Vittorio Veneto

This article is about the Italian city. For the World War I battle, see Battle of Vittorio Veneto. For the WW2 battleship, see Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto. For the Post-WW2 helicopter cruiser, see Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto (550).
Vittorio Veneto
Comune
Città di Vittorio Veneto

Coat of arms
Vittorio Veneto

Location of Vittorio Veneto in Italy

Coordinates: 45°59′N 12°18′E / 45.983°N 12.300°E
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province Treviso (TV)
Frazioni Carpesica, Confin, Cozzuolo, Fadalto, Formeniga, Longhere, Nove, San Giacomo di Veglia
Government
 • Mayor Roberto Tonon
Area
 • Total 82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation 138 m (453 ft)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 28,964
 • Density 350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Demonym Vittoriesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 31029
Dialing code 0438
Patron saint St. Titian and Augusta of Treviso
Saint day January 16, August 22
Website Official website

Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.

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 Col Visentin. To the east is the state park and forest of Cansiglio which summits at Monte Pizzoc; to the west, a hill region including Valdobbiadene, where prosecco wine is produced; and to the south is the commercial town of Conegliano.

History

Ancient

The area was occupied in ancient times by Celts and Veneti.

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.

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 by the Lombards 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 Grimoald I of Benevento 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. Titian 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. It seems the duke of Ceneda remained loyal to Charlemagne even when the Lombard dukes of Cividale, Treviso, and Vicenza rebelled the following year.

In 994, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III invested the bishop of Ceneda with the title and prerogatives of count and authority as temporal lord of the city. The bishop of Ceneda was forced to take part in the politics of Northern Italy and even joined the Lombard League. It also faced threats from its neighbors and in the late 12th century was attacked by the commune of Treviso. Only the mediation of the pope led to the restitution of what had been stolen, including the relics of St. Titian.

On December 19, 1389, Ceneda was peacefully incorporated into the Venetian Republic. Its bishops still retained authority as counts. However, in 1447 and in 1514 bishops Francesco and Oliviero, respectively, ceded to the Republic the right of civil investiture within the territory of Ceneda, reserving for themselves and their successors authority over the commune itself and a few villas. The privileges of Ceneda's bishops as counts were definitively revoked by the Republic in 1768. Meanwhile, the commune endured the vicissitudes of neighboring communes of Veneto.

Serravalle

Serravalle, just to the north of Ceneda, owes its origin to the Romans.

In 1174, it became a fief of the Da Camino family.

It rose to its greatest splendor under the rule of the Republic of Venice from 1337 to 1797.

Modern era

On November 22, 1866, soon after the Veneto was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy, Ceneda and Serravalle were joined into one municipality.

In October 1918, Vittorio was the site of the last battle between Italy and Austria-Hungary during World War I. 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, "Vittorio", i.e. victorious, 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 - ?).]

Coterminously Bishops of Ceneda and Counts of Ceneda

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

The local Venetian dialect, called Vittoriese, shares features with the dialects of both Treviso and Belluno.

Characteristics of Vittoriese distinguishing it from Venetian 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.

People

See also

Twin towns

References

  1. ↑ Population data from Istat

Sources

External links

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