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INFORMATION
HOW TO REACH ODERZO
PROVINCE OF TREVISO
Tourist Bureau (IAT)
PROVINCE OF BELLUNO
Tel. +39.0422.815251 - [email protected]
www.turismo.provincia.treviso.it
Treviso
Milan
Venice
Oderzo
Treviso
Vicenza
Verona
Padua
MUNICIPALITY OF ODERZO
Archaeological Town
Via Garibaldi, 14 - Tel. +39.0422.8121 - Fax +39.0422.815208
OPITERGIVM HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT
www.comune.oderzo.tv.it - [email protected]
ODERZO CULTURA ONLUS FOUNDATION
Tel. +39.0422.718013 - www.oderzocultura.it
• Veneto
Vittorio
• Conegliano
Bologna
Rome
Città di Oderzo
PROVINCE OF
PORDENONE
Belluno
• Asolo
PROVINCE
OF VICENZA
Venice
Rovigo
Oderzo
PROVINCE OF TREVISO
• Castelfranco
TREVISO
PROVINCE
OF PADUA
PROVINCE OF VENICE
Oderzo is situated in the province of Treviso at approx. 30 Km from the town of Treviso
and can be reached:
by motorway: SR 53 Postumia, A27 (exit Treviso Nord), A4 (exit Cessalto)
by plane: Antonio Canova (Treviso), Marco Polo (Venice), Catullo (Verona) airports
by railway: Oderzo-Treviso, Oderzo-Conegliano-Udine
OPERA IN PIAZZA FESTIVAL
www.operainpiazza.it - [email protected]
HOLIDAY OFFER RESERVATIONS
Tourist Promotion Association
Tel. +39.0422.541052 - fax +39.0422.591195
www.marcatreviso.it - [email protected]
BEE-KEEPING
MUSEUM
The Museum,
situated in the
hamlet of
Magera, was
established in
the memory of
the bee-keeper
Guido Fregonese with a legacy of beerelated materials that the Town of Oderzo
received from the 'Ape Opitergium Club'.
Inaugurated in June 1996, the tour leads the
visitor on a discovery of beehives and the
instruments created by man to protect and
improve the bees' existence (extractors,
queen excluders, smokers, feeders, bee
escapes, etc.), all this with the help of
pictures and prints. One of the objectives of
the museum is to promote and spread the
culture of bee-keeping not only for the
nutritional value of bees' produce but also
for their importance in flower pollination.
(Information: tel. +39.0422.815459 www.museoapicoltura.it).
Idea and layout: Frontiere - www.frontiereprogetti.com
Photos: Comune di Oderzo, Associazione Oder Atto II, Museo Archeologico Eno Bellis e Pinacoteca
Alberto Martini
Cover: Eno Bellis Archaeological Museum, mosaic fragment depicting a hare hunting scene,
late 3rd - early 4th century AD
Translations: Studio Congia
straw roofing), this Casòn is now the seat of
a small ethnographic museum which can be
visited by schools and tourists by appointment.
(Information: tel. +39.0422.752579 www.casonpiavon.it).
WE
RECOMMEND
VISITING
CASÒN DI PIAVON
This is an interesting specimen of a typical
country house of Veneto. Dating back to a
period between 1800 and 1900, it is situated
in Via Frassenè in Piavon di Oderzo.
Following an excellent renovation started in
2001 by the technical staff of the Municipality
of Oderzo and of the last "casonieri" (builders
specializing in the construction of the typical
A fascinating
historical
re-enactment of
the Roman Age
in the old town
of Opitergium
takes place in
Oderzo every
year in the first
week of June. Scenes of everyday life, shows
and guided tours bring a glorious past to the
stage. Oderzo signed a peaceful alliance with
the Roman Republic and developed further
until it became a Municipium (i.e. a capital
city) with ca. 50,000 inhabitants in the year
49 b.C.. Thanks to its strategic position, well
served by the two rivers Monticano and a
now dissolved branch of the Piave, the town
reached its maximum splendour between
the 1st and 2nd century AD.
This event is gaining more and more media
exposure throughout Italy.
(Information: [email protected] www.comune.oderzo.tv.it; Oderzo tourist
bureau tel. +39.0422.814081).
'OPITERGIVM'
HISTORICAL
RE-ENACTMENT
ODERZO
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOWN
ANCIENT FOUNTAIN OF
LOVERS, FRATTA
The old pig-iron Fountain of Lovers, carefully
renovated and restored using a pre-existing
artesian well is located in the hamlet of Fratta
against the wall of the belfry of the Medieval
Church of St. Philip and St. James dating
back to the 11th-12th century.
