A trip through Veneto (and history)

If anything looks wrong, read on the site! Recently my wife and I took a two-day trip to Veneto, wanting to discover the place our families came from when they emigrated to Brazil around 150 years ago. We didn’t have a tight plan, just a list of towns and surnames, but that was more than enough for a good time. It ended up being a very enriching trip, with lots of history, beautiful landscapes and cemeteries. Bassano del Grappa Our first stop was in Bassano del Grappa, after a 3-hour drive. This one has no relation to our family, but it’s a really nice town which we had visited before and wanted to see again. We crossed the Ponte Vecchio, a historic landmark that was first built in 1209, but has been destroyed and rebuilt many times since then. The most recent destruction is the most memorable: in 1945, a group of Partisans (anti-fascist militias) blew up the bridge as part of a plan to hinder Nazi logistics in the region and, as a result, stop the town of Bassano from being bombed.…