesa parrocchiale di San Germano vescovo

Religious buildings

The church, dedicated to the Holy Bishop of Capua, was already a parish at the end of the 700th century. Still flanked today by its ancient rectory, it was rebuilt in the mid-XNUMXth century when it…

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Chiesa parrocchiale di San Martino vescovo

Religious buildings

According to the historian Gaetano Maccà, in “History of the Vicenza Territory”, the first traces of the history of the parish church of Villa del Ferro date back to 1266, the year in which the fiefdom of…

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Chiesa parrocchiale di San Vincenzo martire

Religious buildings

The origin of the Spiazzo church dates back to the 13th century and is linked to an ancient icon of the Virgin of Sorrows which was much venerated in Val Liona. Inside the sanctuary is preserved…

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Chiesa parrocchiale SS. Pietro e Paolo

Religious buildings

On the "castellaro", the hill on which an imposing castle was once built, the neoclassical church of Grancona has stood for more than a century; However, only the f...

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I casotti di pietra

Local culture and history

In Veneto, dry stone buildings with tholos roofs are present only in a restricted area of the southern Berici Hills, located on the highest altitudes or on the tops of the hills or…

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Il bacino idrico di Villa del Ferro

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In Val Liona, on the road that connects the historic center of Villa del Ferro to the village of Campolongo, there is a small artificial lake, called the "San Germano basin" or "Vil...

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Il Campanile di San Germano

Religious buildings

From a striking photo, taken in December 2025 by our Luca Giacomin, we'd like to take inspiration to talk about bell towers, bells, and ringers, and then focus on the Bell Tower of San Germano. …

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Il Laboratorio di scultura su pietra

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The unsuspecting visitor who ventures into the “G. Zuccante” Secondary School in Grancona – Val Liona, may be greeted by the dull rumble of the compressor and feel dragged by …

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Il Parapendio – Club Volo Berico

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The Berico Flight Club was founded in 1995 by a small group of flight enthusiasts who, from Monte Lupia to San Germano dei Berici, took off for glides and first flights over the Val Liona,…

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La casa natale della signora Ford

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Throughout history, several Italians have achieved the American dream. Among them, one was born in Val Liona. Her name is Maria Cristina Vettore, also known as Cristi…

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La Grotta della rivincita

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The Berici Hills form a trapezoidal shape with a major axis of about 20 km in the NNE-SSW direction and a minor axis of about 12 km. The resulting surface is about 200 kmq, an area that we can par…

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Mostra fotografica “Artigiani e vigne nei colli in Val Liona”

Local culture and history

The photographic exhibition “𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗂 𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗂 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗂 𝗂𝗇 𝖵𝖺𝗅 𝖫𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺” was inaugurated on Sunday 13 April inside the splendid historic residence of 𝑉𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑙𝑖 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖. The exhibition, set up in…

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Mulino Dugo Tessari

Local culture and history

In Val Liona, as in other areas of the Berici Hills, mills made their historical appearance starting from the 13th century, following the development of agriculture, favored by the introduction of…

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Museo della Civiltà Contadina

Local culture and history

The museum, set up in a building once used as a stable and later expanded, is located in a typical Venetian rural courtyard behind Castellaro di Grancona, in the heart of the Berici. Real…

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Oratorio di S. Antonio – Ca’ Vajenta

Religious buildings

The oratory is located at the top of the town of San Germano dei Berici and is part of an ancient building complex, with buildings dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, which belonged to the Cont family…

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Oratorio di Sant’Antonio alle Acque

Religious buildings

An ancient church located on a hill, it is believed to be a cult superimposition in honor of a water divinity, as could be indicated by a Roman altar reused as a cornerstone. Probably…

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Oratorio di Santa Apollonia

Religious buildings

The small church of San Gaudenzio (Sant'Apollonia) probably dates back to the 13th century, when the cult of San Gaudenzio was imported from Germany by woodcutters, who arrived in this area from the nearby…

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Oratorio San Lorenzo (la Cesòla)

Religious buildings

In the Carbonarola area near Villa del Ferro there is this oratory of uncertain origin, formerly a parish, probably dating back to the 12th century, rebuilt on the hillside land of the …

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Val Liona innevata

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A collection of panoramic photos and glimpses of snow-covered Val Liona.

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Villa Priuli Crisanti

Villas and monuments

In the historic center of Villa del Ferro stands Villa Priuli Crisanti. Born as a medieval fort in the 500th century, the villa maintained its medieval structure until the end of the XNUMXth century. Donated to Bernar…

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