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Tourist Spot Attractions In Treviso

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Treviso is a city and comune in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, Sisley, Stefanel, Geox, Diadora and Lotto Sport Italia, appliance maker De'Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello.Treviso is also known for being the original production area of Prosecco wine and radicchio, and is thought to have been t...
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Tourist Spot Attractions In Treviso

  • 1. Piazza dei Signori Treviso
    Piazza dei Signori is a city square in Treviso, north-eastern Italy. It takes its name from the palaces of lords the former seignory of Treviso which face it. They include: Palazzo del Podestà with the Civic tower , which was the lordship's seat Palazzo dei Trecento Palazzo Pretorio Original seat of the Municipal Library and the Municipal Gallery The Square also features several sculptures of lions reading the Gospels, a symbol of the former domination of the Republic of Venice on Treviso.
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  • 3. Palazzo dei Trecento Treviso
    Palazzo dei Trecento is a building in Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy, located in the Piazza dei Signori. It is home to Treviso municipal council. The palace was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries, as the seat of the Maggior Consiglio , the main administrative council in the city. Built in brickworks, it has two floors, the lower one entered through a loggia. The upper floor has three triple mullioned windows. Internally, there are remains of frescoes painted from the 14th to the 16th centuries by Venetian artists, depicting coat of arms and themes of civil power and justice. On the southern walls are a Madonna with Child and St. Liberalis with Peter and the Cardinal Virtues. In 1944 the palace was bombed by Allied planes and nearly destroyed.
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  • 5. Saint Nicolò Treviso
    St. Sebastian is the subject of three paintings by the Italian Early Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna. The Paduan artist lived in a period of frequent plagues; Sebastian was considered protector against the plague as having been shot through by arrows, and it was thought that plague spread abroad through the air. In his long stay in Mantua, furthermore, Mantegna resided near the San Sebastiano church dedicated to St. Sebastian.
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  • 11. St Francis church Treviso
    Pope Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto , was head of the Catholic Church from August 1903 to his death in 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting liturgical reforms and orthodox theology. He directed the production of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive and systemic work of its kind. Pius X was devoted to the Marian title of Our Lady of Confidence; while his papal encyclical Ad diem illum took on a sense of renewal that was reflected in the motto of his pontificate. He advanced the Liturgical Movement as the only Pope to favor the use of the vernacular language in teaching catechesis and encouraged frequent reception of holy communion by relaxing the fasting requirements and lowering the age for First Com...
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  • 13. Fontana delle Tette Treviso
    The Fontana Delle Tette is an old fountain carved of Treviso, which under the rule of the Venetian Republic pours white and red wine during special celebrations. The names translates into English as The Fountain of Tits. It features a topless woman squeezing her breasts and water coming out of her nipples. The Fontana Delle Tette was built in 1559 on the orders of Alvise Da Ponte, at the time mayor of the Republic of Venice as a result of a severe drought that struck the city of Treviso and the surrounding countryside. Originally the statue was placed inside the Praetorian Palace, in via Calmaggiore. Every year of the autumn of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, in honor of every new Podesta, red wine flowed from the nipple of one breast, and white wine from nipple of the other breast, an...
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