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Mirano

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The origins of Mirano go back to ancient history. In fact the parish lies at the center of a large Roman encampment, with streets which cross at right angles, on the 'grid' system, still easily recognisable today from the map. The Roman grid system seems to come to an end at the River Muson, possibly destroyed as a result of Venetian hydraulic engineering. However the Muson appears on the seal of the ancient Republic of Padua as a definite boundary. In fact in the Middle Ages this area gravitaded towards Padua, wich maintained a castle there during the reign of the Carraresi during the period of the great agricultural reclamation carried out by the Benedictines. Mirano followed in the footsteps of Padua and also came under Venetian dominion in 1403. It later suffered devastation at the hands of the Imperial army in 1509 during the wars of the League of Cambrai. However, Venetian dominion, which lasted till 1797, populated Mirano with aristocratic villas, patrician and rural house which still beautify its countryside as part of a tremendous agricultural growth. A particular wine was produced which was much in demand by the navy because it withstood shaking and travelled so well. This period also saw the digging of the Taglio, a straight canal which connected the River Muson directly to the Riviera del Brenta and continued on under the name of 'Nuovissimo' right along the lagoon until Chioggia. The canal made Mirano an important center of Veneto river navigation and encouraged its industrial and commercial development in the period immediately following the unification of Italy, until the age of road transport. Mirano is favoured from this point of view too, situated as it is at the centre of an excellent network of roads.