Rio San Martino


Rio San Martino is a small town which belongs to the municipality of Scorzè in the province of Venice.

History

There are very few historical information about Rio San Martino, reflecting the poor relevance of the town. Probable the Roman origin, since the center of the village rises near the intersection between a cardo and a decumanus of the altinate centuriation. The place names of Gallese and Sermazza could refer to two barbaric settlements, respectively of Gauls and Sarmatian.
Rio San Martino is mentioned in 1152 as a chapel dependent on the parish church of Zero.
During the Republic of Venice, the villa of Rio San Martino was divided into five districts.

Monuments and places of interest

Parish church

In ancient times was a chapel of the parish church of Zero, from 1560 it has its own rector.
The current building was consecrated on 20 April 1512. Restored in 1761, it was significantly modified in 1958 with enlargement works. Inside is preserved the San Martino altarpiece and the poor attributed to Sante Peranda, while the ceiling fresco, and the one above the entrance, were commissioned in 1811 to Giovanni Carlo Bevilacqua. Other works by the same author have been lost: the Madonna del Rosario canvas between San Vincenzo and San Domenico and the frescoes La Fede, Speranza and Carità and the Sacrifice of Abraham. The frescoes of the presbytery are by prof. Soligo. The organ, by Domenico Malvestio, built at the beginning of the twentieth century, comes from the archpriest church of Noale.
The bell tower is from 1846 to 1856.

Culture

Festivals and events