Valmarana family

"Valmarana" redirects here. For the place, see Altavilla Vicentina.
Family coat of arms[1]
Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, Portrait of the Valmarana family (16th century), Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza.
Valmarana family coat of arms in the crypt of the church of Santa Corona in Vicenza
Valmarana family coat of arms in the crypt of the church of Santa Corona in Vicenza

The Valmarana family is an aristocratic family in Vicenza, one branch of which also held Venetian patrician status. Its motto was "Plus Ultra" (Further). They were named after the village of Valmarana (now part of Altavilla Vicentina) in the Berici Hills, where they held fiefs from the bishop of Vicenza.[2]

  1. ^ (in Italian) Piero Guelfi Camaiani, Dizionario araldico, Milano, Hoepli, 1940, p. 279.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Antonio Canova, Giovanni Mantese, I castelli medioevali del Vicentino, Vicenza, Accademia Olimpica, 1979, p. 76, ISBN 88-87061-09-2.