Treviso
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| Comune di Treviso | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Treviso (TV) |
| Mayor | Gian Paolo Gobbo (since 2003) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Area | 55 km² (21 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 82,112 |
| - Density | 1,493/km² (3,867/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Trevigiani or Trevisani |
| Dialing code | 0422 |
| Postal code | 31100 |
| Frazioni | Monigo, San Paolo, Santa Bona, San Pelajo, Santa Maria del Rovere, Selvana, Fiera, Sant'Antonino, San Lazzaro, Sant'Angelo, San Giuseppe, Canizzano |
| Patron | San Liberale |
| - Day | April 27 |
| Website: www.comune.treviso.it | |
Treviso (Venetian: Trevizo, French: Trévise, Latin: Tarvisium) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 82,112 inhabitants (December 2004): some 3.000 live within the Venetian walls (le Mura) 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. It is the home of the headquarters of designer clothing company Benetton, and of the major appliance maker DeLonghi.
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[edit] Geography
Treviso stands at the confluence of Botteniga with the Sile , 30km north of Venice and 50km east of Vicenza, 40 km north-east of Padua, 120 km south of Cortina d'Ampezzo. The city is situated some 15 km south-west the right bank of the Piave River, on the plain between the Gulf of Venice and the Alps,
[edit] Main sights
- The Late Romanesque-Early Gothic church of San Francesco, built by the Franciscan community in 1231-1270. Used by Napoleonic troops as a stable, it was reopened in 1928. The interior has a single nave with five chapels. On the left wall is a Romanesque-Byzantine fresco portraying St. Christopher (later 13th century). The Grand Chapel has a painting of the Four Evangelists, by a pupil of Tommaso da Modena, to whom is instead directly attributed a fresco of Madonna with Child and Seven Saints (1350) in the first left chapel. The successive chapel has instead a fresco with Madonna and Four Saints from 1351 by one Master from Feltre. The church, among the others, houses the tombs of Pietro Alighieri, son of Dante, and Francesca Petrarca, daughter of the poet Francesco.
- The Loggia dei Cavalieri, an example of Treviso's Romanesque influenced by Byzantine forms. It was built under the podestà Andrea da Perugia (1276) as a place for meetings, talks and games, although reserved only to the higher classes.
- Piazza dei Signori (Lords' Square), with the Palazzo di Podestà (later 15th century).
- Church of San Nicolò, a mix of 13th century Venetian Romanesque and French Gothic elements. The interior has a nave and two aisles, with five apsed chapels. It houses important frescoes by Tommaso da Modena, depicting St. Romuald, St. Agnes and the Redemptor and St. Jerome in His Study. Also the Glorious Mysteries of Santo Peranda can be seen. Noteworthy is also the fresco of St. Christopher in the eastern area of the church, which is the most ancient depiction of glass in Europe.
- The Duomo (Cathedral), dedicated to St. Peter. It was once a small church built in the Late Roman era, to which later were added a crypt and the Chapels of the Santissimo and the Malchiostro (1520). After the numerous later restorations, only the gate remains of the originary Roman edifice. The interior houses works by Il Pordenone and Titian among the others. The edifice has seven domes, five over the nave and two closing the chapels.
- Piazza Rinaldi. It is the seat of three palaces of the Rinald family, the first built in the 12th century after their flee from Frederick Barbarossa. The second, with unusual ogival arches in the loggia of the first floor, is from the 15th century. The third was added in the 18th century.
- Ponte di Pria (Stone Bridge), at the confluence of the Canal Grande and the Buranelli Channels.
- Monte di pietà and the Cappella dei Rettori. The Monte di Pietà was founded to house Jewish moneylenders. At the second floor is the Cappella dei Rettori, a lay hall for meetings, with frescoes by Pozzoserrato.
[edit] Parks and gardens
- Giardino Fenologico "Alessandro Marcello"
- Orto Botanico Conservativo Carlo Spegazzini, a botanical garden
- Orto Botanico Conservativo Francesco Busnello, another botanical garden
[edit] Sports
Treviso is home to several notable Italian sport teams, thanks to the presence of the Benetton family, who owns and sponsors:
- Sisley Treviso (volleyball), one of Italy's leading teams, winner of 9 scudetti, playing at the Palaverde. (NB: Sisley is a brand owned by Benetton.)
- Benetton Rugby Treviso (rugby union), winner of 11 scudetti, playing at the Monigo stadium.
- Benetton Basket, winner of 5 scudetti, playing at the Palaverde.
The local football team, Treviso F.B.C. 1993, played for the first time in the Italian Serie A in 2005. Its home stadium is the Omobono Tenni.
Treviso is a popular stop on the professional cyclo-cross racing circuit and will serve as the site of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.
[edit] Sister cities
Orléans, France
Timişoara, Romania
Guelph, Canada
Sarasota, USA, from February 2007
Curitiba, Brazil
Neuquen, Argentina
Griffith, Australia
[edit] See also
- Treviso Airport, the city's airport, often used by holidaymakers wanting to go to nearby Venice.
- Treviso Arithmetic, a book of mathematics published by an anonymous author in the 15th century
[edit] External links
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Bookmarca Portal carried out by the Public Library of Treviso on websites relating with Treviso and the territory of the province of Treviso
- Official site
- Free photos of Treviso
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica entry
- Map of Treviso
- Interactive Google Map of Treviso with more than 70 photos.
