Sacred Itineraries for the Third Millennium

The religious and cultural history of Vicenza from its origins to the threshold of the new millennium can be read through its main places of worship, which are the document and testimony of a faith profoundly felt, of a spiritual development, a change of way of living and thinking of a community.
The Diocesan Office for the Arts is responsible for an initiative which aims to describe the main stages of this and illustrate some of the most important churches, offering the pilgrim and visitor a key to enter the spiritual meaning of history and art when this is born and develops in a context of faith.
The Sacred Itineraries project for the Third Millennium is based on a chronological and thematic criterion, and is divided into four routes:

• Christian Vicenza: the origins;
• Vicenza and the Begging Orders;
• Vicenza, its abbeys, chapels and oratories;
• Vicenza and the Worship of Mary.

Each of the churches in this first phase of the project is illustrated in a leaflet, available inside each church, and apart from giving a historical profile and brief guide offers liturgical and thematic explanations of their religious significance. Furthermore, with the help of the Guide Association and the Centro Turistico Giovanile (Youth Tourist Centre), a reception system has been created to get the best out of the visits and improve opening times. The initiative is supported by the Vicenza city council, the Regione Veneto, and the Tourist Promotion Office of Vicenza.

Liturgical and thematic explanations

By the Arts Office of the Diocese of Vicenza

For further information:
APT of Vicenza, Information office, Piazza Matteotti, 12 - 36100 Vicenza
tel. 0444 320854 - http://www.ascom.vi.it/aptvicenza