venice – Mira town

 


venice – Mira town

riviera_del_brenta_italiaFormerly Mira town was called Cazzozana or Ca’zozzana – the name describing its spatial position among the woods and pastures .In the middle age here was a free port , the town being inhabited by boatmen and fishermen.
On May 1078 at the time of the Crusades, a rich merchant family descending by the Romans ( Corbelli ) ; went to the city of Myra ( now Iskenderun , city of Lycia, Turkish region of Asia Minor ),from where they take out the remains of St. Nicholas , buried in the church of this city . Subtracted by the Turks , some of the spoils were buried in the church of San Nicolo,Venice – Lido , and another part was brought to the church of St. Nicholas of Bari.
To the memory of the event and to commemorate the saint , the family Corbelli built a church dedicated  to St. Nicholas .
Between the twelfth and thirteenth century , (1100-1200), Ca’zozzana took the name of Mira in memory of Myra (region of Lycia ; Asia Minor) , where St. Nicholas was Archbishop ;and the boatmen of the river Brenta proclaimed him “saint-patron of sailors and Mira town”.

Villa Widmann Rezzonico Foscari ( Mira – Venice)
The complex construction of the villa , along with the barn and the oratory was built at the end of 1700. Among the many distinguished guests of the villa there were :

-the famous Venetian playwright , Carlo Goldoni, who resided mainly in the large Villa Bagnoli , as  Goldoni himself noted in his ” Memoires ” ;
-Cardinal Sarto , at that time Patriarch of Venice ,
-The musicians as: Malipiero , Igor Stravinsky ,
-The vernacular poet Pasto who was often guest                                                                   – Gabriel D’Annunzio friend of Earl Pietro Foscari .

Since 1984, the Villa is owned by the Province of Venice.
The Riviera del Brenta is an area of the province of Venice , which extends along the old natural channel of the river Brenta .
From March to October you can visit the Riviera del Brenta on board of a boat.
The trip has a high historical, cultural , artistic and environmental value. Along the canal you can admire numerous villas and palaces of the ancient nobles .
The route provides alternate days starting from  Stra, (Villa Pisani ) in Venice or vice versa , passing through the numerous bridges and locks that regulate the flow of water .
The boat stops to visit the Villas along the main path , the guide on board will accompany the visitors to see these beautiful buildings. The motorboats are equipped with air -conditioning,heating , toilet , radio .

The main vilas you can visit are:

VILLA FOSCARI ( Malcontenta – Venice)800px-Villa_Widmann-Foscari
Villa Pisani ( Stra – Venice)
VILLA RED ( Stra – Venice)
VILLA NANI MOCENIGO ( Dolo – Venice)
VILLA TITO ( Dolo – Venice)
VILLA  VELLUTI ( Sambruson – Venice)
VILLA  WIDMANN REZZONICO FOSCARI ( Mira – Venice)
VILLA BADOER  FATTORETTO ( Sambruson – Venice)

VILLA BRUSONI  SCALELLA ( Sambruson – Venice)
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