Vicenza
Proper noun
Meaning
Vicenza
A city and associated province of Veneto, Italy.
Examples
The earliest tragedies to employ purely classical themes are the Achilles written before 1390 by Antonio Loschi of Vicenza (c.1365–1441) and the Progne of the Venetian Gregorio Correr (1409–1464) which dates from 1428–29.
His nephew Giovanni Rubin was made secretary of state and bishop of Vicenza.
On 1 October 1999, approximately 150 paratroopers from Alpha Company, 1/508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team from Vicenza, Italy parachuted into Uroševac as part of Operation Rapid Guardian.
His talent was recognised by scout Antonio Mora, and he was acquired by the Vicenza youth team at the age of 13 for £300.
The paratrooper from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy, said it was a bit of a change from the unit’s normal jumps.
Vivaldi started his career as an opera composer as a sideline: his first opera, Ottone in villa (RV 729) was performed not in Venice, but at the Garzerie Theater in Vicenza in 1713.