Rovigo Attractions

In the south of the Veneto region, on the Naviglio Adigetto, lies the provincial capital of Rovigo (7m/23ft; pop. 53,000). In the center of the town in the elongated Piazza Vittorio Emanuele are a tall column bearing the lion of St Mark, the Palazzo del Municipio or Loggia dei Notai (Town Hall, with tower) and the Pinacoteca dei Concordi (picture gallery, with paintings of the Venetian school). To the west is the cathedral (17th century; restored) and to the north of this two towers and the remains of the old castle. In the east of the town is the pilgrimage church of "La Rotonda" (1600).