The Marca
Trevigiana is a land rich in art, history and culture
The
Province of Treviso is as hospitable as genuine, as for the flavors
and the warmth of its people. The careful and tactful welcome
will not disappoint you.
Let's treat yourself to a nice stay in the Province of Treviso,
tasting the local good cuisine and the excellent DOC and DOCG
wines, typical products with IGP and DOP denomination, like sparrow-grass,
red chicory and shepherd cheese. This province, called the Marca
Trevigiana, cannot be described in few words. Every town with
its walls, the medieval villages and historical palaces tell their
own history.
Treviso can really be compared to an amphitheatre, where the province
is on the stage and all around there are the Prealps, the Dolomites,
Venice, the beaches of Jesolo and Caorle and much more.
TREVISO...
Treviso is also known as 'la città dipinta', that is the
'painted town', because of the façades of the frescoed
palaces. The town is lulled by the resurgence waters of the Sile
River, navigable until Venice.
....AND THE PLAIN
Regular farms, orthogonal streets, routes outlined in detail:
these still visible elements represent the traces of the old Roman
centuriation of Altino, to the south of Treviso. The towns such
as Mogliano and Preganziol still retain the old centurial structures,
related to agriculture since the ancient time. This area is characterized
by the presence of many villas and magnificient residences of
the seventeenth century, that belonged to the rich Venetian noble
families, and were built along the Sile River and Terraglio, two
strategic trade routes. The mainly agricultural setting of this
territory remained unchanged until the time of Austrian domination,
with the construction of the railway network that clearly changed
the structure of the urban network.
This area is crossed by the Musone River
and the northward course of Sile River ,
it is surrounded by the middle course of the Brenta River and
by the right side of the Piave River, and it is situated to the
south of the hills of Asolo and the Montello. The origins of the
south-western area of the Marca Trevigiana date back to the time
of the ancient Roman centuriation, this area still retains the
traces of medieval fortificated towns, of the noble villas and
the railway network after the unification. Many religious buildings
and rich noble villas in this area represent precious traces of
the past centuries. Villa Lattes in Istrana, Palazzo Ravagnini
in Fossalunga, Barcon in Vedelago, Ca' Amata in Salvarosa, Villa
Emo in Fanzolo still remind us of great men, such as Andrea
Palladio, Giorgio Massari, Alessandro Vittoria and the noble
families of the eighteenth century.
A 'pearl' of this territory is Castelfranco Veneto, thanks to
its ancient defensive walls, the famous Academy Theatre, the English
park, and also for being the birthplace of Giorgione, which still
keeps his house and the famous altarpiece inside the cathedral.
ASOLO, MONTELLO AND THE MOUNT GRAPPA
You can recognize this town, clung to the hill, by its millenary
fortress that dominates the entire town. It was loved by Eleonora
Duse, who was buried here. In Maser and in Vedelago you can also
visit two famous Palladian villas, Barbaro and Villa Emo Capodilista.
It is impossible to mention them all, anyway, the most important
villas are more than forty. In Possagno, the birthplace of Canova,
you can see the temple and the plaster casts.
The North-East is famous for the hills of 'Prosecco' vineyards,
at the foot of the Alps.
Then, a great plain crossed by an ancient Roman road, the Postumia,
in the north-western Marca, bounded by the hills of Asolo, Montello,
the Piave River and the Mount Grappa. The two towns of Roman origins
still represent the most important centers of the area: Asolo
and Montebelluna, surrounded by a series of small towns founded
during the Middle Ages as military garrisons. Do not forget to
visit the villas of the fifteenth century, seventeenth and eighteenth
century, that were built in a place of particular beauty from
the environmental point of view, such as Villa Loredan, along
the street Castellana, and the Villa Barbaro in Maser. In the
territory around the Montello and the Mount Grappa, you can still
find the traces of the First World War, that is cemeteries, city
museums and the imposing military memorial.
Valdobbiadene
and Conegliano are famous for their delicious white wines, Prosecco
and Cartizze. Here is a list of some of the many interesting places
to visit and admire: the Castle of Conegliano and its medieval
centre, the Abbey of Follina, the Cansiglio Forest, the caves
Caglieron, the watermill Molinetto della Croda, Collalto castle
and other castles, Ceneda and Serravalle in Vittorio Veneto, the
Valley, the 'Castelbrando' castle and the Revine lakes.
Among the pre-Alps, the valley Valmareno and the Cansiglio upland,
there is one of the largest and better preserved forests that
exist in Italy. It owes its richness to the historical wine route
of Prosecco. The northern area of the Marca Trevigiana has ancient
origins that go back to the Paleovenetian civilization. In the
valley Valmareno, Romans created a centuriation, then the Franks
came here during the Middle Ages, after that there was the period
of the bishops-counts and then the period of the Serenissima Republic
of Venice.
Nowadays, there is still a street that goes back to the period
of the Venetian rule, it connected the Venetian lagoon with the
Austrian Dolomites. Now, this street is called Pontebbana until
the area near Conegliano, but northward it still keeps the original
name of the nineteenth century 'Via d'Alemagna'.
This zone is characterized by the presence of military garrisons,
walled towns, fortified villages, many churches and noble buildings.
The towns in this area are Vittorio Veneto and Conegliano, famous
for being the birthplace of the painter Giovanni Battista Cima.
Today, the richness of the northern area of the Marca Trevigiana
is due to the vine growing and the production of Prosecco wine.
The east of the
Marca Trevigiana is located between the rivers Piave and Livenza.
These were the main trade routes, besides the two ancient Roman
streets Postumia and Annia.
Owing to the conformation of this territory, the urban centers
were created between waterways and crossroads, such as Motta di
Livenza and Portobuffole'. Nowadays, the territory still has its
ancient aspect, characterized by villages that often developed
near a church or a votive chapel. Over the years, the environmental
area created a typical river landscape, as in the case of the
bed of Piave River, made up of gravel.
Translation by Dr. Chiara Botteon - Translator & Tour Guide
traduzione offerta dalla
dott.ssa Chiara Botteon
Traduttore & Accompagnatore Turistico
