Quero (Veneto)
| Quero | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Veneto | ||
| province | Belluno (BL) | ||
| local community | Quero Vas | ||
| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ' N , 11 ° 56' E | ||
| height | 288 m slm | ||
| Residents | 2,502 (2013) | ||
| patron | Mary Annunciation | ||
| Church day | 25th March | ||
| Telephone code | 0439 | CAP | 32038 |
Quero is a fraction of the municipality ( comune ) Quero Vas and was an independent municipality in the province of Belluno in Veneto until 2013 .
geography
Quero is located on the eastern slope of the Grappa massif, above the valley of the Piave river on the orographic right side of the valley, about 11 kilometers southeast of the town of Feltre at an altitude of 288 mslm
history
The history of Quero is linked to its geographical location in the Piave valley between the mountain region around Belluno and the Trevisan plain; the village was often a border town and of some strategic importance.
The first settlement in the area probably dates back to Roman times, as the discovery of some Roman tombstones shows, but the layout of the village also suggests a Roman foundation. Pliny the Elder mentions the Quarqueni , who can possibly be identified with the inhabitants of the area.
From around the second half of the 10th century, Quero belonged to Treviso and shared its historical fate: the battles between different signories in the 13th century, the rule of the Scaliger from Verona 1319–1338 and that of the Republic of Venice 1339–1381. The Castelnuovo fortress was built under the Venetians in 1376 , an important bulwark in a strategic position over the road and river. During the Great Venetian War (1508-1511) between the Republic of Venice and the League of Cambrai , Castelnuovo di Quero was fought over several times. In 1511 the commandant of the fortress, Hieronymus Ämiliani , had to bow to the superior French forces and capitulated.
It was not until 1810 that Quero came to the Dipartimento del Piave , based in Belluno in the newly founded Italian Kingdom .
In the 20th century, the world wars hit the village hard. During the First World War the Piave was at times the front line, the place was almost completely destroyed during the Piave battles . During the Second World War, the district of Schievenin was burned and looted by the German Wehrmacht in September 1943 in retaliation against Italian partisans.
On December 28, 2013, Quero merged with the municipality of Vas to form the new municipality of Quero Vas. The fractions Carpen, Santa Maria, Cilladon, Schievenin and Prada belonged to the former municipal area.
economy
Around the 14th century, in addition to agriculture on the Tegorzo torrent, textile production, namely wool spinning, was an important line of business for the village until the 18th century. Today glasses and lamps are produced in Quero; Tourism in the region, which is attractive for mountain tours, is another economic factor in the municipality.
Attractions
The neo-classical parish church of Santa Maria Annunciata by Feltrin architect Sebastiano De Boni (1736–1835) contains parts of a large baroque tabernacle and paintings by Giuseppe (Salviati) Porta (1520–1570) and by Jacopo Palma the Younger (1548–1628).
In Quero also home to the ossuary of Quero, a German military cemetery for the 4,000 killed in the Battle of the Piave River German soldiers.
Above Schieventin near the village of Prada are the “Castles of Prada”, well-known rock formations.
gastronomy
A typical dish in the Quero area is polenta e s'cioss , polenta with snails and porcini mushrooms.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Bitschnau: The life of God's saints . Benziger, Einsiedeln, 24th edition [after 1881], p. 98.
