Here are the newarby cities you can see, starting from the restaurant, for an exciting new journey.
The many cultural initiatives, the art exhibits, the monuments, the Casinò and the gorgeous lagoon give make this city unique in the world. Piazza San Marco, unmatched and attractive at any moment of the day, with its Cathedral with its walls filled with golden Byzantine mosaiques. The Renaissance clock tower, with the world-famous “Mori”, two bronze statues, attracts the visitors of the square. Another fantastic place in Venice is Rialto, business centre since the beginning of the century.
Medieval city, surrounded by the 16th century wall, Treviso is an elegant city lying on the confluence of two rivers, the Sile and the Botteniga.
Long porticos and frescos give to many streets a distinct look, different from the other cities in the region. The main road is the Calmaggiore, where modern commerce reached some sort of compromise with the past. The most important location was built in the 13th Century, and it is called Palazzo dei Trecento, near Piazza dei Signori.
Set on the Brenta river, just where it widens from the hills, Bassano lies on the feet of Mt. Grappa and the Asiago upland. The elegant wooden bridge, known as “Ponte Vecchio” or “Ponte degli Alpini”, designed by Palladio in 1568 on the Brenta river, is the most distinguishing city monument. During its long history, it was destroyed more than once by floods and during the world wars. Bassano is known for its wonderful, world-famous pottery art.
It lies on the western part of Treviso’s province. Old Castelfranco’s city centre (also known as Castello) is surrounded by a crenellated brick wall the Treviso inhabitants built in 1199 to protect the city from Padua’s army. Castelfranco gave birth to Giorgione, and at the Cathedral you can admire the famous “Madonna and Child Between St. Francis and St. Nicasius”, commonly know as Castelfranco Madonna.
Known as “The city of a Hundred Horizons”, the medieval walled-up city of Asolo lies on the top of a group of mountains, at the foot of Dolomites. The memoirs of the famous citizens are kept in the Maggiore museum in Piazza Maggiore. The theatre dedicated to Eleonora Duse takes up part of the castle, and was recently restored. From 1489 to 1509 this was also Caterina Cornaro’s house, one of the few women in Venice’s history to play an important politcal role.
It’s a small yet great town, famous for its characteristic square, where every year a human chess game is played every second Friday, Saturday and Sunday on September every year. The story of the chess game goes back to 1454 when Marostica was under the Republic of Venice’s rule.
The event repeats itself as it was the first time, in a lively frame of costumes, multicoloured flags, parades with armored men: all in an exquisite elegance. Today, the orders are still given to characters and actors, using the dialect of the Serenissima Venice Republic.