Longare

Longare is a Northeast Italian municipality ( comune ) with 5624 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Vicenza in the Veneto region. The community is located about 9 kilometers southeast of Vicenza on Bacchiglione.

Personalities

  • Gelindo Bordin ( born 1959 ), Olympic gold medalist in the marathon (Seoul, 1988)

Trivia

Near Longare is the U.S. military base Site Pluto. Here nuclear weapons are stored.

Traffic

Passing through the municipality, the former State Road 247 Rivieravon Vicenza to Este.

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