Sights in Treviso
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Museo Civico di Santa Caterina
While on the right bank of the canal make for the Museo Civico di Santa Caterina . The church and its attached convent and cloisters house many of the city's art treasures. In the church itself are remarkable frescoes attributed to Gentile da Fabriano (who worked in the early 15th century). The beautiful Cappella degli Innocenti contains remarkably fresh and vivid frescoes by two contemporary artists, depicting the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
To these have been added the extraordinary fresco cycle by Tomaso da Modena (1326-79) on the life and martyrdom of St Ursula, recovered late in the 19th century from another already partly demolished church.Over two floors o…
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Chiesa di San Nicolò
Tomaso da Modena left frescoes in the imposing Chiesa di San Nicolò. The star attraction is the Sala del Capitolo Domenicano in the seminary alongside the church. Enter and follow the directions across a cloister to the room, which is adorned with the portraits of 40 Dominican friars by Tomaso da Modena, all intent on copying illuminated manuscripts.
One of them, on the right as you enter, has a magnifying glass in his hand. This 14th-century painting is thought to be the first-ever pictorial record of a reading glass.
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Palazzo dei Trecento
Piazza dei Signori is dominated by the fine brick Palazzo dei Trecento, the one-time seat of city government. Beneath the vaults you can stop for coffee and wistfully contemplate the worn 16th-century Fontana delle Tette (Tits Fountain), from whose breasts red and white wine flowed for three days each year on the appointment of a new town governor. The practice ended with the fall of Venice in 1797, itself enough reason for the locals to regret the passing of La Serenissima.
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Duomo
The medieval main street is the colonnaded Via Calmaggiore, which leads to the Duomo, a massive cathedral whose main source of interest lies in the frescoes inside by Il Pordenone (1484-1539).
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