The front of the fountain, which supplied
water for the locals' homes, features a lion's
head from which water jets out.
Not far from the left bank of the river
Monticano there are some unmarked,
charming footpaths in the greenery which
are ideal for walks and excursions.
Casòn di Piavon
The musical
shows of the
Opera Festival
in Piazza G. Di
Stefano are
held In the
spectacular
sitting-room of
Piazza Grande
and elsewhere in town. The quality of
performances, an imposing staging, singers
and guests of international fame as well as
thousands of enthusiasts coming from the
whole of Europe have marked the success
of this Festival, organized by 'Oder Atto II '
and sponsored by the Ministry of Cultural
Heritage and Environmental Conservation.
(Information: Information offices at Oderzo,
Treviso and Conegliano - www.operainpiazza.it
[email protected]).
OPERA
FESTIVAL,
PIAZZA
G. DI STEFANO
Above, Verdi's Traviata in ‘Piazza Grande’ (scenes,
costumes and direction by Hugo De Ana)
Opitergium Historical Re-enactment, a detail of the
Theatrum
www.provincia.treviso.it
Città di Oderzo
Oderzo has
existed as a
town for many
centuries, as
witnessed by its
skilfully
renovated
Medieval and
Renaissance
style buildings. This archaeological centre
opens its artistic and architectural heritage to
the visitor through the numerous itineraries
offered by its urban texture.
An important Municipium in Ancient Roman
times, it was destroyed in 667 by the
Barbarian fury of the Lombard king Grimoaldo and became part of the Venetian Republic in 1338. Oderzo underwent alternate
periods of splendour and distress until
recent times, when its Archaeological Town
Museum helped it develop into a renowned
and lively cultural centre. The Museum,
named after the scholar Eno Bellis, ranks
among the oldest in Italy and houses a
valuable Gallery located on the top floor of
HISTORICAL
HIGHLIGHTS
AND 'PIAZZA
GRANDE'
the historical 'Palazzo Foscolo' and dedicated
to Alberto Martini, the famous pioneer of
European Surrealism.
'Piazza Grande', which faces the Renaissance
Cathedral, is one of the most famous
squares in Veneto. It features a marvellous
view of the mountains in the distance and a
rare sun-dial which was donated to the town
by Architect Toni Follina. He also designed
its present location in 1993. The square can
be reached through the arcade of the clock
Opened in
1876, Oderzo's
Archaeological
Museum is
situated in the
porticoes of
'Palazzo
Foscolo'. The
most outstanding archaeological heritage of the town is
displayed here. The urban structure of the
ancient town of 'Opitergium', an important
economic and administrative centre during
the ancient Veneto and Roman ages, originates from the 10th century b.C. and
remained as it was until the 7th century AD.
Museum collections started in the late 19th
century when early findings were supplemented with donations from local families.
More recently, other artefacts were added :
some of them, owned by the Government,
come from the “Moizzi” estate, which is said
to have been a refuge for Oderzo inhabitants
during the Late Antiquity, others were the
result of local excavations spanning the last
ALBERTO
MARTINI
GALLERY
There are
several evocative open-air
archaeological
sites scattered
around the town
centre that you
can visit by
appointment
with professional guides working for the
Archaeological Authorities of Veneto. Four
sites are particularly worth mentioning: the
Forum area contains the remains of a Forum of
the Earlier Roman Imperial Age and of a big
domus (house); the area of the former jails,
situated inside a renowned restaurant not far
from the 'Torresin' clock tower; the area of Via
dei Mosaici, where the lower part of two wells
and the mosaic paving of a noble dwelling are
preserved; and the area between Piazza
Grande and Piazza Castello, where a tunnel
has been built inside a modern building
between the squares to show visitors the
remains of one of the two main Roman town
roads and a paved floor displayed vertically.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS
Above, aerial view of Piazza Grande
Below, Eno Bellis Archaeological Museum: façade
and Late Antiquity Mosaic Hall
twenty years. Objects are displayed by order
of age - the first floor houses artefacts of the
Pre-Roman Age from the town and its
surrounding area. Special features of this
section are two decorative animal-shaped
terracotta statues, some small bronze
figurines of charging warriors, and Venetic
inscriptions.
