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History
of Mestre
According to the legend the
city would have been founded from Mesthle, son of Pilamene, king of Paflagonia,
escaped to the destruction of Troy and disembarked in the Fetontea forest, than
to the age it covered the entire Po Plain. Uncertain it is the true origin of
Mestre; although some historians think are of Etruscan age, almost he is
assessed that the city is already takeover paleoveneto approximately tremila
years ago. The name seems to derive from that one of the centurione Mestrius
Roman whom a castrum constructed to you.
The castrum Roman, become at
first fortress with the destroyed name " of " castelvecchio and
therefore from Attila, comes finally reconstructed around to the 1000. Along the
perimeter, that it measured more than a kilometer, numerous towers were situated,
di.le which the last one are committee to we: the Tower of the Clock.
The Magnificent Mestrina Community, with to head a Civic Council, ago part of
the possedimenti at first of Treviso, then of Venice. While they bloom the
Confraternite (of that one of Saint Maria of Struck us remains the School).
Mestre comes occupied in the 1245 from Ezzelino from Roman and in XIV the
century from Cangrande of the Scale, before entering to make part of the
territories of Most serene (the 1500-1800) and to become rinomato place of
holiday.
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French and, then, the Austrians begin the construction of the forts of
Mestre. To the end of the century strong the Gazzera, Carpenedo, Tron,
Dissatisfied Ticket and costituiranno the intrenched field of Mestre (then
ulteriorly widened), than, between the other, will contribute to the
Victoria Italian in the first world war, stopping the advanced Austrian,
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In the Mestre meantime it had
contributed to the unit of Italy, rebelling with Venice (1848), under the guide
of Daniel Manin and making from scene the famous sortie strongly Marghera. To
the happened unification of Italy, the Common one of Mestre will be able to
fregiarsi, beyond that of the official title of city of Italy, also of the medal
of gold just for these events. To the principle of XX the Mestre century own
appearance assumes one, with the construction of the ways Garibaldi and Piave,
the Marzenego bridge and the Toniolo Theatre. After the birth of Porto Marghera,
Mestre endures an express and disordinato development. Private of the communal
autonomy in 1926, it does not have it more repurchased (except a short
parenthesis in 1945, to work of the Committee of Liberation), although " it
has by now for a long time turned upside down the situation of the
city-periphery of the historical center ".
What
to see:
- Piazza
Ferretto
- The center of
Mestre is constituted from long Piazza Ferretto.
- To the inside of
the town-walls of ancient medioevale Castello not there was one
true and own public square. The public square current (Large or
Greater Public square) rose to outside of walls. In the 1800's the
Greater Public square was uniform in four parts (Quarters) from
the crossing of the Road Postal Direction and a cross-sectional
sidewalk to the public square. Along the Road Postal Direction (between
the current Public square Boats and the Terraglio) all have been
carried out the main events of the city history. The Quarters were
therefore those of the Church and the Banner to south, those of
the Erbaria and the Pavion to north (look at the following
paragraphs). After to have endured a
restoration , the Public square taken in 1900 the name of
Umberto I; divenne at first the capolinea of various tramviarie
lines, therefore saw the express development of the most disparate
economic activities, enduring moreover, between the other things,
the destruction of the bridge of the Bell and the neighbors Park
Ponci and Erizzo-Bianchini. In the 1913 Domenico Toniolo it
erected omonimo the Theatre, the surrounding gallery and palaces.
From little years the public square has become completely
pedestrian and has been redesigned from the famous Flat architect.
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- Dome
of Saint Lorenzo
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- To the beginning
of Piazza Ferretto Saint Lorenzo finds itself. The first news of
the existence of a church in this place goes back to the 1192 and
it makes us to intuire that it had a porch. The building was of
property of the Mestrina Community, ancient institute governed
from little noble families (the clergy was only taken care of the
religious exercise). The current church, erected in XVIII the
century on design of the architect Bernardo Maccaruzzi, has
neoclassica facade and conserve the Romanesque bell tower of the
previous construction; to the inside it introduces statues of the
1800's and the coming from altars from the church sconsacrata of
Saint Maria of Thanks.
- On the right,
revolt to the characteristic via Poerio, is the quattrocentesca
Scoletta of the Battered ones, with monofore trilobate to the
Association of Bologna.
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- The
banner of the sovereignty
- the current one is of 1905.
In origin it was situated between the current ways Palace and Torre Belfredo;
it is from the 1800's that is found in the place in which it is found today.
