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Campolongo Maggiore
The Municipality of Campolongo Maggiore is situated in the central-southern area of the Province of Venice, and is surrounded by the neighbouring municipalities of Fossò, Camponogara, Campagna Lupia, Piove di Sacco and Sant’Angelo di Piove di Sacco.
Campolongo’s history is documented from the Roman period when it belonged to the Ager Patavinus, the vast territory of the Po Plain. It was a flourishing area in those times, confirmed by the many finds of coins minted for different Roman emperors - Augustus, Vespasian and Domitian. In ancient times it was crossed by the Via Popilia, a consular road built in 132 BC by Consul Popilius Laenas to join Ravenna and Adria to Altino, passing through Cavarzere, Concadalbero, Lova, and Porto Menai. The Via Popilia could be easily reached from Campolongo via the non-consular roads leading to Lova. From the second century onwards, Campolongo, like the rest of the Veneto, was ravaged by barbarian invasions. Under the Lombards, the countryside was organised by means of rural districts, which were divided into “corti” and then “ville”. Campolongo belonged to Corte di Sacco. After the Year 1000 and the recovery of Padua’s communal life, Campolongo came under the rule of the Commune followed by the appointment of a podestà in 1276. The Venetian attack on Sambruson in 1404 marked the beginning of the Republic’s rule in the area and in 1405 Padua itself was forced to submit to the Serenissima, which governed until 1797. During this period Campolongo entered the administrative sphere of the podestà of Piove di Sacco. The land reclamation carried out in the early 1500s by Venetian aristocracy acquiring estates on the mainland was to have a great impact on Campolongo, not just in terms of land development but also for the ensuing social and economic growth. Powerful reclamation consortiums were formed and Campolongo became part of the Consorzio della Sesta Presa. Over the years hydrological works were carried out to tackle centuries-old issues such as the breach of the Brenta and the diversion of rivers to safeguard the lagoon area.
Venetian rule was followed by the invasion of the French and annexation to the Kingdom of Italy.
* Inhabitants as of 21/10/2001, date of the 14th Population and Housing Census, ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics).
Sites worth seeing:
Campolongo’s history is documented from the Roman period when it belonged to the Ager Patavinus, the vast territory of the Po Plain. It was a flourishing area in those times, confirmed by the many finds of coins minted for different Roman emperors - Augustus, Vespasian and Domitian. In ancient times it was crossed by the Via Popilia, a consular road built in 132 BC by Consul Popilius Laenas to join Ravenna and Adria to Altino, passing through Cavarzere, Concadalbero, Lova, and Porto Menai. The Via Popilia could be easily reached from Campolongo via the non-consular roads leading to Lova. From the second century onwards, Campolongo, like the rest of the Veneto, was ravaged by barbarian invasions. Under the Lombards, the countryside was organised by means of rural districts, which were divided into “corti” and then “ville”. Campolongo belonged to Corte di Sacco. After the Year 1000 and the recovery of Padua’s communal life, Campolongo came under the rule of the Commune followed by the appointment of a podestà in 1276. The Venetian attack on Sambruson in 1404 marked the beginning of the Republic’s rule in the area and in 1405 Padua itself was forced to submit to the Serenissima, which governed until 1797. During this period Campolongo entered the administrative sphere of the podestà of Piove di Sacco. The land reclamation carried out in the early 1500s by Venetian aristocracy acquiring estates on the mainland was to have a great impact on Campolongo, not just in terms of land development but also for the ensuing social and economic growth. Powerful reclamation consortiums were formed and Campolongo became part of the Consorzio della Sesta Presa. Over the years hydrological works were carried out to tackle centuries-old issues such as the breach of the Brenta and the diversion of rivers to safeguard the lagoon area.
Venetian rule was followed by the invasion of the French and annexation to the Kingdom of Italy.
| AREA (sq.km) | 23,62 |
| POPULATION * | 9.196 |
| DENSITY (inhabitants/sq.km) | 390,80 |
| OECD rural area (density < 150 inhabitants/sq.km) | NO |
Sites worth seeing:
- Church of Santi Felice e Fortunato in Campolongo Maggiore, dating to 12 th century
- Villa Loredan, called “Ca’ Trolese” (not open to the public)
- Fattoria Niero
- Ca’ Callegaro
- Ca’ Mondini-Zoccoletti
- Church of San Lorenzo in Liettoli, dating to 1398; the altarpiece is by Paolo Veronese
- Small church of San Antonino, Bosco di Sacco.
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