Treviso
Treviso
TREVISO AND THE MARCA TREVIGIANA - CASTELFRANCO VENETO - ASOLO - POSSAGNO
Treviso is still today a less known city, although it can offer many opportunities both for tourists and for scholars with its endowments, churches, museums and libraries.
It’s a city on human scale, knowing the needs and desires of its inhabitants and its visitors.
The four access doors introduce us to the artistic beauties of the center, from the ancient “city of water” to its arcades and porticoes (unique in Italy), to its squares and neighborhoods, crossed and embraced by an extraordinary river: the Sile, which has, according to a legend, always been called this way, because it flows in silence (“silet” means silent).
When we talk about “Marca Trevigiana”, we mean a cluster of villages and landscapes with their stories and traditions surrounding and adorning their capital.
Between the mountainous Grappa and the undulating area of Asolo, there are villages immersed in the green of nature, such as Possagno, Canova’s homeland.
But above all, Asolo is the most enchanting town with its view from the castle of Caterina Cornaro on the top of the hill, where the queen of Cyprus had a splendid court for about 20 years.
The Civic Museum houses archaeological material, works of Antonio Canova and memories of Eleonora Duse (buried in Asolo).
TREVISO E LA MARCA TREVIGIANA - bontà gastronomiche
In addition to the scenic and historical beauties, the visitors can rediscover the gastronomic delights of the Marca by wandering between Monticano and Livenza, among the Prosecco hills (now UNESCO heritage), between Montello and Castelfranco Veneto.
Castelfranco Veneto is similar to Treviso in the way of life of its inhabitants.
The famous altarpiece of Giorgione (1504) is kept in the Cathedral, enclosed within the walls of the castle (built around 1200). The house next to the Cathedral is known as “Giorgione’s home”, with the fresco frieze of liberal arts, which is attributed to the great artist according to the critics.