Treviso, capital of the province of the same name, lies in the Veneto plain, some 20km/12 mi north of Venice.
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The ancient town of Treviso was the Roman Tarvisium, later the seat of a Lombard duchy, and in the late Middle Ages a colony of German "Venetian" merchants.
From the cathedral Via Canova and Via Cavour lead northwest to the Museo Civico Luigi Bailo, with an archeological collection and an excellent picture gallery, which contains frescoes by Tommaso da Modena and Girolamo da Treviso, and pictures by Bellini, Lotto, Pisanello, Titian and many other artists.
Address: Museo Civico Luigi Bailo, Borgo Cavour 24, I-31100 Treviso, Italy
In the center of Treviso is the picturesque Piazza dei Signori, with the Palazzo dei Trecento (after 1217), once the seat of the Great Council of the town, and the Palazzo del Podestà with the tall Torre del Comune. The Palazzo Pretorio, a Renaissance palace, houses the town council.
At the northeast corner of Treviso is the fine Porta San Tommaso (1518). The northern rampart walk which begins here affords beautiful views of the Alps.
In Viale San Antonio, in the north of Treviso, lies the church of San Francesco. Pietro Alighieri, a son of Dante, is buried there (d. 1364). Inside, note the frescoes and sculpture of St Sebastian.
In Via San Nicolò, at the southwest corner of the old town, the Dominican church of San Nicolò, a spacious Gothic church built in brick (13th-14th century), has round piers and an unusual vaulted timber roof (restored). In the interior are a "Madonna Enthroned" by Fra Marco Pensaben and Savoldo (1521; on the high altar) and the tomb of Senator Agostino Oningo (d. 1490) by Pietro and Tullio Lombardi. In the chapterhouse of the former Dominican monastery are frescoes by Tommaso da Modena (1352).
Treviso is an old-world town of narrow streets, many of them lined with arcades, and it is still surrounded by well-preserved 15th century walls and a circuit of canals or moats.
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