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Vittorio Veneto is a city situated in the Province of Treviso
Treviso

Treviso is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 81,627 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....
, in the region of 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....
, in the northeast
Cardinal direction

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 of the Italian peninsula
Italian Peninsula

The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula is one of the three peninsulas of Southern Europe , spanning 1,000 km from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south....
, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.

The political fractions of Vittorio Veneto include: Ceneda, Carpesica, Confin, Costa, Cozzulolo, Formeniga, Manzana, Maren, Meschio, S. Giacomo di Veglia, S.Andrea, Serravalle, Fadalto, Fais, Forcal, Nove, S. Lorenzo, Savassa, S.Floriano, S. Giustina.

river Meschio passes down through the town from Serravalle through the district which bears its name. The north of Vittorio Veneto is straddled by mountains including the majestic Mt.






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Vittorio Veneto is a city situated in the Province of Treviso
Treviso

Treviso is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 81,627 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....
, in the region of 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....
, in the northeast
Cardinal direction

The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials - N, S, E, W. They are mostly used for geography orientation on Earth but may be calculated anywhere on a rotating astronomical object....
 of the Italian peninsula
Italian Peninsula

The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula is one of the three peninsulas of Southern Europe , spanning 1,000 km from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south....
, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.

The political fractions of Vittorio Veneto include: Ceneda, Carpesica, Confin, Costa, Cozzulolo, Formeniga, Manzana, Maren, Meschio, S. Giacomo di Veglia, S.Andrea, Serravalle, Fadalto, Fais, Forcal, Nove, S. Lorenzo, Savassa, S.Floriano, S. Giustina.

Geography

The river Meschio passes down through the town from Serravalle through the district which bears its name. The north of Vittorio Veneto is straddled by mountains including the majestic Mt. Pizzoc. To the east is the state park and forest of Cansiglio; to the west, the hill country including Valdobbiadene
Valdobbiadene

Valdobbiadene is a town in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy. It is located at around . Valdobbiadene is a picturesque wine growing area....
 where prosecco is made; and to the south is the commercial town of Conegliano
Conegliano

Conegliano is a town and commune of Veneto, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The remains of a castle that was built in the tenth century remain on a nearby hill....
.

History


Ancient

The area was occupied in ancient times by Celts and Veneti
Veneti (Gaul)

The Veneti were a seafaring Celtic people who lived in the Brittany peninsula , which in Roman times formed part of an area called Aremorica. They gave their name to the modern city of Vannes....
.

During the first century BC Emperor Augustus established a Castrum Cenetense in what is now the heart of Serravalle to defend the Venetian plain. The Via Claudia Augusta passed near the city. LAter the town became known as Ceneda or

The ancient pieve of Sant'Andrea in Bigonzo in the northeast of the city, on the southern end of Serravalle, attests to the presence of Christianity in the area by the 4th century.

Ceneda

Ceneda rose to importance after the destruction of Oderzo
Oderzo

Oderzo is a town in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy.It lies in the heart of the Venetian plain, about 66 km to the northeast of Venice....
 by the Lombards
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....
 in 667 AD. It became the seat of a Lombard county. Near the heart of Ceneda and on a strategic mountain, the Lombards constructed the castello di San Martino which still overlooks the city.

In 685, the Lombard duke Grumoaldo organized Ceneda into a diocese, assigning to it a large part of the territory that had been under the care of the suppressed diocese of Oderzo. At the foot of the same height upon which the duke's castle had been built, a cathedral was constructed. St. Tiziano of Oderzo, whose relics are contained in the present cathedral, was named as patron of the diocese.

With the defeat of the Lombards in 774, Ceneda entered into the Frankish sphere. While the Lombard dukes of Cividale
Cividale del Friuli

Cividale del Friuli is a town in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Northern Italy, 15 km by rail from Udine, whose province of Udine it belongs to....
, Treviso
Treviso

Treviso is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 81,627 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....
, and Vicenza
Vicenza

Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province of Vicenza in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione....
 rebelled the following year, it seems the duke of Ceneda remained loyal to Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
.

In 951, the Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor

Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
 Otto I
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duchy of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan....
 invested the bishop of Ceneda
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vittorio Veneto

The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with capital in Vittorio Veneto. It was historically known as diocese of Ceneda, the name being changed in 1939....
 with the title and prerogatives of count
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
. The bishops would remain counts until 1768 when the privilege was revoked by the Venetian Republic
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....
.

The city was attacked by Treviso
Treviso

Treviso is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 81,627 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....
 in the late 14th century. Much of what was stolen, including the relics of St. Tiziano, was restored after the intervention of the pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
.

