Scorzè

Scorzè is a big town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Venice

Province of Venice

The Province of Venice is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice.It has an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 829,418 . There are 44 comuni in the province . As of 2005, the main comuni by population are:-External links:* * : photos of...

, in the Italian

Italy

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 region of Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 15 km southwest of Treviso

Treviso

Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...

 and about 20 km northwest of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

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The country is bordered by Zero Branco

Zero Branco

Zero Branco is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 20 km northwest of Venice and about 10 km southwest of Treviso....

, Trebaseleghe

Trebaseleghe

Trebaseleghe is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 25 km northwest of Venice and about 25 km northeast of Padua....

 and Noale

Noale

Noale is a town in the province of Venezia, Veneto, Italy.The town is home to the cult Hard rock/Heavy Metal band Catarrhal Noise, and to the motorcycle company Aprilia.The most important event of the town in the Palio ....

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The municipality of Scorzè contains many hamlets which are: Rio San Martino, Peseggia, Cappella

Cappella

Cappella was an Italian Eurodance act formed in 1987 by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti. The act went through a number of line-up changes over the years but was most successful in the early 1990s when it was fronted by British performers Kelly Overett and Rodney Bishop...

 and Gardigiano .

Geography

As of 2010 Scorzè had an estimated population of 19,798.
The streets SR515 and SR245 intersect in the town.

History

In the Middle Ages, the town was a centre for leather tanning

Tanning

Tanning is the making of leather from the skins of animals which does not easily decompose. Traditionally, tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound from which the tanning process draws its name . Coloring may occur during tanning...

, and the tanners (scorzeri) gave the town its name. It is first mentioned by Pope Eugene III

Pope Eugene III

Pope Blessed Eugene III , born Bernardo da Pisa, was Pope from 1145 to 1153. He was the first Cistercian to become Pope.-Early life:...

 in a Papal bull

Papal bull

A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....

 of 1152. In 1338 it was annexed by Venice, and in 1815 it became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Economy

The economy of Scorzè is mainly based on a local mineral water

Mineral water

Mineral water is water containing minerals or other dissolved substances that alter its taste or give it therapeutic value, generally obtained from a naturally occurring mineral spring or source. Dissolved substances in the water may include various salts and sulfur compounds...

 industry, and cultivation of radicchio di Treviso .