Feltre

Feltria perpetuo niveum damnata rigore
Atque mihi posthac haud adeunda, vale[4]

Feltria lay on a

After the fall of the

In 1509 the center of the town was mostly destroyed during battles between the Venetians and the League of Cambrai, and later rebuilt with a characteristic 16th-century style. In 1797, after the capitulation of Venice to Napoleon, it was ruled for some time by the French. Napoleon made his minister of war, Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, Duke of Feltre in 1807. After the Congress of Vienna (1814), Feltre was assigned to the Austrian Empire, to which it remained until it was joined to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.

It was besieged by Austria during World War I.

During World War II, Adolf Hitler demanded a meeting with Benito Mussolini to discuss his strategy for defending Italy from the Allied Armies since the Axis armies had just surrendered Tunis to the British Army, giving Allied Armies total control of North Africa. This meeting took place on July 19, 1943 in Feltre, Italy.^[6]

Notable people of Feltre include Panfilo Castaldi, printer; Bernardine of Feltre, Friar Minor, missionary and founder of Monti di Pietà; Vittorino da Feltre, humanist educator; and Morto da Feltre, painter.

Main sights

• The Cathedral, dedicated to
  baptistry
  , housing a precious Medieval baptismal font from 1399. Under the cathedral is an excavated archaeological area of 1,000 m² (10,763.91 sq ft) belonging to the ancient Roman city.
• The Imperial Gate (1489, restored in 1545), from which the Via Mezzaterra starts. This is faced by the noteworthy Casa Crico, Casa Cantoni and Palazzo Muffoni.
• Palazzo Salce.
• The Palazzo della Ragione (16th century), the current Town Hall, with a
  Palladian style portico. It opens to the Piazza Maggiore with a fountain by Tullio Lombardo and a column surmounted by the Lion of St. Mark. In the same piazza are Palazzo Guarnieri and a Baroque staircase leading to the church of St. Roch (1576–1632), flanked by the so-called "Castle of Alboin
  " with the Torre dell'Orologio, once part of the Roman defensive apparatus. The Castle's attribution to the Lombard kingdom of Alboin has no historical evidence.
• The Pinacoteca, in Palazzo Villabruna, has works by Morto da Feltre, Cima da Conegliano, Gentile Bellini, Pietro Marescalchi and others.
• The church and the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, begun in 1492, but entirely renovated in the 19th century, has maintained part of the ancient cloister. It houses a painting by Jacopo Bassano.

Outside the city are:

• The sanctuary of SS. Vittore e Corona (12th–15th century), dedicated to
  Saints Victor and Corona, outside the city shows a mix of Byzantine and Renaissance styles, and is home to some 14th-century Giottoesque
  frescoes. Sculptures include the martyrium that houses the relics of the two Eastern saints and a small statue of St. Victor.
• The late Renaissance Villa Pasole - Berton stands on the site of the Castle of Pedavena, destroyed by Emperor Charles IV in 1350.

• Panfilo Castaldi, printer
• Blessed Bernardine of Feltre, Friar Minor, missionary and founder of Monti di Pietà
• Vittorino da Feltre, humanist educator
• Morto da Feltre, painter

Twin towns – sister cities

Feltre is twinned with:^[7][8]

Gallery

• 
  Piazza Maggiore
• 
  Historical Centre; view from via Panoramica
• 
  View of via Roma
• 
  View to the Dolomites from via Tezze
• 
  the Duomo of Feltre

References

External links

• Official website of the Palio of Feltre

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