San Pietro di Feletto

Located on the hills that rise north of Conegliano, once covered with woods and ferns (in Latin “felix-icis), this territory boasts an ancient wine vocation, also appreciated in the times of the Republic of Venice.

LA PIEVE
The millenary Pieve of San Pietro di Feletto is one of the historical and artistic jewels of the area. Built on pre-existing Longobard, the current building – despite the troubles passed over the centuries (not least the disastrous earthquake of 1873) – preserves important fresco cycles dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century, including the Christ Pantocrator in the main apse, the baptismal chapel frescoed with episodes from the life of San Sebastiano, the Creed in the main nave, and the Christ of Sunday on the facade which, wounded by the activities prohibited on holidays, represents a real cross-section of medieval daily life.

THE PATH POPE JOHN XXIII
It is a path that develops for four kilometers between the hills of San Pietro di Feletto, where Giuseppe Roncalli, when between 1953 and 1958 was still Patriarch of Venice, loved to spend some periods of rest and reflection, walking among the hills of Felettano and entertaining amiably with the locals. The itinerary begins near the parish church where the Patriarchal Villa stands (originally owned by the Countess Maria Walter Bas), where the future Pope resided during the periods of his stay in the village, and winds clockwise, touching the sites he loved. more.

EREMO CAMALDOLESE IN RUA
It was built on Colle Capriolo from the second half of the 17th century, when Alvise Canal, a Venetian patrician, donated a plot of land and a noble palace to the hermit monks of San Romualdo. These built around it the cloistered walls, the church and fourteen small cells separated by dividing walls, consisting of a room for rest and study, a chapel with an altar and a woodshed; outside each one was equipped with a garden and a vegetable garden which was used by the monk who lived there to produce the food necessary for his own survival.
Famous for its rich library, it was a destination for pilgrims and learned men who also appreciated its pleasant location
Today four of the ancient cells survive, under which there are also some rooms used by the monks, probably as warehouses for the deposit of crops, various workshops or cellars. In the parish church you can admire the High Altar (1680) made by the well-known workshop of the Guirlanduzzi of Ceneda.
The building is currently the Town Hall.

Ph: Arcangelo Piai