Cittaslow
Cittaslow in Veneto
3 towns
Veneto holds 3 Cittaslow sites inside our catalogue. All sit in the province of Treviso.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Asolo, Follina, and Farra di Soligo.
Asolo
Province: Treviso · 205 m
A walled hill town at 205 meters that Caterina Cornaro ran as her court after trading Cyprus to Venice in 1489.
Follina
Province: Treviso · 191 m
A Prosecco-hills borgo at 191 meters around the Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria, with a cloister finished in 1268.
Farra di Soligo
Province: Treviso · 161 m
The heart of the Prosecco Hills UNESCO landscape — an 8,477-resident comune in the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG zone (UNESCO World Heritage since 2019), with the three medieval Torri di Credazzo crowning a hilltop above its vineyards, Cittaslow + Città del Vino signals, and direct walking access to the most photographed stretch of the hogback ridge.
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