Chioggia

Coordinates: 45°13′11″N 12°16′44″E / 45.219643°N 12.278885°E / 45.219643; 12.278885
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Chioggia
Cióxa (Venetian)
Comune
Città di Chioggia
Coat of arms of Chioggia
Coat of arms
Chioggia within the Metropolitan City of Venice
Chioggia within the Metropolitan City of Venice
Location of Chioggia
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
30015
Dialing code041
Patron saintSan Felice and San Fortunato
Saint dayJune 11
WebsiteOfficial website
Town Hall (Palazzo Municipale)
Cathedral
Santa Maria or Garibaldi Gate
Canal Vena
Canal scene in late 19th-century Chioggia, by Gustav Bauernfeind

Chioggia (Italian:

Latin: Clodia) is a coastal town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy
.

Geography

The town is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the

Lagoon of Venice about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Venice[4] (50 km (31 mi) by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its frazione, nowadays a quarter, of Sottomarina
. The population of the comune is around 50,000, with the town proper accounting for about half of that and Sottomarina for most of the rest.

The municipality, located in south of the province, close to the provinces of Padua and Rovigo, borders with Campagna Lupia, Cavarzere, Codevigo, Cona, Correzzola, Loreo, Rosolina and Venice.

History

Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in antiquity, although they are first mentioned in Pliny[5] as the fossa Clodia. Local legend attributes this name to its founding by a Clodius, but the origin of this belief is not known.

The name of the town has changed often, being Clodia, Cluza, Clugia, Chiozza, Chiozzo,

sand bar about 600 m further into the Adriatic. A free commune and an episcopal see from 1110, it had later an important role in the so-called War of Chioggia between Genoa and Venice, being conquered by Genoa in 1378 and finally by Venice in June 1380. Although the town remained largely autonomous, it was always thereafter subordinate to Venice. On 14 March 1381, Chioggia concluded an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Venice, and finally Chioggia became better protected by Venice in 1412, because Šibenik became in 1412 the seat of the main customs office and the seat of the salt consumers office with a monopoly on the salt trade in Chioggia and on the whole Adriatic Sea
.

Culture

Until the 19th century, women in Chioggia wore an outfit based on an

lace-making; like Pellestrina, but unlike Burano, this lace is made using bobbins
.

Chioggia served Carlo Goldoni as the setting of his play Le baruffe chiozzotte, one of the classics of Italian literature: a baruffa was a loud brawl, and chiozzotto (today more frequently chioggiotto in Italian, or cioxoto in Venetian) is the demonym for Chioggia. Goldoni took his setting seriously: the play is replete with lacemaking, fishermen, and other local color.

Main sights

Chioggia is often called "Little Venice", with a few canals, chief among them the Canale Vena, and the characteristic narrow streets known as calli. Chioggia has several medieval churches, much reworked in the period of its greatest prosperity in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The church dedicated to

Baldassarre Longhena
.

The church of St. Andrew (18th century) has a bell tower from the 11th-12th centuries, the most ancient tower watch in the world. The interior has a Crucifixion by

Palma the Elder
.

Economy

Fishing is historically the livelihood of the port, and remains a significant economic sector. Other important modern industries include textiles, brick-making and steel; and Sottomarina, with 60 hotels and 17 campgrounds, is almost entirely given over to seafront tourism.

Demography

Traditions and folklore

During the third week end of June, the festival of Palio della Marciliana takes place.

Particularity of surnames

Chioggia represents an almost unique demographic case in Italy: the most common surname among the inhabitants of Chioggia is Zennaro, while the most common surnames of Sottomarina are Boscolo and Tiozzo.

Because of the large number of people with the same surname, the comune officialized what is known as "detto" (popular nicknames used to distinguish the various branches of the same family). These "third names" are inserted in every official document, including the driving license and the identity card.

Notable people

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Twin towns — Sister cities

Chioggia is

twinned
with:

Trivia

Chioggia gives its name to a variety of beetroot, radicchio (Italian chicory), and pumpkin (Marina di Chioggia).

See also

  • A.C. Chioggia Sottomarina

References

  1. ^ Nowadays a quarter
  2. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chioggia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 235–236.
  5. ^ NH III.xvi.121
  6. ^ a b "Chiozzo", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771.
  7. ^ History of Chioggia
  8. Beazley, Charles Raymond (1911). "Conti, Nicolo de'" . Encyclopædia Britannica
    . Vol. 7 (11th ed.). pp. 28–29.
  9. ^ Biggar, Henry Percival (1911). "Cabot, John" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). pp. 921–923.
  10. ^ "Zarlino, Gioseffo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 960–961.

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