Monte Berico by iandsmith
The portici edged street (Viale X Giugno) leading up the cypress-clad hill of Monte Berico to the basilica's outstanding dome, originally built in the 15th century but enlarged in the 18th.It is dedicated to the Virgin who supposedly appeared here to announce that Vicenza would be spared from the plague that enveloped the area in 1426 to 1428.
