Editing Vicenza (section)

=== 19th century and later ===
After 1814, Vicenza passed to the [[Austrian Empire]]. In 1848, however, the populace rose against Austria, more violently than in any other Italian centre apart from Milan and Brescia (the city would receive the highest award for military valour for the courage displayed by revolutionaries in this period). As a part of the [[Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia]], it was annexed to [[unification of Italy|Italy]] after the [[Austro-Prussian War|Third War of Italian independence]].

Vicenza's area was a location of major combat in both [[World War I]] (on the Asiago plateau) and [[World War II]] (a focal center of the Italian resistance), and it was the most damaged city in Veneto by [[Bombing of Vicenza in World War II|Allied bombings]], including many of its monuments; the civil victims were over 2,000. The end of World War II was followed by a period of depression, caused by the devastation during the two world wars. In the 1960s, the whole central part of Veneto, witnessed a strong economic development caused by the emergence of small and medium family businesses, ranging in a vast array of products (that often emerged illegally) that paved the way for what would be known as the ''"miracolo del nord-est"'' ("miracle of the northeast").
In the following years, the economic development grew vertiginously. Huge industrial areas sprouted around the city, massive and disorganized urbanization and employment of foreign immigrants increased.

Vicenza is home to the [[United States Army|US Army]] [[Military base|post]] [[Caserma Ederle]] (Camp Ederle), also known as the [[U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza]]. In 1965, [[Caserma Ederle]] became the [[headquarters]] of the Southern European Task Force, which includes the [[173d Airborne Brigade]]. In January 2006, the [[European Gendarmerie Force]] was inaugurated in Vicenza.