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Treviso, Italy

Treviso
Comune
Città di Treviso
Piazza dei Signori
Piazza dei Signori
Treviso is located in Italy
Treviso
Treviso
Location of Treviso in Italy
Coordinates: 45°40′N 12°15′E / 45.667°N 12.250°E / 45.667; 12.250Coordinates: 45°40′N 12°15′E / 45.667°N 12.250°E / 45.667; 12.250
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province / Metropolitan city Treviso (TV)
Frazioni Monigo, San Paolo, Santa Bona, San Pelajo, Santa Maria del Rovere, Selvana, Fiera, Sant'Antonino, San Lazzaro, Sant'Angelo, San Giuseppe, Canizzano
Government
 • Mayor Giovanni Manildo (PD)
Area
 • Total 55.5 km2 (21.4 sq mi)
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Population (30 November 2012)
 • Total 82,535
 • Density 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Trevigiani or Trevisani
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 31100
Dialing code 0422
Patron saint St. Liberalis
Saint day 27 April
Website Official website

Treviso (Italian pronunciation: [treˈviːzo], Venetian: Trevixo) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants (as of November 2010): some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls (le Mura) or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, Sisley, Stefanel, Geox, Diadora and Lotto Sport Italia, appliance maker De'Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello.

Treviso is also known for being the original production area of Prosecco wine, and being one of several towns thought to have been the origin of the popular Italian dessert tiramisù.

For some scholars, the ancient city of Tarvisium derived its name from a settlement of the Celtic tribe of the Taurusci. Others have attributed the name instead to the Greek root tarvos, meaning "bull".

Tarvisium, then a city of the Veneti, became a municipium in 89 BCE after the Romans added Cisalpine Gaul to their dominions. Citizens were ascribed to the Roman tribe of Claudia. The city lay in proximity of the Via Postumia, which connected Opitergium to Aquileia, two major cities of Roman Venetia during Ancient and early medieval times. Treviso is rarely mentioned by ancient writers, although Pliny writes of the Silis, that is the Sile River, as flowing ex montibus Tarvisanis.


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