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7 unusual facts about Belluno


1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Eight teams contested the third tier this year in Belluno and Feltre, Italy from March 18 to 27.

Alpine Brigade Cadore

The brigade was based in the Italian provinces of Belluno and Vicenza.

The Pieve di Cadore was supported by the Lanzo Mountain Artillery Group in Belluno.

The Cadore was constituted on 1 July 1953 in the city of Belluno.

Andrew Ferrara

According to some sources the name of the manufacturer was Andrea dei Ferrari of Belluno, according to others, Andrew Ferrars or Ferrier of Arbroath.

Cansiglio

However, the area is mentioned officially for the first time in a 923 document, a diplom by which emperor Berengar I of Italy donated it to the bishop of Belluno.

Venetian literature

The first fragment entirely in Venetian, dating back to 1100, is the Ritmo bellunese which deals with events at Belluno in the years 1183 to 1196.


1985 Winter Universiade

The 1985 Winter Universiade, the XII Winter Universiade, took place in Belluno, Italy.

Armando Aste

Due to his numerous ascents in the Italian Dolomites, climbing routes have been named after him (e.g. the Aste-Susatti route in the Monte Civetta, near Belluno, Italy, first ascent by Armando Aste and Fausto Susatti on 26–28 July 1954).

Gaspare Diziani

Between 1710-1720, he painted a group of eight pictures that included the Mary Magdalene for the church of San Stefano in Belluno, and Entry into Jerusalem for San Teodoro in Venice.

Gherardo III da Camino

He had already been member of the City Council of Treviso and, in 1266, had received the seignory of Feltre and Belluno from the local bishop, which Gherardo was to held until his death.

Louis of Teck

The Venetians completed the occupation of Friuli capturing Feltre, Belluno, Portogruaro and Venzone in 1420, while the Cadore and Capodistria surrendered spontaneously.

Marco Tasca

He entered the Order at Camposampiero on September 29, 1968, where he attended lower Primary school before going to the Seraphic Seminary of Pedavena (Belluno), and then to Brescia for his last years at the Lyceum-Minor Seminary.

Monte Piana

The Monte Piana is a 2,324 tall mountain in the Sexten Dolomites and located on the border between the provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno.

Piero Valeriano Bolzani

He returned to Belluno later, but fled to Rome in 1509 to escape the occupation of the city by the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the League of Cambrai.

Politics of Veneto

Only two provinces have been traditionally governed by the centre-left (Venice and Rovigo), while Belluno is a swing province.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua

The Diocese of Padua covers the most part of the Province of Padua, out of a main part of the higher plain; instead it includes areas from the surrounding provinces of Vicenza (Altopiano di Asiago, Mount Grappa), Venice (Riviera del Brenta), Treviso (Valdobbiadene) and Belluno.

Ronche

Ronche, in the Lamon municipality in Belluno province in the Veneto region

Sexten

The commune is bordered, clockwise from the west, by Toblach, Innichen, Sillian (Austria), Kartitsch (Austria), Comelico Superiore (Belluno) and Auronzo di Cadore, (Belluno).


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