Zimella
Welcome to Zimella, in Veneto!
Hello friends! Today I want to talk to you about a small scattered town located in the province of Verona and called Zimella (in Venetian "Simèla"). This place really deserves a visit and I'll tell you why!
Geographical data
Zimella is about 39 kilometers away from Verona, in the eastern part of the province. It extends over a flat surface 25 meters above sea level, right where the provinces of Verona and Vicenza meet. There are four hamlets that make it up: Zimella, which gives the name to the municipality, Santo Stefano (with the municipal seat), Volpino and Bonaldo, for a total of about 4,900 inhabitants.
The history of Zimella
Our visit to Zimella begins with a brief digression about its history. Historical artifacts, including a funerary stele and a funerary plaque, testify to the presence of Roman communities already in the first or second century AD. Not only that: there are also traces of centuriation, the land division system typical of the Roman era.
The territory suffered the misfortunes and miseries of various barbarian invasions after the fall of the Roman Empire. From 1277 to 1387 the area was under the rule of the Scaliger Signoria, which created canals and embankments, regulating the flow of water and thus reclaiming the territory.
After the fall of the Scaligeri and the brief parenthesis of Visconti and Carrara rule, in 1405 the area passed under the rule of the Republic of Venice, which lasted until 1797.
The Serenissima established that this territory would be directly under the Dorsoduro Sestiere in Venice. This decision explains the presence of interesting noble villas throughout the municipality, including Villa Cornaro, Villa Donà delle Rose and Villa Morosini, in Santo Stefano.
With the end of the Republic of Venice and the consequent French domination, Santo Stefano, Volpino and Zimella lost their prerogative as a municipality, until 1807, when Viceroy Eugenio Beauharnais established the "Community of Zimella," including Zimella, Volpino, Santo Stefano and part of Bonaldo.
After the alternating French and Austrian occupations, in 1866 Zimella was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
Art and culture
If you love art and culture, Zimella has a lot to offer. The territory is rich in archaeological artifacts from Roman culture, such as funerary steles discovered around the church of Zimella. In the archaeological museum of Verona, many other relics from the Roman era can be admired, while the civic museum of Cologna Veneta houses minor relics, attributable to the Roman and medieval eras (daggers and swords).
Zimella is also known for its noble villas, tangible testimony to the noble past that characterized the territory during the Venetian period.
Conclusions
In short, Zimella is a small town with a thousand facets, which jealously preserves the treasures of its history and culture. I invite you to go and visit it, perhaps during a nice day trip, and discover for yourself the wonders that this place can offer.
