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Ceneda, Italy

Vittorio Veneto
Comune
Città di Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto da Col Visentin.jpg
Coat of arms of Vittorio Veneto
Coat of arms
Vittorio Veneto is located in Italy
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto
Location of Vittorio Veneto in Italy
Coordinates: 45°59′N 12°18′E / 45.983°N 12.300°E / 45.983; 12.300Coordinates: 45°59′N 12°18′E / 45.983°N 12.300°E / 45.983; 12.300
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province / Metropolitan city Treviso (TV)
Frazioni Carpesica, Confin, Cozzuolo, Fadalto, Formeniga, Longhere, Nove, San Lorenzo, San Giacomo di Veglia
Government
 • Mayor Roberto Tonon
Area
 • Total 82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation 138 m (453 ft)
Population (31 December 2015)
 • Total 28,232
 • Density 340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Demonym(s) 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.

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.

The area was occupied in ancient times by Veneti and perhaps Celts. A pagan sanctuary was in use on Monte Altare by Veneti, Celts, and Romans.

During the 1st century BC Emperor Augustus established a Castrum Cenetense at the foot of an important pass northward towards Bellunum in what is now the heart of Serravalle to defend Opitergium and the Venetian plain to the south. To the immediate south of the castrum there developed a settlement called a vicus in what is now Ceneda and Meschio. While its precise course has not been determined, the Via Claudia Altinate running north from the Via Postumia seems to have passed the Roman castrum and vicus on its eastern side. Meanwhile, there remains evidence of typical Roman land surveying (centuratio) with cardines being associated with the present day Via Rizzera and Via Cal Alta (in the commune of Cappella Maggiore) and a decumanus identified with the Va Cal de Livera. This implies Ceneta became more than a mere vicus during the Roman period.


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