Welcome to the on one of the joyous March of towers built by Treviso, a Antenor to defend THE PROVINCE magnificent area the new city. Follow OF TREVISO full of mystery. me – this is just the If you came here beginning. Hidden A land of to discover its from sight in the mystery beauty and you Treviso area are the are eager to find spirits of kind out about legends and dark tales, you have maidens and men of found the right man. My name is Fosco and I the church, have always lived here. No one knows the descendents of the area’s castles, villages and hills better than me Collalto and Minucci and nobody can tell you more about all of the families and secrets that lie hidden here. Did you know that damned souls from Treviso, like Turin, Lyon and Prague, was called a the Ezzelini dynasty, “magical city” as early as the second half of the not to mention roaming monks in the ruins of an Templars and other knights, go on a ghost hunt 13th century – the time of Pietro d’Abano, who abbey, the mysterious creatures of an ancient and get to know the enigmatic Giorgione. On taught here at the historical university? It all Venetian wood, the unnerving forms in Le summer evenings or amidst the first autumn started a long time ago… Some people say that Motte near Castello di Godego and yet more mists, you can enter a world of jesters and the name “Treviso” comes from “Taurisium”, the fearsome things besides. If my tales are not acrobats, elves and sprites, in the Middle Ages name given to its founder Osiris, a successor of enough to sate your curiosity, you can experien- or Celtic times, with celebrations and re- Noah, who was worshipped after his death in ce the thrills and discover the secrets of Treviso, enactments that bring to life ancient happe- the form of a bull. It is also said that the name Vittorio Veneto and Castelfranco with my nings. You will find history and legend, reality comes from a depiction of a female figure with friends who you will find there. They will guide and fantasy. I can also recommend a reading list three faces (“tre visi” in Italian) that was placed you as you follow in the footsteps of the for you to enjoy if you want to find out more. If you want to poetry by Dante. An exciting city visit at a of a route that takes in modern museum explore the brisk pace along a route of just over 6 km that displays and 15th century works. The March with a will take you into the heart and soul of museum is in his hometown, where you can guide who is at Treviso. also find two extremely rare works that least similar to have been attributed to him by critics: the the enigmatic SERRAVALLE. altarpiece in the cathedral and the Eastern GUIDED and likeable THE SECRETS OF THE SUBURB Frieze of the liberal arts. Fosco, there are You can experience the fascinating history of TOURS places where Serravalle, an ancient suburb of Vittorio MOTTA DI LIVENZA you can find some truly special ones. In Veneto, and witness the goings on of people “WATER... BOTH MYTH Treviso, Vittorio Veneto and Castelfranco who appear between alleyways and squares AND RITUAL” there are some thrilling routes. We invite and grab your attention with their gazes, Venus, water, mother earth, lagoon, water. tales and culinary offerings. Marcantonio visitors to enjoy their experiences and get It’s a trip through time, seeped in traditions Flaminio, along with other illustrious repre- completely involved in them: these are not and legends. Women and water—elements sentatives of the city, will accompany you as just tours of the town; they are immersions that generate life. Anguana water nymphs you discover the secrets of this ancient place, in “another world”… just for a few hours. are mysterious fairy creatures. Isis, bride and its architecture, its art and its natural environment. sister, Mary, virgin and mother… An itinerary TREVISO. DARK NIGHTS that leads you through old-time Mota di CASTELFRANCO VENETO. Livenza and the area’s history until the A mysterious route in the dark of night will ENIGMATIC GIORGIONE take you through suggestive places and miraculous apparition of the Virgin in 1510.’ In the new Casa Giorgione Museum, you centuries of history, with some aspects that can get to know the elusive artist from For information and reservations, please ask are gruesome and others that are fascinating. Castelfranco. His revolutionary painting, at the tourist offices of the towns where the By the light of a torch or the magical moon, full of messages that have never been fully guided tours are available. you will travel through the land of old knights and Templars, tales of torture and evil, revealed, and his links with astrology, ancient astrological theories and sublime astronomy and esotericism are the themes IN SAN an obligatory step in journeys between the ZENONE, THE North and South of Europe, as well as BIBLIOGRAPHY HOME OF THE commerce in Venice. Nowadays it provides Treviso medievale. Istituzioni, usi, EZZELINI an opportunity to experience the magical costumi, aneddoti, curiosità Each year in July, atmosphere of the Middle Ages and enjoy by Angelo Marchesan in the former unforgettable times in the company of people anastatic reprint, Treviso, 1923 HISTORICAL court of one of in delightful 14th century clothing, in keeping Il delitto della contessa Onigo the March of with an ancient tradition. by C. Domenico Mazzocato RE-ENACTMENTS Treviso’s most www.anticafierasantalucia.com 1997 Santi Quaranta powerful families, a mediaeval-style banquet is held: the flavours of the period menu, CELTIC NEW YEAR IN Leggende del Quartier del Piave music and choreography will take you back in VITTORIO VENETO by Enrico Dall’Anese and Paolo Martorel, 1997 time. After seven centuries, the memories of In the lunar month of October/November, the Fiabe e leggende del Piave the tragedy of the Ezzelini family merge with summer used to come to a close with the feast by Laura Simeoni those of the legends, lights, shadows, might of Samanios, marking the end of the old year 2002 Santi Quaranta, Treviso and terror of epic deeds to be experienced at and the start of the new one. The laws of time this special event. and space did not apply to the Celtic new year, Fiabe e leggende del Montello www.academia-san-zenone.com which represented both death and rebirth. by Laura Simeoni According to tradition, it was possible to 2003 Editrice Santi Quaranta, Treviso ANCIENT FAIR OF SANTA LUCIA encounter one’s deceased ancestors, descen- Fiabe e leggende del Sile For over 1300 years, in late October and early dants, fairies, demons and gnomes. On Mount by Laura Simeoni November, merchants, craftsmen, jesters, Antares, the home of one of the most impor- 2006 Editrice Santi Quaranta, Treviso hunters, nobles and pages have gathered in tant sanctuaries of the Celtics and ancient La palude degli eroi Santa Lucia di Piave. The fair developed Veneti, the revived ceremony takes place on by Marco Salvador, 2009 Editore Piemme thanks to trading links on the Via Hungarica 31 October each year, in a bewitching and the use of the Lovadina ford, which was historical re-enactment. www.undicigradi.com INFORMATION PROVINCE OF TREVISO Tourist Information Office (IAT) PROVINCE OF BELLUNO PROVINCE Treviso Tel. +39.0422.547632 - [email protected] OF PORDENONE Airport Tel. +39.0422.263282 - [email protected] VITTORIO Asolo Tel. +39.0423.529046 - [email protected] VENETO Castelfranco Veneto Tel. +39.0423.491416 CONEGLIANO VALDOBBIADENE [email protected] Santa Lucia Conegliano Tel. +39.0438.21230 di Piave [email protected] Susegana Montebelluna Tel. +39.348.6093050 Collalto [email protected] ASOLO Montello ODERZO Vittorio Veneto Tel. +39.0438.57243 San Zenone MONTEBELLUNA [email protected] degli Ezzelini PROVINCE OF TREVISO www.visittreviso.it - www.turismo.provincia.treviso.it VICENZA Castello di Godego PROVINCE OF PROVINCE TREVISO CASTELFRANCO TREVISO PROVINCE GUIDES GROUP VENETO Mob. Phone +39.340.5477489 Monastier www.guidetreviso.it - [email protected] BOOKINGS FOR STAYS Consorzio di Promozione Turistica Marca Treviso PROVINCE OF Treviso Tel. +39.0422.541052 - fax +39.0422.591195 PADUA Milano Venezia www.marcatreviso.it - www.visittreviso.it - [email protected] PROVINCE Bologna Concept and texts: Frontiere - www.frontiereprogetti.com OF VENICE Illustrations: Paolo Cossi – Printing: Grafiche Antiga spa Crocetta del Montello (TV) MYSTERIOUS MARCA AMONG MYTHS AND LEGENDS WITH FOSCO TROM TREVISO Everyone knows the apothecary monk in the physic garden, and fruit and vegetables for making preserves grew that the older a in the kitchen garden. Nothing remains of this existence, interspersed with prayers and hard place is, the work, except for a semi-abandoned scene. The rooms of the monastery no longer echo with more attention it the chants of the monks and the bell tower stands MONASTIER will get from silent, sounding out the hours no more. However, historians and sometimes people who go past it at dusk think they The ghost scholars, and the can hear rustling or a liturgical murmur. This sensation more isolated it gradually becomes more and more real. Phantom abbey is, the greater the bells start to ring out hours that have been lost in time, curiosity of passers-by will be. If the place in the windows of the cloister start to bang and a light question is a ruined 10th century abbey of emerges from the church door, Benedictine monks, it cannot help but drive the followed by a procession of monks imagination of people who love to envisage the who walk around the square, enter the lives of those who left no trace.