Discover what to do in Costabissara: the fish and baccalà festival, Villa Bissari, Sforza, Colleoni, the Church of San Giorgio Martire. Do you want to know more? First of all…
Where is Costabissara?
The municipality of Costabissara borders to the northeast with Caldogno, to the northwest with Isola Vicentina, to the southwest with Monteviale, to the southeast with Vicenza, to the east with Caldogno and Vicenza, to the west with Isola Vicentina, Gambugliano and Monteviale.
The fish and baccalà festival
The event takes place at the beginning of September at the Palacosta sports facility. An ideal appointment for gourmets, the event showcases the exquisite dish based on stockfish, one of the protagonists of the gastronomic culture of the Vicenza area.
On the occasion of the event, the vast spaces of the sports hall fill with long rows of benches and well-aligned tables, among which the aromas of high-quality fish specialties spread: sardines in saor, fish sauce risottos, crispy and tasty fried dishes, salmon gnocchi, baccalà pie, swordfish and sea bream on the grill are just some of the exquisite dishes that make up the rich and delicious menu that you can accompany with mugs of beer and local wine excellences.
If you are wondering what to do in Costabissara and you love good fish cuisine, live music and dance evenings, this event will certainly be for you!
Villa Bissari, Sforza, Colleoni
Located at Via Sant’Antonio, 37/39, Villa Bissari is one of the most significant architectural works in the municipality of Costabissara.
Built on the ruins of a thousand-year-old fortification, the sumptuous manor house extends over three floors and is crowned by a motif of hanging arches surmounted by refined Guelph battlements.
The northeast-facing façade has four windows with trilobed pointed arches on the ground floor. On the piano nobile there are four trilobed single-lancet windows, above which stand another four windows surmounted by round arches.
The noble residence is accessible through a mighty crenellated structure in which two portals open, culminating in pointed arches.
The front of the imposing entrance bears elaborate noble coats of arms, three pointed arch windows protected by wrought iron grilles and, at the bottom right, a sacred pictorial representation.
Harmoniously set in a enchanting wooded natural park, the stately home rises on a hill dotted with majestic ancient trees separated by soaring medieval walls from the radiant rural landscape of the small municipality bordering Vicenza.
Chiesa di San Giorgio Martire
Located at Via Roma, 7, the spectacular place of worship is set in the urban heart of Costabissara. The double-pitched façade has two superimposed orders culminating in a large denticulated triangular tympanum.
Rhythmed by bundles of Ionic pilasters, the base of the front is divided into five sections, the central one, wider, features a massive wooden door surmounted by a semicircular pediment and flanked by semicircular niches in which the sculptures of two saints are placed.
Divided into three sections by composite pilasters, the order has an elaborate rose window at the center, on the sides of which two niches with statues of saints open.
To conclude the vertical development of the front, a cross with trilobed ends soars on the top of the tympanum, bearing a quadrilobed opening at the center.
Along the side walls of the building, made of both stone and brick, elegant mullioned windows surmounted by oculi open.
Inside, the church has a single hall with a floor decorated with a checkerboard pattern.
The walls of the nave are rhythmed by wide arches framed by pilasters and bearing circular openings on the top. Two white columns anticipate the apse area, in the center of which is a valuable pipe organ.
