Borgo Pusterla
Borgo Pusterla or Borgo San Marco is the part of the historic center of Vicenza that developed - during the Middle Ages and especially during the modern age - along the ancient road that led north out of the city from Porta Pusterla, in the area between the Bacchiglione river to the south, the Venetian fortified walls (the present-day Viale Bartolomeo D'Alviano and Viale Fratelli Bandiera) to the north and the Astichello river to the east. == History == === Roman era === Until the end of the first millennium, the whole area was marshland and subject to frequent flooding from the torrential river Astico, which at that time flowed roughly in the present-day bed of the Astichello.