Negrar di Valpolicella

{{more citations needed|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Negrar di Valpolicella | official_name = Comune di Negrar di Valpolicella | native_name = | image_skyline = Chiesa di Negrar.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = |image_flag=Negrar di Valpolicella Gonfalone.svg | image_caption = | image_shield =Negrar di Valpolicella-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map =Map of comune of Negrar (province of Verona, region Veneto, Italy).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|45|32|N|10|56|E|type:city(16,705)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Veneto | province = Verona (VR) | frazioni = Arbizzano, Jago, Fane, Mazzano, Montecchio, Prun, Santa Maria, Torbe | mayor_party = Action, elected with: transversal coalition | mayor = Fausto Rossignioli | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 40.5 | population_total = 17119 | population_as_of = 2015 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Negraresi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 190 |istat= | saint = Saint Martin | day = | postal_code = 37024 capoluogo, 37020 frazioni | area_code = 045 | website = {{official website|https://www.comunenegrar.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Negrar di Valpolicella''' is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, about {{convert|110|km|mi}} west of Venice and about {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} northwest of Verona. Since 8 February 2019, the official name has been changed to "Negrar di Valpolicella" (L.R. n. 7, 8 February 2019) after a referendum was held in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comunenegrar.it/po/mostra_news.php?id=813&area=H|title=Risultati ufficiosi Referendum Consultivo Cambio Denominazione|website=www.comunenegrar.it|language=IT|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>

==History== In prehistoric times, it was a center of the Arusnati, a not-well-known population of perhaps mixed origins. In the Middle Ages it was a free commune until it was acquired by the Scaliger of Verona (14th century). Later it was part of the Republic of Venice, under which, in 1791, it received the right to hold a livestock market. In 2020 the municipality announced that a Roman villa had been discovered beneath a local vineyard.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52818746|title=Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard|author=|date=2020-05-27|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>

=== Archaeology ===

{{stack|thumb|Mosaico Negrar}} In May 2020, the discovery of a well-preserved Roman mosaic floor dating to the 3rd century AD buried underneath a vineyard is reported after about a century of searching the site of a long-lost villa.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Rob Picheta|title=Perfectly preserved ancient Roman mosaic floor discovered in Italy|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/negrar-mosaic-floor-italy-discovery-scli-intl/index.html|access-date=2020-09-08|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-27|title=Ancient Roman mosaic floor discovered under vines in Italy|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/ancient-roman-mosaic-floor-discovered-verona-italy|access-date=2020-09-08|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-05-27|title=Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52818746|access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Perfectly preserved ancient Roman mosaic floor unearthed beneath Italian vineyard|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/perfectly-preserved-ancient-roman-mosaic-floor-unearthed-beneath-italian-vineyard/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Economy== Negrar and its villages are mainly devoted to agriculture, with production of cherries, vine and fruit, and of wines such as Valpolicella, Amarone and Recioto.

==Notable people== * Andrea Benvenuti, athlete * Pietro Boselli, engineer, former mathematician and model * Davide Formolo, cyclist * Matteo Manassero, professional golfer * Damiano Tommasi, ex professional footballer, mayor of Verona * Ronnie Quintarelli, racing driver.

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Panorama di Negrar.jpg|Panorama File:Vista San Peretto Negrar.jpg|vineyards File:Panorama colline sopra Negrar.jpg|vineyards File:Villa Mosconi Bertani and Amarone della Valpolicella Classico vineyards.jpg|Villa Mosconi Bertani and Amarone vineyards File:Villa Rizzardi cancello.jpg|Villa Rizzardi and Amarone vineyards </gallery>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.comunenegrar.it/ Official website]

Category:Cities and towns in Veneto