Montebelluna

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Montebelluna
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Montebelluna (Italy)
Montebelluna
Country Italy
region Veneto
province Treviso  (TV)
Local name Montebełuna
Coordinates 45 ° 47 '  N , 12 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '31 "  N , 12 ° 2' 20"  E
height 109  m slm
surface 48.98 km²
Residents 31,459 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 642 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 31044
prefix 0423
ISTAT number 026046
Popular name montebellunesi
Website www.comune.montebelluna.tv.it

Montebelluna ( Venetian Montebełuna ) is a city with 31,459 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in northeast Italy , about 67 km northwest of Venice , in the province of Treviso and the Veneto region .

The neighboring municipalities are Altivole , Caerano di San Marco , Cornuda , Crocetta del Montello , Trevignano , Vedelago and Volpago del Montello .

economy

Montebelluna has an important shoe manufacturing industry and is also known as the "shoe capital" in the Veneto region due to the large number of shoe shops.

Montebelluna is the headquarters of the shoe company Geox , the ice and roller skate manufacturer Roces and Garmont , a major manufacturer of mountain , outdoor and ski boots . Fila has research and development facilities here. Whether Nordica or Lange, Dynafit, Fischer or Salomon, all major ski boot brands rely on the Italian specialists. The company of the MBT inventor Karl Müller also develops and produces some of his shoes in Montebelluna.

Culture

see also: Hay wagon race

The hay cart race , the Palio , originated in Montebelluna and spread from there. The Europalio is about pulling and pushing a handcart to the destination as quickly as possible with several people .

In the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Colle of Montebelluna there is a fresco by the painter Francesco Fontebasso , La Gloria del Paradiso .

sons and daughters of the town

Twin cities

Attractions

  • Old cemetery in Santa Maria in Colle

  • Montebelluna Cathedral

  • War memorial

  • Piazza Negrelli

Web links

Commons : Montebelluna  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ The New York Times , November 1989
  3. ↑ City of Boots , accessed November 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ On air soles to success in: St. Galler Tagblatt from September 8, 2009. Accessed on May 28, 2011