Arzignano owes its name to "Arzene", or embankment, a Venetian term with which we want to witness the hard work of moving the riverbed from the center of the valley. This town is located along the course of the Chiampo stream, which also gives its name to the valley, between the green hills of Vicenza and the wonderful Lessinia Natural Regional Park.

To make this protected area an ideal destination for visitors looking for a genuine contact with nature and the ancient traditions of the mountain people, are the gentle grassy peaks, with its animals free to graze, the fearsome scattered rock formations on the territory, the numerous valleys and canyons that furrow the ground and the unique and typical products that only such a wild territory can offer.

To visit we find, the Arzignano Castle, whose first evidence dates back to 1370, a time when the fear of external incursions and internal struggles within the family led the Scaligeri to build castles and fortresses throughout the conquered territory. Built on the Colle di Santa Maria, by the Scala family in the 14th century, after having removed and defeated the Counts of Arzignano, a branch of the renowned Maltraversi family.

The lords of Verona remained to govern the area until 1387, when it passed into the hands of the Visconti, who restored and strengthened the fortress. In the fifteenth century Arzignano passed under the dominion of the Republic of Venice, and in that period it was besieged by the Hungarian knights led by Filippo Buondelmonti degli Scolari.