Lusia, Veneto

Barbona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 765 and an area of 8.6 square kilometres (3.3 sq mi).The municipality of Barbona contains the frazione (subdivision) Lusia. Barbona borders the following municipalities: Lusia, Rovigo, Sant'Urbano, Vescovana.

Sant'Urbano (Venetian: Sant’Urban) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,189 and an area of 31.8 square kilometres (12.3 sq mi).The municipality of Sant'Urbano contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Carmignano, Ca' Morosini, and Balduina. Sant'Urbano borders the following municipalities: Barbona, Granze, Lendinara, Lusia, Piacenza d'Adige, Vescovana, Vighizzolo d'Este, Villa Estense.

Villanova del Ghebbo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Venice and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,209 and an area of 11.8 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi).The municipality of Villanova del Ghebbo contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bornio and Canton. Villanova del Ghebbo borders the following municipalities: Costa di Rovigo, Fratta Polesine, Lendinara, Lusia, Rovigo.

Vescovana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 22.3 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi).Vescovana borders the following municipalities: Barbona, Boara Pisani, Granze, Rovigo, Sant'Urbano, Stanghella, Villa Estense.

Costa di Rovigo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Rovigo. Costa di Rovigo borders the following municipalities: Arquà Polesine, Fratta Polesine, Rovigo, Villamarzana, Villanova del Ghebbo.

The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilastrello is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic minor basilica church in the city of Lendinara, in the province of Rovigo, region of Veneto, Italy.

Villa Estense is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Venice and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,407 and an area of 16.0 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi).Villa Estense borders the following municipalities: Este, Granze, Sant'Elena, Sant'Urbano, Vescovana, Vighizzolo d'Este.

Lendinara is a comune in the province of Rovigo, Veneto, northern Italy. It is part of the historical and geographical region of Polesine. It is the birthplace of Domenico Montagnana (1680–1750), one of the world's finest violin and cello makers. Tenor Domenico Ronconi was also born in the town. In the latter part of the 19th century, it was the home of Jessie White Mario, the English woman who took an active part in the struggle for the Unification of Italy at the side of Mazzini and Garibaldi. Outside of the town stands the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora del Pilastrello (Our Lady of the Pilaster), at the site of a shrine built in the 16th century to house an icon of the Madonna. The abbey and church were reconstructed in the 19th century.

Sant'Anna or Santa Maria e Sant'Anna is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church in the city of Lendinara, in the province of Rovigo, region of Veneto, Italy.

Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556 by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563 on the site of a medieval castle, which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the façade of a villa. Villa Badoer has been part since 1996 of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".The building is open to the public and one of the wings houses the Museo archeologico nazionale di Fratta Polesine, opened in 2009.

Frattesina is a place in northern Italy near the town of Fratta Polesine which, in the Late Bronze Age, was responsible for the production of much of the glass found in Europe.Frattesina was founded on the river Po, and evidence of glass manufacture dates from ca. 1100 to the tenth century BC. Evidence suggests that not only was alkali glass manufactured there, but also that the site was involved in long-distance trade. Evidence of glazing of pottery has also been found.

Villamarzana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Venice and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Rovigo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,176 and an area of 14.1 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi).The municipality of Villamarzana contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bastion, Boaria, Fondo Cuore, Gambero, Gognano, I Maggio, Preguerre, and Stongarde. Villamarzana borders the following municipalities: Arquà Polesine, Costa di Rovigo, Frassinelle Polesine, Fratta Polesine, Pincara.