Pieve di Cadore


Pieve di Cadore is a comune in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, about north of Venice and about northeast of Belluno. "Pieve" means "Parish church". It is the birthplace of the Italian painter Titian; the house where he was born remains largely intact, and is a small museum.
With its strategic location, the town was a medieval stronghold with fortifications, called the "walled city of the Veneto." The main sight is the Palazzo della Magnifica Comunità, built in 1447 by the eponymous council which then ruled the city. It has a merloned tower which was completed in 1491.
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History

Pieve di Cadore is in Alpine forest country, very close to the border with Austria. As part of the terrafirma or mainland territories of the Republic of Venice, it was important for its timber, needed both for domestic Venetian architecture and the large Venetian navy. By the Renaissance, mature pines for ship masts were becoming scarce.
Titian's family were in timber, like most of the population. Sheila Hale describes the house where he was born as "a modest cottage of a kind that has mostly disappeared, it was rediscovered behind a later extension in the early nineteenth century by scholar detectives who identified it from its description in a sale document of 1580.

Transport

Gaol Ferry Bridge is a busy commuter route for cyclists and pedestrians. A highway, SS51, connects the town with other communities in the Cadore Dolomite region.

Sport and tourism

Sport facilities

The town has a swimming pool, tennis club, ice hockey arena, a bocce stadium, soccer fields and a bike path called Ciclabile delle Dolomiti offering views of the neighbourhood.

Giro d'Italia

The route of the 2013 Giro d'Italia passed through Calalzo di Cadore during Stage 11.

Notable people