Ceneda became part 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....
 on December 19, 1389.

Serravalle


Serravalle, just to the north of Ceneda, owes its origin to the Romans. In 1174, it became a fief of the 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....
 family. It would know its greatest splendor under 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....
 from 1337 to 1797.

Modern era

On November 22, 1866, soon after the 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....
 was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy
Italian unification

Italian Unification was the political and social movement that annexed different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century....
, Ceneda and Serravalle were joined into one municipality.

In October 1918, Vittorio was the site of the last battle
Battle of Vittorio Veneto

The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought between 24 October and 3 November 1918, near Vittorio Veneto, during the Italian Campaign of World War I....
 between 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....
 and Austria-Hungary 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....
. It led to the victory of Italy over the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austrian-Italian Armistice of Villa Giusti) effective on 4 November 1918.

To recall this crucial victory, "Veneto" was attached to the city's name in 1923. Subsequently, many streets in other parts of Italy have been named Via Vittorio Veneto.

List of (Count)-Bishops of Ceneda/Vittorio Veneto


Bishops of Ceneda


[Some series begin with Vindemius (579-591?), Ursinus (680- ?), and Satinus (731 - ?).]

  • Valentinianus (712-740)
  • Maximus
    Maximus

    Maximus is a name formed from the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest." It is therefore also a common noun, and may refer to any of the following:...
     (741-790)
  • Dulcissimus (c.793-?)
  • Ermonius (c.827-?)
  • Ripaldus (885-908)


Coterminously Bishops of Ceneda and Counts of Ceneda


  • Sicardo
    Sicardo

    Sicardo, or Sicardus of Cremona was a prelate, historian and writer whose career spanned the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.Life...
     (962-997), given title of count by Holy Roman Emperor
  • Gauso (c.998-?)
  • Bruno
    Bruno

    Bruno is the latinized version of the Germanic language male given name Brun. It is also one of the most frequent Italian surnames, also occurs, very frequently in Brazil, as a given name for men....
     (1021)
  • Elmengero (1021-1031)
  • Almanguino (1050)
  • Giovanni
    Giovanni

    Giovanni is an Italian given name , the Italian equivalent of Jonathan . It may also refer to:...
     (1074)
  • Roperto (1124)
  • Sigismondo
    Sigismondo

    Sigismondo is an operatic 'dramma' in two act by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian language libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa.The opera was not a success and Rossini later re-used some of its music in Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra....
     (1130)
  • Azzone Degli Azzoni (1138-1152)
  • Aimone (1152)
  • Sgisfredo (1170-1187)
  • Matteo Da Siena (1187-1216)
  • Gerardo
    Gerardo

    Gerardo Mej?a , better known as simply Gerardo is a Latin rapping and singer who later became a recording industry executive. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, he has based his career in Los Angeles, California, California since his family moved to Glendale, California, when he was 12 years old....
     (1217)
  • Alberto Da Camino (1220-1242)
  • Guarnieri Da Polcenigo (1242-1251)
  • Ruggero (1252-1267)
  • Biaquino Da Camino (1257)
  • Alberto Da Collo (1257-1260)
  • Odorico (1260-1261)
  • Prosapio Novello (1261-1279)
  • Marco Da Fabiane (1279-1285)
  • Piero Calza (1286-1300)
  • Francesco Arpone (1300-1310), first count of Tarzo
  • Manfredo Da Collalto (1310-1320)
  • Francesco Ramponi (1320-1348)
  • Gualberto De'Orgoglio (1349-1374)
  • Oliverio (1374-1377)
  • Andrea Calderini (1378-1381?)
  • Giorgio Torti (1381-1383)
  • Marco De'Porris (1383-1394), after 1389 bishops retain title of count but with duties of civil magistrates of the Venetian Republic
    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....
  • Martino Franceschini (1394-1399)
  • Piero Marcello (1399-1409)
  • Antonio Correr
    Antonio Correr

    Antonio Correr was Italian Cardinal-nephew of Gregory XII, Pope of the Roman Obedience in the period of the Great Western Schism. He was also cousin of Pope Eugene IV....
     (1409-1445)
  • Piero Leoni (1445-1474)
  • Nicolò Trevisan (1474-1498)
  • Francesco Brevio (1498-1508)
  • Marino Grimani
    Marino Grimani

    Marino Grimani was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venice family.He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age....
     (1508-1517)
  • Domenico Grimani
    Domenico Grimani

