Vicenza

Vicenza was a commune on the Bacchiglione in northern Italy. After Emperor Frederick II sacked it in 1237, it fell under Ezzelino III; its republican councils were restored after his death, but Paduan protection became domination.

In 1311 Vicenza submitted to Verona's Scaligeri, whose lord Cangrande fought to retain it. Venice took control in 1404; the city remained Venetian until the republic fell in 1797, and passed to Austria after 1814.