Schio

Schio lies north of Vicenza beneath the Little Dolomites and Monte Pasubio. By the twelfth century it had become a prosperous centre of wool working, and the craft remained important to the town's life. The castle was demolished in 1514, though a tower survives. The church of San Francesco dates from the early fifteenth century, while a shrine raised after the plague of 1511 later became the church of Santa Maria in Valle.