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Lonigo

Lonigo
Comune
Comune di Lonigo
Coat of arms of Lonigo
Coat of arms
Lonigo is located in Italy
Lonigo
Lonigo
Location of Lonigo in Italy
Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 11°23′0″E / 45.38333°N 11.38333°E / 45.38333; 11.38333
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province / Metropolitan city Vicenza (VI)
Frazioni Almisano, Bagnolo, Lobia Vicentina, Madonna, Monticello
Government
 • Mayor Sergio Poreno (commissioner)
Area
 • Total 49 km2 (19 sq mi)
Population (31 March 2009)
 • Total 15,904
 • Density 320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Leoniceni
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 36045
Dialing code 0444
Patron saint Sts. Quirico and Giulitta
Saint day March 25
Website Official website

Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16.000 inhabitants.

In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site. There are a number of villas associated with the Pisani family in the Veneto, and there is a second one in Lonigo - usually called "Rocca Pisana", it was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi.

Outside the town is the church and complex of the 16th-century Santuario Santa Maria dei Miracoli.

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