Favaro Veneto

Favaro Veneto is situated on the mainland part of the city of Venice ( quarters 8). The town of 12,000 people situated on the road that leads from the Marco Polo airport to the center of Mestre.

Name

The name suggests a forge ( favaro is the Venetian form of fabbro, the blacksmith ) to go. Whether this is to the Roman stations ( mansiones ) goes back to the highways or on one or more forging, is unclear. In neighboring Altinum there was certainly a Collegium fabrum.

History

The place reaches far back into the Middle Ages. The area was because it was close to the lagoon of Venice, traversed by marshes and wetlands. Only the land reclamation that began in the 14th and 15th centuries and ended in the 20th century, laid the country dry. The division of the Marzenego should protect against flooding and gain more land. Of the numerous waterways today is only the Bazzera visible. The lands acquired were mostly the Venetian nobility and city were leased in the form of Mezzadria.

The center began its development at the intersection of the main routes between the present Via San Dona, Via Triestina, formerly called Spigariola, Via Gobbi and Via Altinia (formerly Desariola ).

After 1300 came a part of the territory that belonged to the Villa della Comunità di S. Andrea di Favaro, together with the church and the Torre di Dese and of Texaria ( Tessera) to congregations of the Franciscan Order. They put dry as the first swamps, of which it was feared the dangers of different diseases, especially malaria. By 1600 there emerged small accommodations that were inhabited from early spring to late autumn. Residents laid gardens, attracted medicinal herbs and sell them. There were also viticulture, you raised chickens, pigeons and pigs. Many came to the markets of Venice, but also in the local monasteries. The Franciscan " Pax et bonum " can still be found in many buildings of the town.

In the 18th century the place of the wealthy Venetian family Fornoni was dominated. The name refers to forno, the stove, and can possibly be traced back to the 12th century.

From 1819 to 1866 Favaro Veneto Deputazione Comunale was under Austrian rule, 1866-1926 Comune (city ) in the context of the Kingdom of Italy. From here, during this time, the places Camp Alto, Tessera, Dese and Ca ' Noghera ruled today form the quarters n ° 8 of the Comune di Venezia. Antonio Fornoni (1825-1897) was a senator and mayor of Venice, 1872-1875.

1873 Palazzo Municipale, the town hall was built on the Piazza Pastrello. 1930 was significantly increased. It is similar villas of the Veneto. Today it is the seat of the Consiglio di quarters of the district council.

In 1900 Giulio was Fornoni Mayor of Favaro Veneto. At the beginning of the First World War was a significant part of their property to the Scaramuzza family. The headquarters was occupied until 1918 by the military. The Fornoni family died out in 1960 and their possessions went to the Venetian Brotherhood Fatebenefratelli. This in turn was replaced by the Azienda Sanitaria di Venezia, which owns the property now. As of 2003, the buildings were renovated. They serve the Farm today. There, now houses a museum of Civiltà Contadina, rural culture, led by the Associazione Culturale Terra Antica. The organization, founded in 1992 Mestre has its headquarters in Via Monte Boe 3 / a in Favaro Veneto.