Valdagno
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| Comune di Valdagno | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Vicenza (VI) |
| Area | 50.20 km² (19 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2005) | |
| - Total | 27,408 |
| - Density | 546/km² (1,414/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Valdagnesi |
| Dialing code | 0445 |
| Postal code | 36078 |
| Frazioni | Campotamaso, Castelvecchio, Cerealto, Maglio di Sopra, Massignani, Novale, Piana, San Quirico |
| Patron | St. Clement |
| - Day | November 23 |
| Website: www.comune.valdagno.vi.it | |
Valdagno is a town in the province of Vicenza, Italy.
[edit] History
Valdagno's town was founded in 861, the name deriving from the Latin amins, then amnius, meaning "river". It is first mentioned in a 1184 document when it was a fief given by the Vicenza bishop to the Trissino family.
Two castles where erected on two opposite hills, one being named the Valdagno castle and the other the Panisacco Castle. However the Vicenza commune started very soon to contend it to the Trissino family, who in turn joined forces with Scaligers to defend it.
In 1291, in the course of the war with Verona, Venice occupied Valdagno and kept it until 1340. In 1377 it was pillaged by Bernabò Visconti and in 1404 it went back to the Venetians. From 1434 to 1439 it was occupied by the Visconti family and then re-annexed to Venice by Gian Giorgio Trissino.
Between 1510 and 1514 it suffered repeated destructions by the armies of Maximilian I, during the War of the League of Cambrai. Starting from 1797, with the fall of the Republic of Venice, Valdagno fell under the French and Austrian rule. It was annexed to the newly created Kingdom of Italy in 1866.
Valdagno is the birthplace of Gaetano Marzotto (1820-1910), a pioneer of the textile industry which allowed Valdagno to achieve it superb results.
Marzotto enlarged the original factory founded by his father Luigi in 1836. His son Vittorio Emanuele was then entrusted with its control who further extended it operations with the addition of the spinning mill of Maglio di Sopra. Successively Gaetano, the son of Vittorio Emanuele, further developed the factory and started a wide range of social services which contributed additionally to the success of Valdagno to this day.
[edit] Twin cities
Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany, since 1987
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