Cadore
Cadore (Italian pronunciation:
The celebrated Renaissance painter Titian was born in Cadore, probably in 1488–90, one of a family of four born to Gregorio Vecelli, a distinguished councillor and soldier[2] descended from the counts. The painter's birthplace in Pieve di Cadore, in a locality named Arsenale between the castle and the village Sotto Castello, is open to visitors. Titian's wife, Cecilia, was also born in Cadore, the daughter of a barber.
History
Originally populated by people who spoke Proto-Italic, Euganei and then by the Celtic Gauls, the area now known as Cadore was later conquered by the Romans during the second century BC and became part of the Regio X Venetia et Histria.
In the
When the Republic of Venice conquered the neighbouring Friuli region in 1420 and put an end to the temporal power of the Patriarchs, the rulers of Cadore were forced to choose between aligning with Venetia or the Imperial. It declared its loyalty to the former, becoming one of many parts of the Terra ferma, administered by a local podestà.
The conflict between Venice and the Empire broke out again at the beginning of the 16th century, during the
Cadore remained part of the Venetian Republic until the
Being a part of the
Comuni of Cadore
Cadore is generally subdivided into Comelico, Sappada, Central Cadore and Boite Valley. The Cadore mountain community includes 22 comuni:
- Auronzo di Cadore
- Borca di Cadore
- Calalzo di Cadore
- Cibiana di Cadore
- Comelico Superiore
- Danta di Cadore
- Domegge di Cadore
- Lorenzago di Cadore
- Lozzo di Cadore
- Ospitale di Cadore
- Pelos di Cadore
- Perarolo di Cadore
- Pieve di Cadore
- San Nicolò di Comelico
- San Pietro di Cadore
- Santo Stefano di Cadore
- San Vito di Cadore
- Sappada
- Selva di Cadore
- Valle di Cadore
- Vigo di Cadore
- Vodo di Cadore
- Zoppè di Cadore
See also
- Titian
- Tre Cime di Lavaredo
- Lake Misurina
- Antelao mountain
- Cadorino dialect
- Alpine Brigade Cadore
Sources and references
- Storia del Cadore (in Italian)
- Heraldica.org Napoleonic heraldry
- ^ Dizionario Sappadino-Italiano: K.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1023.
External links
- Cadore web portal(in Italian)
- Old postcards from Tai di Cadore(in Italian)
- Gillet, Louis (1912). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).