Valdobbiadene

Once called Duplavilis, this town that gave birth to S. Venanzio Fortunato, bishop of Poitiers and illustrious hagiographer of late Latin, is mentioned for the first time in a document of 1116.
Today its center has several noteworthy buildings including the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, in Piazza Marconi, which despite the damage caused by the First World War preserves inside precious works of art created by Francesco Beccaruzzi, Paris Bordon and Palma the Younger.
The symbol of the town is its imposing bell tower designed by Francesco Maria Preti which until the war was decorated with a beautiful sundial with a solar zodiacal calendar made by the priest Giovanni Follador in the 19th century. Today, after a careful restoration, it decorates the south side again and testifies to the passion of the local population for this type of artefact, of which there are more than thirty examples in the city.
Along via Piva you will find Villa dei Cedri, surrounded by its large park open to the public. Built in the early nineteenth century as a spinning mill and residence of the Bottoia family, it owes its current appearance to the transformations it underwent at the beginning of the following century when it became the residence of the Piva family. After being for many years the seat of the “Mostra Nazionale degli Spumanti”, today it hosts the August event “Calici di stelle” as well as exhibitions, conferences, concerts, …