Vittorio Veneto, holiday in Italy, near Venice and Treviso |
This small town ( 30.000 inhabitants) boasts one of Italy’s most beautiful Medieval settlement, like the Flaminio Square in the town of Serravalle, completely surrounded by Middle Ages and Renaissance buildings. Vittorio Veneto itself is a mine of art history treasures, and it is, at the same time, the most convenient departure point for your easy one day tour by car to explore other Venetian old towns all connected by a convenient highway: Venice (62 km), Padua (102 km), Vicenza (125 km), Belluno (41km), Asolo (61 km). The pink Dolomites paradise is reachable with a day trip, you can take the cable car of Tofane ( 3000 msl), enjoy breathtaking landscapes of mountains and forests, and be back in your villa or apartment in Vittorio Veneto before nightfall. You can also reach the sandy and sunny beaches of Adriatic sea ( Jesolo, Caorle, Bibione, Lignano) within a short car drive.
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Self catering holiday accommodation
If you prefer to spend a quieter holiday, without being busy with tours or with out of town car drives, you can stay in Vittorio Veneto itself or in its nearest surroundings, and play any kind of outdoor activities (golfing, riding, biking, hiking). Vittorio Veneto is surrounded by hills with fields, vineyards and forests, and also by mountains 1500msl: for this reason is a paradise for those who enjoy walking and cycling. It is also very pleasant and enjoyable to spend the day walking through the paths in town, rich of gardens, villas and antique buildings. A very large street market is held at on Mondays. Vittorio Veneto with its short-term homes and apartments is the best departure point for one day visits to Venice, to Padua and to Dolomites.
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In the past there where two clearly divided settlements, Serravalle of Roman origin and Ceneda of early Venetian extraction. In the Middle Ages the walled town of Serravalle was a feud of the Signori Da Camino. The town was well known for the temper and strength of the blades and the swords forged by the masters of Serravalle and Ceneda as to do so you’d have to deep the blade in the constant temperature of the Meschio river water (11°C).
The two towns have been unified in 1866, when the whole Veneto beca me part of the Italian Kingdom, and the new town took the name of Vittorio, in honour of the king Vittorio Emanuele. The final battles of the First World War along the river Piave, and on the hills of Grappa and Montello, which decided the defeat of the Austrian army, lasted ten days, since October 24th to November 3rd 1918. At the end of the Second World War Partisans fought against Nazi-Fascist troops on the mountains surrounding Vittorio Veneto. |
Architecture details, in Vittorio Veneto and its neighbouroods, and Treviso |
Art and history jewels
Thanks to its location, being a door between the Dolomites and the Adriatic region of Venice, a Castrum of Roman times, a walled town in the Middle Ages, a passage for the merchants and artists, and a flourishing town in the Renaissance, a residence of the Venetian nobles in 1700 and 1800, Vittorio Veneto is very rich of important buildings and works of art.
- Archaeological finds of the proto-Venetian and Celtic age on the Colle Antares;
- A Roman castle, with Longobard finds (700) : Castello di San Martino;
- A Castrum of Roman origin, and subsequently in the Middle Age the headquarter of the Signori da Camino;
- A defence system all around the
- Archaeological finds of the proto-Venetian and Celtic age on the Colle Antares;
- A Roman castle, with Longobard finds (700) : Castello di San Martino;
- A Castrum of Roman origin, and subsequently in the Middle Ages the headquarter of the Signori da Camino;
- A defence system all around the town, with walls, towers and castle;
- Several churches, from the Middle Ages to the XVIII, Pieve di Sant’Andrea (1303), SS. Lorenzo e Marco (1348) Giovanni (1357), S.Giustina (1500), la Cattedrale di Ceneda (1773), il Duomo di Serravalle (1779);
- Several museums and buildings from the Middle Ages and Renaissance period, the Museo del Cenedese (1462) with the antique belltower (1200), the Museo della Battaglia (1537), and the Building of the Seminario ( Bishop’s seminary, 1587);
- And inside the churches and the palaces are several paintings and statues of famed artists: Tiziano Vecellio (1500), Marco Vecellio (1595), Antonello da Serravalle (1485), Francesco da Milano (1500 e del Sansovino (1500)
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Places you can get from Vittorio Veneto, by car, by train, by bus
- Visit the Dolomites, Cortina, Auronzo, Pieve di Cadore;
- Go to Venice by railways or car; in less than 1h you are along the Venetian canals;
- Visit art and history town of Veneto: Padova, Vicenza, Belluno, Asolo;
- Enjoy a beach vacation day at the sunny beaches of Jesolo, Bibione, Caorle, Lignano; get tanned and come back to the fresh air of Vittorio Veneto;
- Take a very interesting tour: the trenches of WW1, sculpted and excavated in the Dolomites rocks; a piece of history, a touching experience.
Places you can get to staying in Vittorio Veneto and its surroundings
Antiques street market in Vittorio Veneto
Every first Sunday of the month numerous private individuals bring a table in the Flaminio sq. or Martiri str. and offer for sale their used and antique items. This type of small street market of antiques is called Mercatino.
And many visitors often find excellent shopping opportunities. Our web site want to bring, once every month, to the visitors attention two or three items of particular artistic and cultural interest, related to the art and history of Venice and of Venetian Region, the Veneto. For August we pointed out an antique Nativity Scene Christmas crib with 16 figures 31” tall of the 19th century, and a San Marco silver cutlery set of the 18th century.
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