What is Susegana known for?

One of the largest castles in northern Italy, 32,000 square meters of double walls begun in 1323 and still in Collalto hands. Southern slopes in the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene UNESCO zone inscribed in 2019, planted with Glera and farmed by the Collalto winery. Trevigian dynasty since the twelfth century, lords of the Piave crossing and patrons of both Susegana castles and the local Franciscan house.

Susegana is a comune in the province of Treviso, Veneto region of Italy, about 60 kilometers from Venezia.

Veneto · Treviso

Susegana

The Collalto castle townon the left bank of the Piave, with one of the largest medieval fortresses in northern Italy.

60 km / 37 mi

Nearest hub (Venezia)

11,792

Population

Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

Best time to visit

Recognised as

Why come

Susegana sitson the left bank of the Piave, twenty kilometers north of Treviso, where the river leaves the Prealps and turns south toward the lagoon. Two castles built by the Collalto counts define the place. The older one, on the Colle Alto founded by Ensedisio I in 1110, became a Franciscan monastery under the Republic of Venice and was suppressed by Napoleon. The other, the Castello San Salvatore on its own hill, was begun by Rambaldo III di Collalto in 1323 and expanded into one of the largest castles in northern Italy, with a double wall enclosing 32,000 square meters. The commune holds the frazioni of Colfosco and Collalto on the hilly northern strip and Ponte della Priula on the plain. The southern vineyards belong to the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene UNESCO buffer zone inscribed in 2019, and the surrounding hills are still farmed by the Collalto descendants from their winery on the San Salvatore estate.

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Known for

Castello di San Salvatore
Castle begun by Rambaldo III di Collalto in 1323, double-walled and covering 32,000 square meters on its own hill, still owned by the Collalto family.
Castello di Collalto
Older Collalto stronghold founded in 1110 on the Colle Alto, later a Franciscan monastery and now ruins above the village of Collalto.
Colline del Prosecco
Southern slopes of the commune within the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene UNESCO buffer zone, planted with Glera and producing DOCG Prosecco Superiore.
Ponte della Priula
Frazione on the plain where the road and rail bridges cross the Piave, a strategic point in both World Wars and still the commune's transport hinge.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
Parish church in the centro storico, rebuilt after damage in the First World War and holding eighteenth-century altarpieces from the older structure.

When to visit

Best months · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

April through June and September through October are the working months. Vine flowering runs into late May, harvest from mid-August into September, and the gold light over the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene hills draws photographers in October. July and August push past thirty degrees and the centro storico empties in the afternoon. November through March is quiet and grey; the Piave valley can sit in fog for days at a time and the San Salvatore grounds close to visitors. The Castello San Salvatore opens for events through the warm months and hosts an Easter Monday medieval festival drawing visitors from across the Quartier del Piave. Conegliano is seven kilometers south by rail and Treviso another twenty.