In the market days it came to you hoisted the communal flag: finchè it
remained high was prohibited, in order to favor the small consumers, to sell
the wholesalers.
- The
Palace from King and the Pavion
To the center
of the Public square, it has three large ones arched to enclose the porch
and one terrace to the top.
- The porch, called of the
Pavion (from the French pavillon, pavilion), was of public property and
accommodated the merchants of forages. To its place it came constructed the
Palace From King, but the porch continued to accommodate the market of the
granaglie.
- The
bridge of the grass
- Buried the Bridge of the
Bell under via Poerio, remained, from the opposite part of the Public square,
the Bridge of the Grass, increased in the second half of the 1800's.
- The
Tower of the Clock
- In bottom to the Public
square finds the Tower of the clock, than, constructed in the 1108, she is
the only survivor of the 11 that composed Castello Medioevale, at least
after the destruction, in 1876, of Torre Belfredo. It made part of "
the Door of the Loza ", that one that is that it combined the Castle
and Saint village Lorenzo with its loggia (used for the processes and the
auctions). The Clock was arranged to you in 1827. Used from the Austrians in
1848 in order to spy on Marghera Strongly, the Tower entire was restored in
1878 (rifared the Clock and constructed the two finestrelle: a lapide it
remembers the event).
- The
podestabile palace
- Venne finished in the 1466,
just to the center of " burgus de the Mestre ", to the aim to
accommodate the Podestà and the Captain of Mestre. In september 1513 it
accommodated the heads of the imperial army and when, 2 October, Imperial
Spanish and went away after to have burnt the city, the building endured
serious damages a lot that in the 1515 was still unfit for use. After the
fall of the Republic (1797) divenne Office of the Communal Deputazione and
the pretura with next the jails, so that a high wall of town-walls had to be
constructed in order to hide the finestroni of the prisons. In the 1869
Palace it was destroyed nearly totally for reconstructed being for the
Offices of the Town hall (Mestre was Common Independent): the expense was
very 60.000 Liras of the age. In 1974 it ahead began the new restoration
carried for some time. Today the palace accommodates varies communal offices
and the public room let alone center prosindaco only of all Mestre (the
ancient consiliare room).
- The
Provvedaria
- In the 1452, for will of a
group of families mestrine and with the tacit consent of the Veneto
government is born to Mestre the Civic Council, than with the Podestà and
Capitano supplies to the necessities of the Community. In the 1459 the
Palace of the Common one is inaugurated, in whose advanced room happens the
more important assemblies. Devastata in the 1513, was reconstructed in the
1525. To the beginning of the 1800's, according to the Barcella, the Palace
was center of the Communal school. In the 1853 room to advise was used after
granary. The Provvedarìa, rifared in 1926 after a fire, accommodated the
Civic Library until 1974 approximately. Today it is palazzetto with
Romanesque porch and an order of rinascimentali windows.
- The
Forts
- Deserve finally a visit also
the forts that composed the intrenched field of Mestre (Gazzera, Carpenedo,
Tron, Ticket, Dissatisfied, Pepper, Mezzacaprio, Poerio, Sirtori and Cosenz).
In particular, the portale of access of the strong Carpenedo is looked at,
than, in stone of Istria, it uses one style composite, above all
neoclassico: the semicolumns bring horizontal bands of late-rinascimentale
character, the structure is crowned from fastigio with the coat of arms and
a crown of the Savoia.
What to
make
Mestre by now has become a
rather large city and, with its 400 mila inhabitants the structures of one are
gotten ready to to having all provincial modern city and not piu' or however
that it lives to the shoulders of Venice. They are by now various years that the
mestrini ask the separation from Venice and, a lot probably to the next
referendum the thing will be put into effect.
Here an interesting or list svaghi more little that the city offers:
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Cinema
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Bowling |
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Shopping
Mestre is situated in crocevia
a a lot important of the northeast. Famous it has become its Tangential one that
is the passage of how many wants to pass from east to the west.
From various years the French with their Ipermarché have arrived: Carrefour
and Auchan
to make from contenders to Panorama.
In the center of the city the new chains of the type rise Reasons, Gases, Belfe
that join by now tested Benetton, Stefanel and 012.
As in tutt' Italy the periods in which the shopping it convene mainly are during
the period of the balances or the sales of fine season: after epifania for the
season the autumn-winter and from July half for that spring summer.
The newest commercial
center Le Barche boasts of being the fulcrum commercial of Mestre with Coin
shop that born here.
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