San Bonifacio (Venetian: San Bonifaso ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto , located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Venice and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Verona .
4-474: San Bonifacio borders the following municipalities: Arcole , Belfiore , Gambellara , Lonigo , Monteforte d'Alpone , and Soave . Perlini International SpA was established in San Bonifacio in 1957 by Robert Perlini . Today Perlini is a major employer with its two main truck manufacturing plants occupying an area of 130,000 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft). This article on
8-590: A location in Veneto is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arcole Arcole (pronounced [ˈarkole] ), historically also known as Arcola , is a comune with 5,274 inhabitants in the province of Verona . It is known as the site of the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole . Between 15 and 17 November 1796, the Battle of Arcole took place. Napoleon Bonaparte , recently appointed commander of
12-645: The French Army of Italy , led a rapid and conclusive attack through Italy as part of the French Revolutionary Wars . In April and May of that year he had defeated Piedmont army and driven the Austrian army out of almost all of Northern Italy. In November, Napoleon joined battle with József Alvinczi near the junction of the Adige and Alpone rivers. Despite lacking basic equipment and food,
16-507: The French army went on the offensive. On 14 November, they crossed the Adige. All that remained between the two armies now was the Alpone. On 15–16 November , the French made repeated attempts to cross the bridge at Arcole. These initial assaults were beaten back by Austrian firepower. By 17 November, French flanking moves convinced Alvinczi that he was threatened with encirclement and he ordered
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