Soave: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 40 - 130 Hotel Cangrande Di Soave
 Cangrande Soave Hotel is close to the Soave A4 motorway exit. You will have soundproofed rooms outside the city centre. A restaurant and free parking … MoreEUR 55 - 130 Bed&Breakfast Monte Tondo
 Located close to Verona, in the hills of Soave, on a slope from where you overlook the valley, if you love nature and tranquility will find the hotel … MoreEUR 86 - 885 B&B Corte Dei Soavi
 Corte Dei Soavi is a historic building offering panoramic views across the Veneto countryside. Set on the hills above Soave, it has a large courtyard … MoreEUR 50 - 100 Antica Corte
 The 17th-century Antica Corte still has many of its original features. Located 5 km outside Soave, famous for its wine, it offers cosy air-conditioned… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soave: Guide
Soave is a small comune of the Veneto region in the Province of Verona, Italy with a population of roughly 6,800 people.
Geography
Soave is located approxamitely 23 kilometers east of Verona and is reachable by use of the A4 (Italy)|A4 motorway exit Soave-San Bonifacio.
History
Soave was a ancient Rome|Roman center on the via Postumia that connected Aquileia to Genoa. There are different names about the origin of current name: according to one theory, it could derive from the Suebi (sometimes called Soavi in medieval Italian).
The castle was cited for the first time in occasion of the Magyars|Magyar invasions (934). In the 13th century it was a possession of the Counts Greppi, who later ceded it to the commune of Verona, which installed a capitano here. The walls still visible today, were built in 1379 by Cansignorio of the Scaliger family. Their rule was followed by those of the Visconti from Milan and the Carraresi from Padua; the latter lost Soave in 1405 to the Republic of Venice. In 1439 Visconti troops under Niccolò Piccinino captured it back, but Venice regained it soon. During the War of the League of Cambrai (1508), the city was fired and 366 Soavesi killed, but again in 1515 it was reacquired by Venice, which later sold the castle to the Gritti noble family.
In Napoleonic Wars|1797-1805 the city was under French rule. In 1809 there were small fights between French and Austrian troops in the vicinity. Later Soave was included in the kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, and in 1866 became part of unification of Italy|Italy.
Main sights
Castle
The Castle of Soave is a typical medieval military edifice, commanding the neighbourhood of the city from the Tenda Hill. It comprises a mastio (donjon) and three lines of walls forming three courts of different size. The outer line, with a gate and a draw bridge, is the most recent, built by the Venetians in the 15th century. It houses the remains of a small church from the 10th century.
The second and larger court, the first of the original castle, is called della Madonna for a Mastino I, Cangrande della Scala|Cangrande, Cansignorio and Taddea da Carrara, wife of Mastino II della Scala|Mastino II; the portrait of Dante Alighieri testify an alleged sojourn of the poet in the castle.
Others
The Scaliger Walls, built by Cansignorio della Scala. In origin there were three gates (Porta Aquila, now Porta Bassano, Porta Vicentina and Porta Verona). Two sides (west and south) are backed by a moat.
Palazzo di Giustizia ("Justice Palace"), built in 1375 by Cansignorio della Scala.
Scaliger Palace, near Porta Aquila, also commissioned by Cansignorio. It was the residence of the pretori and governors of the city and, during the Venetian rule, of the Capitani. It a noteworthy garden.
Palazzo Cavalli (1411). The façade had once frescoes with mythological figures attributed to Giovanni Maria Falconetto.
The Chiesa Parrocchiale (Parish Church). Built in 1758 over the pre-existing main church, and enlarged in 1884, it houses precious 16th paintings.
Santa Maria dei Domenicani church (1443, later rebuilt in the same century).
Church of San Rocco, built in the 15th century of a Roman cemetery.
The church of San Giorgio. Until the plague of 1630 housed 15th-16th century, now almost entirely lost.
The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Bassanella, consecrated in 1098 and renovated in the 20th century. It has noteworthy frescoes (14th century) depicting St. Benedict, St. Scholastica and other saints.
Festivals
See also
Soave (wine)
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