    Domenico Grimani was a Venetian Churchman and Cardinal . From 1498 to 1517 he was Patriarch of Aquileia, and from 1517 to 1520 bishop of Ceneda....
     (1517-1520)
  • Giovanni Grimani (1520-1531)
  • Marino Grimani
    Marino Grimani

    Marino Grimani was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venice family.He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age....
     (1532-1540)
  • Giovanni Grimani (1540-1545), second time
  • Marino Grimani
    Marino Grimani

    Marino Grimani was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venice family.He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age....
     (1545-1546)
  • Michele cardinal Della Torre (1547-1586), named cardinal 1583
  • MarcAntonio Mocenigo (1586-1597), erected diocesan seminary
  • Leonardo Mocenigo (1599-1623)
  • Piero cardinal Valier (1623-1625), translated to Padua
    Padua

    Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
  • Marco Giustiniani (1625-1631)
  • Marc Antonio Bragadin (1631-1639), translated to Vicenza
    Vicenza

    Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province of Vicenza in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione....
  • Sebastiano Pisani (1639-1653)
  • Albertino Barisoni (1653-1667)
  • Piero Leoni (1667-1691)
  • Marc Antonio Agazzi (1692-1710)
  • Francesco Trevisan (1710-1725)
  • Benedetto De Luca (1725-1739)
  • Lorenzo da Ponte (1740-1768), born Venice, last count-bishop


Culture


Every year, the Concorso Nazionale Corale "Trofei Città di Vittorio Veneto" takes place at Vittorio Veneto. The best choirs from all over Italy compete.

The city is also host to a violin competition.

Language


Italian is spoken and taught in the schools. However, in daily conversation the local Venetian dialect, called Vittoriese, is preferred. Vittoriese shares features with the dialects of both Treviso
Treviso

Treviso is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 81,627 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....
 and Belluno
Belluno

Belluno is a town in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 80 kilometers north of Venice, Belluno is the Capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Dolomiti's region....
 and, therefore, serves almost as an intemediary between the two. Characteristics of Vittoriese distinguishing it from Venetian
Venetian language

Venetian or Venetan is a Romance languages spoken by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. The language is called v?neto in Venetian, veneto in Italian; the variant spoken in Venice is called venexi?n/venesi?n or veneziano, respectively....
 include the frequent dropping of final "o." When this occurs leaving a final "m," the "m" reduces to an "n." For example, Venetian "semo" (we are) become "sen." The first person singular of verbs ends in "e". Thus, "mi magne" serves for Venetian "mi magno" (I eat). Overall, Vittoriese remains intelligible to speakers of other dialects of the Venetian language.

Notable people born in or connected with Vittorio Veneto

  • Albino Luciani
    Pope John Paul I

    Pope John Paul I , born Albino Luciani, , reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and as Monarch of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later....
     (Pope John Paul I) – bishop of Vittorio Veneto from 1958 to 1969.
  • Lorenzo Da Ponte
    Lorenzo Da Ponte

    Lorenzo Da Ponte was an Republic of Venice libretto and poet....
     – opera librettist for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
    .
  • Ferdinando Botteon (Born 1904); Italian violinist.
  • Marcantonio Flaminio (born 1498) – Renaissance humanist.
  • Emanuela Da Ros
    Emanuela Da Ros

    Emanuela Da Ros is an Italy writer of Children's literature. She was born on December 24 1959 in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, where she lives today....
     (born 1959) – children's books writer.
  • Francesca Segat
    Francesca Segat

    Francesca Segat is a butterfly swimming swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the 200m Butterfly at the European SC Championships 2003....
     (born 1983) – Italian butterfly swimmer.
  • Giampietro Bontempi – pianist.
  • Ilario Castagner – soccer player.
  • Gabriele Pin
    Gabriele Pin

    Gabriele Pin , is an Italy Association football coach. He is currently working as Cesare Prandelli's assistant at ACF Fiorentina.Pin became a coach after a long professional career as a midfielder....
     (born 1962) – soccer player and coach


See also

  • Battle of Vittorio Veneto
    Battle of Vittorio Veneto

    The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought between 24 October and 3 November 1918, near Vittorio Veneto, during the Italian Campaign of World War I....
  • Order of Vittorio Veneto
    Italian orders of merit

    There are currently five Italian orders of merit that recognise contributions to the Italian Republic....
  • Vittorio Veneto class battleship
    Littorio class battleship

    The Littorio was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italy navy, the most modern used by Italy during World War II.The Littorios were developed in response to the French French battleship Dunkerque, with a second pair ordered in response to the Richelieu class battleships....
  • Cruiser Vittorio Veneto

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