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Vicenza in Provincia di Vicenza, Venetia, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
 

Arco delle Scalette
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The Arch of the Little Stairs

Vicenza Palladiana

 
 
Arco delle Scalette / The Arch of the Little Stairs Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 20, 2023
1. Arco delle Scalette / The Arch of the Little Stairs Marker
Inscription.   Arco delle Scalette
Poco chiara appare la genesi e l'autografia dell'arco che dava inizio al percorso di accesso al Santuario di Monte Berico, prima della realizzazione - a metΰ Settecento - dei portici di Francesco Muttoni. Certe appaiono la data di costruzione, fissata al 1595, e l'identitΰ del committente, il Capitano veneziano Giacomo Bragadino. Altrettanto documentate sono le richieste dei frati del Santuario, risalenti al 1574-1576, che chiedono alla Comunitΰ un sostegno finanziario per la ristrutturazione dell'intero percorso delle Scalette, ma nulla prova che l'arco fosse incluso del processo di ristrutturazione generale, che per altro investe anche lo stesso Santuario. Altrettanto incerta θ l'originale configurazione dell'arco, che in immagini seicentesce mostra nicchie frontali, successivamente spostate nell'intradosso per accogliere l'Annunciazione di Orazio Marinali.

English:
The Arch of the Little Stairs
Many doubts surround the genesis and paternity of the arch which began the access route to the sanctuary of Monte Berico, prior to the mid-eighteenth century
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realitazion of the porticoes themselves by Francesco Muttoni. What appears to be certain is the date of construction (fixed at 1595) and the identity of the patron, the Venetian captain Giacomo Bragadino. Equally well documented are the requests of the friars of the Sanctuary, from 1574-1576, to gain financial support from the Community in order to reconstruct the entire stepped route ("le Scalette") to Monte Berico. However, there is no proof as to whether the arch was included in this process of general reconstruction, which also affected the Sanctuary itself. Just as uncertain is the original, configuration of the arch, which seventeenth century images show to have had frontal niches, subsequently shifted to the intrados in order to make room for the Annunciation by Orazio Marinali.
 
Erected by Vicenza Sito Patrimonio Mondiale, Soprintendenza archeologia belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Verona, Rovigo e Vicenza and Camera di Commercio Vicenza. (Marker Number 1.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1595.
 
Location. 45° 32.461′ N, 11° 33.17′ E. Marker is in Vicenza, Veneto (Venetia), in Provincia di Vicenza. It is at the intersection of Viale Risorgimento Nazionale and Borgo Berga, on the right when
Arco delle Scalette / The Arch of the Little Stairs Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 20, 2023
2. Arco delle Scalette / The Arch of the Little Stairs Marker
traveling east on Viale Risorgimento Nazionale. The marker is located along the south side of the street next to the arch and stairway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicenza, Veneto 36100, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: L'area archeologica della Basilica Palladiana / The Palladian Basilica archaeological site (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Le terme romane / The roman baths (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Basilica Palladiana / Palladian Basilica (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Il criptoportico romano di piazza duomo / The roman cryptoporticus in piazza Duomo (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Loggia del Capitaniato / The Loggia of the Capitaniato (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); L'area archeologica sottostante cattedrale / The archaeological site beneath the cathedral (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Cattedrale: Portale settentrionale e cupola / Cathedral: northern portal and dome (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Palazzo Chiericati / The Chiericati Palace (approx. one kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicenza.
 
Also see . . .  Arco delle Scalette. Camera di Commercio Vicenza (Submitted on June 21, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.) 
 
Arco delle Scalette / The Arch of the Little Stairs Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 20, 2023
3. Arco delle Scalette / The Arch of the Little Stairs Marker
The Arch of the Little Stairs is covered up and under restoration image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 20, 2023
4. The Arch of the Little Stairs is covered up and under restoration
Arco di Trionfo detto delle Scalette image. Click for full size.
Photographed by L. Chiovato - Vicenza, circa 1905
5. Arco di Trionfo detto delle Scalette
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 162 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 22, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.   5. submitted on June 25, 2023.
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