Discover Borgoricco

Borgoricco combines an exceptionally clearly recognizable landscape with evidence from different periods. The Graticolato of Borgoricco forms a checkerboard pattern with long, straight roads. Those interested in Roman history and the cultivated cultural landscape of Veneto will find a place here where historical order, the museum, and religious buildings offer different ways of engaging with the history and cultural landscape of Veneto.

The Roman Graticolato as the Character of the Town

The straight roads of the Graticolato give Borgoricco a distinctive spatial legibility. The pattern refers to Roman land surveying, whose divisions remain an important part of the town’s character to this day. The centuriae of Roman land surveying were squares with sides measuring approximately 710 metres.

For your travel planning, this means that Borgoricco can be experienced not only through individual destinations but also through the structure of the town. Straight lines, regularly laid-out areas, and the preserved historical character form the backdrop for the cultural sites associated with the town. This is a different approach from simply following a sequence of sights and is particularly interesting if you would like to consider landscape and history together.

Museum and Roman History

The Museo della Centuriazione Romana is divided into three sections dedicated to the prehistoric and early historic, Roman, and post-ancient periods. Its chronological scope therefore extends beyond Roman land surveying. The collection places local history within several periods, providing a broader perspective on the development of the area.

Among the remarkable exhibits is a Roman horse burial that remains exceptionally well preserved. It gives the Roman section a concrete and vivid individual artefact. Together with the division into three periods, this creates a destination that takes account of both the earliest settlement and the Roman and post-ancient history.

Churches and Venetian Architecture

The religious buildings also reflect different historical periods. The present building of the parish church of S. Leonardo was constructed in 1772 as a single-nave church. In Via Straelle, the Oratorio del Rosario has a sundial dated 1684. Both dates reveal the chronological depth of the local architectural and commemorative culture, even though the buildings do not belong to the same period.

Further sites date from the 20th century: The archpriest’s church of S. Eufemia was rebuilt in 1946, and the parish church of San Michele delle Badesse was consecrated in 1957. Borgoricco therefore shows not only preserved older architecture but also how religious buildings were newly constructed or continued in later decades. The church of San Nicolò in Favariego is one of the oldest religious buildings in the Camposampierese area.

Villa Bressanin is a typical Venetian villa with a barchessa and complements the religious landmarks with a secular example of Venetian architecture. Together, the museum, churches, Oratorio, and villa create a varied cultural profile: Roman land surveying stands alongside later religious buildings and a Venetian villa, without these sites belonging to a single period.

Putting Other Places in Veneto into Context

If you would like to compare Borgoricco with other places on the portal, you can also visit Agna, Maserà Di Padova, Saletto, Saccolongo, Monselice, Cornoleda, Padua and Pontelongo.

To the higher-level travel overview: Padua.