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Oderzo is a town in the province of Treviso
Province of Treviso

The Province of Treviso is a Provinces of Italy in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km?, and a total population of 859.244 ....
, Veneto
Veneto

Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It lies in the heart of the Venetian plain, about 66 km to the northeast of Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
. Oderzo is traversed by the Monticano River, a tributary of the Livenza.

The centro storico, or town center, is rich with archeological ruins which give insight into Oderzo's history as a notable crossroad in the Roman Empire.

Political Division
The six suburbs or frazioni which surround Oderzo almost form of hexagon.






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Oderzo is a town in the province of Treviso
Province of Treviso

The Province of Treviso is a Provinces of Italy in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km?, and a total population of 859.244 ....
, Veneto
Veneto

Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It lies in the heart of the Venetian plain, about 66 km to the northeast of Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
. Oderzo is traversed by the Monticano River, a tributary of the Livenza.

The centro storico, or town center, is rich with archeological ruins which give insight into Oderzo's history as a notable crossroad in the Roman Empire.

Political Division


The six suburbs or frazioni which surround Oderzo almost form of hexagon. Starting from the north and then proceeding clockwise, they are:
  • Camino (c. 2,300 inhabitant)
  • Fratta (c, 1,000 inhabitants)
  • Piavon (c. 1,800 inhabitants)
  • Rustignč (c. 500 inhabitants)
  • Fač (850 inabitants)
  • Colfrancui (1,400 inhabitants)


    • History


    Venetic period

    The earliest settlement of the area can be dated to the Iron Age
    Iron Age

    In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
    , around the 10th century BC. From the mid-9th century BC the Veneti
    Adriatic Veneti

    The Veneti were an ancient people who inhabited north-eastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of the Veneto. They spoke Venetic language, an independent Indo-European language, which is attested in approximately 300 short inscriptions dating from 6th to 1st centuries BC....
     occupied site and gave it its name. Etymologically, "-terg-" in Opitergium stems from a Venetic root word indicating a market (q.v. Tergeste, the old name of Trieste
    Trieste

    Trieste is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to the Slovenian border, to the North, East, and South. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea....
    ). The location of Oderzo on the Venetian plain made it ideal as a center for trade.

    Romanization


    The Veneti of Oderzo appear to have maintained friendly relations with the Romans and the population was gradually Romanized. The Via Postumia
    Via Postumia

    The Via Postumia was an ancient highroad of northern Italy constructed in 148 BC by the consul Spurius Postumius Albinus.It ran from the coast at Genoa through the mountains to Dertona, Piacenza and Cremona, just east of the point where it crossed the Po River....
     road, finished in 148 BC, increased the importance of Oderzo. During the Roman Civil War, Caius Volteius Capito, a centurion born in Oderzo, fought on the side of Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
     against Pompey
    Pompey

    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
    .

    In 48 BC the city was elevated to the rank of Roman municipium
    Municipium

    A municipium belonged to the second highest Social class of Ancient Rome cities, being inferior in status to the colonia . The first municipium was Tusculum....
     and its citizens assigned to the Roman tribe Papiria. With the reforms of Augustus Oderzo was incorporated into Regio X of Italia, Venetia et Histria. The Roman era witnessed prodigious building projects including a forum, a basilica, temples and many private homes.

    Middle Ages

    During barbarian invasions, Oderzo was sacked by the Marcomanni
    Marcomanni

    The Marcomanni were a Germanic tribe, probably related to the Buri , Suebi or Suevi....
     (167) while, according to a legend, Attila hid a treasure in a town's pit. taken by the Byzantine Empire. It became the seat of an exarch and was held by the Byzantines until its destruction by the Lombard
    Lombards

    The Lombards were a Germanic peoples originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italian peninsula in 568 under the leadership of Alboin....
     king Grimoald
    Grimoald I of Benevento

    Grimoald I was duke of Benevento and king of the Lombards .Born probably before 610 to Duke Gisulf II of Friuli and the Bavarian princess Ramhilde, daughter of Duke Garibald I of Bavaria, he succeeded his brother Radoald of Benevento as duke of Benevento....
     in 667. Much of its population fled to the nearby city of Heraclea, still under Byzantine control. Most of its territory passed to the Count of Ceneda
    Vittorio Veneto

    Vittorio Veneto is a city situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the Cardinal direction of the Italian Peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers....
    .

    According to tradition, the first Doge of Venice
    Doge of Venice

    The Doge was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy....
    , Paolo Lucio Anafesto
    Paolo Lucio Anafesto

    Paoluccio or Paolo Lucio Anafesto was the reputed first doge of Venice. A noble of Heraclea, then the primary city of the region, he was elected in 697 as an official over the entire lagoon that surrounded Venice, both to put an end to the conflicts between the various tribunes who until then had governed the various parts, and to co...
    , came from Oderzo. The town, which had grown again around a castel from c. 1000, was contended between the bishops of Belluno and Ceneda, the commune of Treviso and the feudal da Camino
    Da Camino

    file:Vittorioveneto_monumento_rizzardo6.jpgThe da Camino were an Italy noble family whose fame is connected to the medieval history of the March of Treviso, a city of which they were lords for a while....
     (originary of the Camino castle, now part of Oderzo) and da Romano families until, in 1380, it became a stable possession of the Republic of Venice
    Republic of Venice

    The Most Serene Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice . It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797....
    .

    Modern era

    Oderzo was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866. In 1917, during World War I
    World War I

    World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
    , the town was damaged in the aftermath of the Italian rout at Caporetto
    Battle of Caporetto

    The Battle of Caporetto , took place from 24 October to 9 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid , on the Italian Campaign of World War I. The battle was named after the Italian name of the town of Kobarid ....
    .

    In 1943 it was a centre of the civil war between the German puppet Republic of Salņ (RSI) and the partisan resistance. In 1945 120 people suspect of allegiance to the RSI were executed (see Oderzo Massacre).

    The city was governed by the Italian Christian Democratic party from 1945-1993, and lived a notable economic boom, which also attracted a massive immigration
    Immigration

    While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
     from the southern Italy regions.

    Main sights

    • The scenographic Piazza Grande
    • The Duomo (Cathedral) of St. John the Baptist, begun in the 11th century over the ruins of the Roman temple of Mars, and re-consecrated in 1535. The original Gothic-Romanesque appearance has been modified by the subsequent renovations. It includes some notable works by Pomponio Amalteo
      Pomponio Amalteo

      Pomponio Amalteo was an Italy Painting of the Venetian school.He was born at Motta di Livenza in Veneto. He was a pupil and son-in-law of Il Pordenone, whose style he closely imitated; he inherited Pordenone's studio at Friuli, where he led a long career....
      .
    • Archaeological area of the Roman Forum. It includes the remains of the basilica and a wide staircase.
    • Torresin (watchtower)
    • The Renaissance Palazzo Porcia e Brugnera.
    • The former Prisons (Porta Pretoria). It includes the remains of a Middle Ages prison, whose most famous guest was the trobadour Sordello da Goito.


    In the frazione of Colfrancui is the mysterious Mutera, an artificial hill of the Adriatic Veneti
    Adriatic Veneti

    The Veneti were an ancient people who inhabited north-eastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of the Veneto. They spoke Venetic language, an independent Indo-European language, which is attested in approximately 300 short inscriptions dating from 6th to 1st centuries BC....
    , probably used as an observatory.

    Sister cities

    Oderzo has a sister city
    Town twinning

    Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
    :

    Suffolk
    Suffolk, Virginia

    Suffolk is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. Geographically, it is the largest of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, and the largest independent city in land-area in the entire Commonwealth....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...


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