Vi·cen·za (v -ch n s , v -chndzä) A city of northeast Italy west of Venice. Founded by Ligurians c. first century b.c., it became a free city in a.d. 1164 and passed to Austria in 1797. Vicenza joined the kingdom of Italy in 1866. Population: 114,000. |
Vicenza (Italian) [viˈtʃɛntsa]
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(Placename) a city in NE Italy, in Veneto: home of the 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and site of some of his finest works. Pop.: 109 738 (2000 est.)
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