The first floor also houses the full scale
reconstruction of drainage systems using
amphorae dating back to the Roman Age
and the main amphora specimen found
locally. The Roman Age itinerary continues
on the ground floor with artefacts of the
Romans' everyday life, tombstones (many of
which decorated with memorial busts), a
collection of coins and small bronze statues,
some valuable portraits and famous mosaics
of the Late Antiquity (“War Scenes”,
“Romanus” and "Cupbearer”).
(Information: tel. +39.0422.713333 www.oderzocultura.it)
ENO BELLIS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
'Palazzo Foscolo'
is a late 16thcentury
dwelling with
the typical
features of a
Venetian villa - a
three-section
façade, large
arched windows on the first floor, a spacious
hall on the ground floor. The halls of the two
upper floors are accessed by a staircase with
valuable stuccoes, probably decorated by
Alessandro Vittoria (Trento 1524-Vicenza
1608). While the ground floor houses the
Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, the
second floor features a Gallery named after
Alberto Martini, native of Oderzo (Oderzo
1876-Milan 1954). This gallery, inaugurated
in 1967 thanks to a generous legacy features
a rich collection marking the momentous
steps of Martini's career. Starting from 1897,
the artist took part in no less than 14
consecutive editions of the Biennale in
Venice. A Symbolist since his first literature-
tower called 'Torresin', the town's symbol,
which stands at the Southern Gate of the
former Medieval ramparts. Hospitable and
quiet, Oderzo offers a wide range of
opportunities to discover the charm, flavours
and scents of the “joyful and lovely”
[”gioiosa et amorosa”] Province of Treviso.
inspired creations, Martini turned to
Surrealism in his later Parisian period. One of
his most prestigious works is the illustration
of the Divine Comedy, which took him over
40 years of impassioned work - from the
1901 edition promoted by Alinari of Florence to the watercolour tables painted
between 1943 and 1944. The corpus
consists of 298 works, most of which were
painted in black and white. He also produced the elegant, unmatched illustrations for
Edgar Allan Poe's Tales, the ‘Mysteries’
graphics and the ‘Danza Macabra Europea’
lithographs (1914-1916), a harsh, sarcastic
critique of the First World War. Martini's
interest in theatre led him to create Tetiteatro, a theatre staging on water, on which he
spent one full year of research and designs,
many of which are displayed in a unique
collection in Oderzo. The first floor of
‘Palazzo Foscolo’ hosts temporary art exhibitions, the 'Oderzo Azienda & Design Award',
the 'Città di Oderzo Architecture Award',
meetings, cultural events, and concerts.
(Information: tel. +39.0422.815202 www.oderzocultura.it).
Established in
1969 in an 18thcentury palazzo,
the Library has
been extensively
renewed since
then. Local
documents
from past and
modern times are carefully collected forming
a precious heritage of the history and cultural,
social and economic life of Oderzo's territory.
The Library contains two archives - the Historical and the Eno Bellis Records. The following
services are offered: information and documentation programmes, a reference section,
and local, inter-library, national, and international lending. Internet service free of charge.
(Information: tel. +39.0422.815166 www.oderzocultura.it)
THE TOWN'S
LIBRARY
Previous page left, ‘Palazzo Foscolo’ (late 16th
century). On the right, Alberto Martini Gallery, hall 1
On the left, Roman Forum archaeological site, a
detail of the roofing
The Town's Library: the reading room on the 1st floor
AN UNFORGETTABLE WEEK-END
in Oderzo
A view of Oderzo
«There are vast lands on the left of Piave which have the ancient Oderzo as their centre - almost their
heart. A walk through these lands where enormous, compact wheat fields alternate with vineyards
which are as high and joyful as triumphal arches raises the spirit towards happier thoughts.
The promised land is tangible here. Here, you might think of the decorations on Achilles' shield, and it is
not hard to understand how untouched agriculture can be so generous to provide us our daily
sustenance. Here, people still labour the land.»
(Giovanni Comisso, 'Veneto felice', 1984)
HOLIDAY OFFER
Discover the fascination of music and the mystery of an ancient Roman town! Visiting tours and cellar
wine-tasting along the Road of Wines of Piave and the Prosecco Area, tickets for the Opera in Piazza
Giuseppe di Stefano and complimentary "Card Premia". Two-night stays in a bridal suite starting from
€ 220.00 per person with accommodation in a 3-4-5-star B&B, Relais or Hotel.
Package holiday reservations
Association for Tourism Promotion of Marca Treviso
Tel.+39.0422.541052 - Fax +39.0422.591195
mail: [email protected] - web site: www.marcatreviso.it