Sommacampagna

Sommacampagna

Province: Verona

Fractions: Boxes, Custoza

Neighboring municipalities: Sona, Valeggio, Verona, Villafranca di Verona

Altitude: Population: Local inhabitants

Lying on the hills, Sommacampagna (Latin Summacampania, campaign highest) is just 16km from the center of Verona. Thanks to the presence of a mild climate, Sommacampagna boasts a rich production of wine and peaches. Just in recent years has developed the cultivation of vines, giving rise to numerous wineries. The city is connected to two highways (A4 and A22) and an airport (CATULLO)

STORY SOMMACAMPAGNA

Some archaeological finds from the Bronze Age, make sense settlements in the area in prehistoric times. Many, over the centuries, were the steps of armies and then dominations: Romans, Huns, Lombards, Franks, into submission to the king of Italy Berengario, who built a castle in the high position, overlooking the plain (now headquarters of the church San Rocco), for many centuries the public square where it joined the “Vicinia” and sbrigavano most important business.
After World War II Sommacampagna has experienced strong industrial development but also civil consequence of the demographic population.

EVENTS SOMMACAMPAGNA

Do not miss the carnival (mask the country MESSER Gidino), feast of St. Louis (the first weekend of August), Feast of Our Lady (August), Annual exhibition of ancient Sommacampagna (local products, agricultural machinery, amusement park, evenings Smooth ..), wine festival (2nd weekend of September), the festival of Custoza broccoli (first week of January), I mean I enjoy it (sports tournaments), Marathon Custoza.