Motta di Livenza

Motta di Livenza
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Treviso  (TV)
Coordinates	45 ° 47 '  N , 12 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '47 "  N , 12 ° 36' 31"  E
height	7  m slm
surface	37 km²
Residents	10,852 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	293 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	31045
prefix	+ 39-06
ISTAT number	026049
Popular name	mottensi
Patron saint	San Nicola
Website	www.mottadilivenza.net

Basilica Madonna dei Miracoli

Downtown of Motta di Livenza

Motta di Livenza is a municipality ( comune ) with 10,852 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Treviso within the Veneto region in Italy . It is located about 60 km northeast of Venice .

history

The city has Roman roots. Its first inhabitants were the Paleoveneti. The Livenza River was one of the reasons why a city came into being here. In the 10th century a castle was built to defend the city and its people.

Attractions

The historic center has recently been renovated, and the streets and squares look back to old. The buildings are built in a medieval to Renaissance style.

cathedral

The Cathedral of San Nicola was built in the 14th century.

Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Miracoli

The pilgrimage church of Madonna dei Miracoli was built in the 16th century on a place where, according to tradition, the Mother of God appeared to a poor peasant on March 9, 1510.

sons and daughters of the town

• Hieronymus Aleander (1480–1542), humanist and cardinal
• Pomponio Amalteo (1505–1588), painter
• Armando Bucciol (* 1946), Roman Catholic bishop in Brazil
• Maria Elena Camerin (* 1982), tennis player
• Corrado Gini (1884–1965), statistician, sociologist and demographer
• Andrea Lucchesi (1741–1801), composer, conductor and teacher of Beethoven
• Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832), anatonomist

Web links

Commons : Motta di Livenza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Andrea Bellieni, Gian Giacomo Cappellaro: A travel guide to Treviso and its province . Padua 1989