Perhaps it was the same atmosphere of serene romanticism as today that made Petrarch fall in love with this medieval town. Still well preserved, elegant palaces and villas stand in the historical centre, while all around there is the quiet sentimentality of the Euganean hills.Asolo
Asolo is a very small centre of agriculture and handicrafts in the province of Treviso. It is famous for embroidery and silk weaving.The name recalls the splendour of the court of Caterina Cornaro, who became the Queen of Cyprus, surrending the island of the Serene Republic and receiving Asolo in its place. From 1489 to 1509, the castle positioned on the hilltop became the prestigious residence of Caterina. Few relics remain from this charming story and of the luxurious and refined court: the Torre dell'Orologio (Clock Tower), Torre mozza called Reata (cropped tower), the court room, some remains of the castle walls, the Duse Theatre, and the Belvedere of the Garden...
A small medieval town in the province of Vicenza, economically vibrant, Bassano is located at the foot of the Vicenzan Pre-Alps, close to Massiccio del Grappa.The monumental symbol is the Ponte degli Alpini, built on the plans of Andrea Palladio, it has been destroyed and rebuilt on many occasions.
The Celts called it "belo-dunum", the splendid city. Belluno is the gate into the magical world of the Dolomites, the mountains that have bewitched and inspired many artists including the great writer, Dino Buzzati
The walled town. Giorgione's home town. Castelfranco Veneto lives on the myth of the most extraordinary and mysterious artist of the XV century, considered as the puzzling genius of light and colour.
Imagine a circle, almost perfect; a virtually intact powerful city wall, 13 metres high and about one and a half kilometres long, surrounded by a large moat - and the Venetian countryside all around it. This is the wall-town of Cittadella, one of the best-preserved samples of medieval military architecture to be found in Italy and Europe...
The resonances of the magical medieval world echo around the remains of the castle of the marquis, but the atmosphere is unthreatening. The imposing walls are the only remains of the building, nearly a kilometre long and spaced out with twelve keeps and two masts. Inside the walls, there is a public park; an Italian garden embellished with 17th century statues representing mythological gods.
The wide, sunny basin of the Valbelluna, marked to the north by the Feltrine mountains and to the south by Mount Tomatico, contains the town of Feltre.
From the Pausolino hill, the majestic city wall connects the Upper Castle (Castello Superiore) to the Lower Castle (Castello Inferiore), and from the panoramic path that connects them you can enjoy an extraordinary view.
A fortified town of strategic military importance, Monselice is situated in the south-western part of the province of Padova. The old "Mons Silicis" was already renowned in Roman times for its caves of silica stone that was used to pave consular roads and even Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice.
You can get lost even only looking at the wide, flat, uniform and fertile plain around Montagnana, while the roundish profiles of the Euganean hills appear at a distance together with the Berici hills.
Erudite Padua. Its University, one of the oldest in Europe, had the exceptional professor, Galileo Galilei, among its staff in 1492. A few years later in 1501, Copernicus - the father of one of the greatest scientific revolutions - enrolled at the university.
The ancient Rhodigium, now Rovigo, was created as a bishop's estate, and its urban structure pays testament to its ancient high-medieval history. The civil and religious palaces meet in the centre of the town recalling the mark of the Most Serene Republic that ruled here from 15th to 18th century.
Soave lies at the bottom of the Monti Lessini, in the province of Verona.
Treviso and its province: a hymn of the joy where beauty and culture dominate.
Venice is a magical city par excellence, one of the most scenic and extraordinary where history and art reflect in the peaceful water of the Lagoon. Here there is romance, poetry, and melancholy...
The second city of art in the region, Verona displays its artistic, cultural, and natural treasures with pride. Thanks to its particular geographical location, it has been the most important commercial crossroads of northern Europe since antiquity, a place where populations and diverse histories converge.
When you say Vicenza, you think of Palladio, of his whimsical architecture, the new Renaissance artistic language, and the researched spectacle.
