title: Lonigo
text: # Lonigo
  
  Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.
  
  In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site. Another villa in the comune, Rocca Pisana, was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi.
  
  Outside the town is the church and complex of the 16th-century Sanctuary of Madonna dei Miracoli.
  
  ## Transport
  
  * Lonigo railway station
  
  ## Twin towns
  
  Lonigo is twinned with:
  
  * Abensberg, Germany, since 1999
  
  ## Sport
  
  Lonigo is well known for motorcycle speedway and has a stadium known as the Santa Marina Stadium, which is a 5,000-capacity venue. Lonigo had previously had another speedway venue from 1947 to 1972.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Mei Zhanchun (1864–1923), Franciscan Order Roman Catholic priest
  