Costabissara
Costabissara | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Costabissara | |
 View of Costabissara | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Costabissara Location of Costabissara in Italy  Costabissara Costabissara (Veneto) | |
| Coordinates: 45°35′N 11°29′E / 45.583°N 11.483°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Vicenza (VI) |
| Frazioni | Motta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giovanni Maria Forte |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.21 km2 (5.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population (30 June 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 7,602 |
| • Density | 575.5/km2 (1,490/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bissaresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 36030 |
| Dialing code | 0444 |
| Website | Official website |
Costabissara is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is west of the SP46 provincial road.
History
No archaeological finds have been discovered that could attest to human presence in Costabissara before the Bronze Age. In the dolina on Monte delle Pignare, a large quantity of pottery dating to the Bronze Age was discovered in 1970, the oldest of which dates to around 1500 BC. This suggests that the first human settlement in the area consisted of a tribe of about thirty individuals.
Subsequently, the area experienced depopulation, followed by resettlement in the 10th and 9th centuries BC, leading to the establishment of two small settlements: one in the Tumulo valley, northeast of the Pignare hill, and another on the plain at San Valentino, farther south. In these areas and nearby sites, developments in animal husbandry and agricultural techniques have been observed, including ploughing, the construction of terraces on slopes, and crop rotation. At Pignare, a truncated-conical furnace dug into clay was also discovered, with melting residues and traces of fire on its walls.[3]
Around the 8th century BC, another depopulation occurred in favour of several settlements on the plain, leaving only sporadic traces of habitation. This was the period in which the major centres of Este and Padua emerged and Vicenza began to develop, benefiting from its proximity to the rivers. No finds have yet been discovered at Costabissara that provide evidence of this migration. After the formation of the larger centres, the entire territory began to be occupied, with numerous small settlements developing in the more fertile hilly areas and the earlier habitation sites being reoccupied.
Romanization began in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, culminating in the allocation of land to Roman veterans, in some cases involving expropriation. Numerous Roman dwellings scattered throughout the fertile areas, as well as divisions of the territory associated with centuriation, have been dated to the first two centuries AD. The Roman presence is particularly evident in Motta, where the aqueduct of Vicenza was located.[4] Roman finds have confirmed the presence of permanent settlements and the importance of a territory through which part of the aqueduct passed, via Villaraspa, supplying Vicenza. There were also several stone, marble and limestone quarries.
References
- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ Population data from ISTAT
- ↑ "Sito del Gruppo Archeologico Bissari - Archeologia a Costabissara, L'Età del bronzo - periodo finale e la prima età del ferro".
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