What is Conegliano known for?

Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG was created in 2009; the Scuola Enologica trained the producers who built the Glera category. Giambattista Cima da Conegliano, born around 1459, whose 1492 Duomo altarpiece remains in continuous use in the cathedral. Tenth-century castle above the centro storico, with bell tower and outer walls preserved and a civic museum in the tower.

Conegliano is a comune in the province of Treviso, Veneto region of Italy, about 65 kilometers from Venezia.

Veneto · Treviso

Conegliano

The Prosecco capital, birthplace of the painter Cima and home of Italy's first oenology school, opened in 1876.

65 km / 40 mi

Nearest hub (Venezia)

34,292

Population

Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

Best time to visit

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Why come

Conegliano sitswhere the Veneto plain meets the Prealps, fifty kilometers north of Venice. A tenth-century castle on the hill above the town still holds its bell tower and outer walls and now houses a small museum. The painter Giambattista Cima was born here around 1459; his altarpiece for the Duomo, dated 1492, hangs in the cathedral and stays in continuous use. The Contrada Granda, the arcaded main street that runs below the castle, holds the medieval and Venetian-period layout intact. The defining contemporary fact is Prosecco. In 1876 the Scuola Enologica opened on Via XX Settembre, the first oenology school in Italy, and it has trained the producers who built the Glera-based wine into a global category. The Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG was created in 2009 and the surrounding hills were inscribed by UNESCO in 2019. The town runs a working economy of agriculture, food processing and tertiary services, and the railway station puts Venice forty minutes south and Belluno forty minutes north.

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Known for

Duomo di Conegliano
Fourteenth-century cathedral with a façade hidden behind the arcaded Scuola dei Battuti, housing the 1492 altarpiece by Cima da Conegliano.
Castello di Conegliano
Tenth-century castle on the hill above the town, with bell tower and outer walls preserved; the tower houses the Museo Civico.
Contrada Granda
Arcaded main street running below the castle, the spine of the centro storico, intact since the Venetian period.
Casa di Cima
Birthplace of Giambattista Cima da Conegliano, born around 1459, now a small museum dedicated to the painter and his Veneto contemporaries.
Scuola Enologica
Italy's first oenology school, founded in 1876 on Via XX Settembre, the institution that trained the producers behind modern Prosecco.
Scuola dei Battuti
Fifteenth-century confraternity hall in front of the Duomo, with an exterior fresco cycle by Ludovico Pozzoserrato and others.

Signature product

Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCGDOCG

The historic core of Prosecco; the hills between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene are a UNESCO World Heritage landscape.

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When to visit

Best months · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

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April through June and September through October are the months Conegliano is built for. The hills are green in spring and gold in autumn; the Prosecco vineyards flower in late May and harvest runs from mid-August into September. July and August push into the low thirties and the centro storico empties in the afternoon. November through March is quiet and grey; valley fog can sit for days. The Dama Castellana medieval festival runs the third Sunday of June with costumed teams and a tug-of-war between the town quarters. The Castello hill at sunset, looking south across the plain toward Treviso, is the view that built the town's tourism.