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Cison di Valmarino
Cison di Valmarino is a village and comune with 2,295 inhabitants in the province of Treviso, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy") since 2019 it has boasted the Orange Flag tourism and environmental quality mark awarded by the Italian Touring Club. The village was the seat of the (historic) county of Valmareno (old spelling), formerly encompassing 2 castles and 20 villages and from 1439 belonging to the Brandolini family, the counts of Valmarino. The name is a portmanteau of valle (valley) and mara (marsh or wet place).
There is evidence that the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times from archaeological discoveries in Follina from the Paleolithic Mesolithic eras, to roof tiles and other fragments from the Bronze Age found in Valmareno.
During the Roman period the Via Claudia Augusta a very important Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia (modern Austria) across the Alps, ran through this area.
The area became an important defensive position against barbarian invasions during the European Migration Period, with the fortress of CastelBrando being expanded and refortified. Around the 11th century, the bishops were succeeded by noble families. The fiefdom passed to the counts of Porcia and, following the marriage between Sofia di Colfosco and Guecello Da Camino (12th century), to the Caminesi family. When Rizzardo VI, the last of the Caminesi "di Sopra" (1335), died without heirs, the territory passed for a short period back to the bishops, who finally gave it to the Republic of Venice.
It was only in 1421, however, that Venice was able to definitively establish its own podestà due to a series of events, including the claims of the Da Camino family. On February 18, 1436, Doge Francesco Foscari entrusted the territory to Erasmo da Narni (better known as Gattamelata) and Brandolino da Bagnacavallo, renowned condottieri who fought for the cause of Venice. However, the counts were forced to pay a heavy tax for feudal rights, so in 1439 the former renounced his rights, handing over the entire dominion to the latter. The descendants of Brandolino da Bagnacavallo, known as Brandolini and later Brandolini D'Adda, held Valmareno until 1797, when the Serenissima fell to Napoleon.
Cison followed the fortunes of the entire Veneto region and, after passing from the French to the Austrians and vice versa, it was definitively Austrian, becoming part of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. From 1866, it was a municipality of the Kingdom of Italy.
However, Austrian occupation made itself felt again during the First World War, when Friuli and part of Veneto passed to the Central Powers. The area was involved in fierce fighting, being close to the front, from the Battle of the Solstice to the final Battle of Vittorio Veneto. During the Second World War the mountain environment favored the formation of several partisan brigades.
Today, Cison di Valmarino remains an enchanting village worthy of being admired in all seasons thanks to its numerous events that fill it with tourists from all over Italy.The 15th-century Villa Casagrande is now the home of Contessa Ghislaine Brandolini d’Adda.
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Cison di Valmarino
Cison di Valmarino is a village and comune with 2,295 inhabitants in the province of Treviso, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy") since 2019 it has boasted the Orange Flag tourism and environmental quality mark awarded by the Italian Touring Club. The village was the seat of the (historic) county of Valmareno (old spelling), formerly encompassing 2 castles and 20 villages and from 1439 belonging to the Brandolini family, the counts of Valmarino. The name is a portmanteau of valle (valley) and mara (marsh or wet place).
There is evidence that the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times from archaeological discoveries in Follina from the Paleolithic Mesolithic eras, to roof tiles and other fragments from the Bronze Age found in Valmareno.
During the Roman period the Via Claudia Augusta a very important Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia (modern Austria) across the Alps, ran through this area.
The area became an important defensive position against barbarian invasions during the European Migration Period, with the fortress of CastelBrando being expanded and refortified. Around the 11th century, the bishops were succeeded by noble families. The fiefdom passed to the counts of Porcia and, following the marriage between Sofia di Colfosco and Guecello Da Camino (12th century), to the Caminesi family. When Rizzardo VI, the last of the Caminesi "di Sopra" (1335), died without heirs, the territory passed for a short period back to the bishops, who finally gave it to the Republic of Venice.
It was only in 1421, however, that Venice was able to definitively establish its own podestà due to a series of events, including the claims of the Da Camino family. On February 18, 1436, Doge Francesco Foscari entrusted the territory to Erasmo da Narni (better known as Gattamelata) and Brandolino da Bagnacavallo, renowned condottieri who fought for the cause of Venice. However, the counts were forced to pay a heavy tax for feudal rights, so in 1439 the former renounced his rights, handing over the entire dominion to the latter. The descendants of Brandolino da Bagnacavallo, known as Brandolini and later Brandolini D'Adda, held Valmareno until 1797, when the Serenissima fell to Napoleon.
Cison followed the fortunes of the entire Veneto region and, after passing from the French to the Austrians and vice versa, it was definitively Austrian, becoming part of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. From 1866, it was a municipality of the Kingdom of Italy.
However, Austrian occupation made itself felt again during the First World War, when Friuli and part of Veneto passed to the Central Powers. The area was involved in fierce fighting, being close to the front, from the Battle of the Solstice to the final Battle of Vittorio Veneto. During the Second World War the mountain environment favored the formation of several partisan brigades.
Today, Cison di Valmarino remains an enchanting village worthy of being admired in all seasons thanks to its numerous events that fill it with tourists from all over Italy.The 15th-century Villa Casagrande is now the home of Contessa Ghislaine Brandolini d’Adda.
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