View of Castello Superiore di Marostica

The climb begins with a view of the Upper Castle, which stands on the highest point of the Pausolino hill. The castle built in Roman times and then revived in the Middle Ages, has a square base with four small towers on the sides and a large central tower, surrounded by cypresses.

Above the town is the ruined Castello Superiore. In the parish church of S. Antonio Abate is the painting Paul Preaching in Athens, a major work by Jacopo Bassano, 1574.

Marostica is a town with 14,105 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Vicenza, Veneto region. The municipality covers an area of 36 km².
The town is famous for the live chess game (with actors in "medieval" costumes), which has been held every two years for several decades on the town's arcaded piazza. It commemorates a legendary game for the hand of the castle lord's daughter, supposedly played in 1454. Worth seeing are the monumental Castello da Basso (Castello Inferiore, 14th-15th century) on this square, as well as the ruined Castello Superiore on the rock above the town. In the parish church of S. Antonio Abate there is the painting Paul Preaching in Athens, a major work by Jacopo Bassano, 1574.