Conegliano (;

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: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''

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'' of the

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region,

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, in the

province of Treviso The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the so ...

, about north by rail from the town of

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th-century castle are situated on a hill that dominates the town. Formerly belonging to the

Bishop of Vittorio Veneto The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis Venetorum) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with capital in Vittorio Veneto. It was historically known as Diocese of Ceneda, the name being changed in 1939.

, what remains is a bell tower, which now houses a small museum, and outer walls. On 7 July 2019, Le Colline del

Prosecco Prosecco (; Italian: ) is an Italian DOC or DOCG white wine produced in a large area spanning nine provinces in the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions, and named after the village of Prosecco which is in the province of Trieste, Italy ...

di Conegliano e

Valdobbiadene Valdobbiadene () is a town in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy. Valdobbiadene is a wine growing area. Just below the Alpine-Dolomite areas of Veneto, it provides a climate for a cool variety of grape (Glera). The Conegliano Valdobbiadene ar ...

was inscribed as a

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Industry

Conegliano is noted for its

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are ...

, chiefly the dry white

(made from the glera grape) which comes in three varieties: tranquillo (still), frizzante (slightly sparkling) and spumante (

sparkling Sparkling may refer to: Beverages * Sparkling apple cider * Sparkling water * Sparkling wine Biology * Sparkling enope squid, a squid species * Sparkling gourami, a fish species * Sparkling violetear, a hummingbird species See also

* Spark ( ...

). It is also home to Italy's oldest and most prestigious wine school called Scuola Enologica. It is also home to the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura where several Italian grape varieties have been bred, including

Albarossa Albarossa is a red Italian wine grape variety that was created in the Veneto wine region in 1938 by grape breeder Giovanni Dalmasso at the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura in Conegliano. Dalmasso originally thought he created the grape f ...

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and

Valentino nero Valentino nero is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Piedmont wine region of northwest Italy but was initially bred at the Conegliano research center in the Veneto. In 1936, its creator, Giovanni Dalmasso, stated that the grap ...

. Additionally, viticulturalists at the institute have helped save many native

Italian grape varieties References Supplemental references used for chart *J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pgs XXVIII-XXX Allen Lane 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Itali ...

from extinction, such as the

Valpolicella Valpolicella (, , ) is a viticultural zone of the province of Verona, Italy, east of Lake Garda. The hilly agricultural and marble-quarrying region of small holdings north of the Adige is famous for wine production. Valpolicella ranks just after ...

grape

Bigolona Bigolona is a white Italian wine grape variety from the Valpolicella region of northeast Italy where it has been growing since at least the early 19th century. The wine has traditionally been used in the production of late harvest and botrytiz ...

. There is also a great industrial tradition, especially specialized in home appliances.

Colli di Conegliano DOC

The hills around Conegliano are home to the ''

Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita The following four classifications of wine constitute the Italian system of labelling and legally protecting Italian wine: * ''Denominazione di origine'' (DO, rarely used; ; English: “designation of origin”), * ''Indicazione geografica tip ...

'' (DOCG) zone of Colli di Conegliano. There both red and white

Italian wine Italian wine is produced in every region of Italy. Italy is the world's largest producer of wine, with an area of under vineyard cultivation, and contributing a 2013–2017 annual average of 48.3 million hl of wine. In 2018 Italy accounted for ...

s are produced at a variety of

sweetness levels The subjective sweetness of a wine is determined by the interaction of several factors, including the amount of sugar in the wine, but also the relative levels of alcohol, acids, and tannins. Sugars and alcohol enhance a wine's sweetness, while ...

from dry to sweet ''

passito Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but is a much older process and suitable for warm climates. The technique dates bac ...

dessert wine Dessert wines, sometimes called pudding wines in the United Kingdom, are sweet wines typically served with dessert. There is no simple definition of a dessert wine. In the UK, a dessert wine is considered to be any sweet wine drunk with a meal ...

s. Grapes destined for DOC wine production must be harvested to a

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no greater than 12

tonnes The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton ( United States ...

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100- metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is ...

. The finished wine must attain a minimum

alcohol level Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...

of 12% for the red wines and 10.5% for the whites in order to be labelled with the Colli di Conegliano DOC designation.P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pg 143 Firefly Books 2004 The red DOC wines are made

Merlot Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of ''merle'', the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to t ...

(10-40%),

Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Leban ...

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire's Chinon. In addition to being use ...

and

Marzemino Marzemino is a red Italian wine grape variety that is primarily grown around Isera, south of Trentino. The wine is most noted for its mention in the opera ''Don Giovanni'' of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Versa il vino! Eccellente ''Marzimino''!"). ...

(at least 10% of each with no maximum for the last three varieties) and up 10% of Incrocio Manzoni 2.15. The wine is required to be aged at least two years in

barrel A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, ...

prior to being released. A sweet red ''passito'' labeled as ''Refrontolo'' is made from at least 95% Marzemino with up 5% of other local non-

aromatic In chemistry, aromaticity is a chemical property of cyclic (ring-shaped), ''typically'' planar (flat) molecular structures with pi bonds in resonance (those containing delocalized electrons) that gives increased stability compared to sat ...

varieties permitted to round out the blend. The dry white of the DOC is made from at least 30%

Manzoni bianco Incrocio Manzoni or Manzoni grapes is a family of grape varieties named after Professor Luigi Manzoni (1888-1968) of Italy's oldest school of oenology located in Conegliano, in the Veneto region. Manzoni created the new grape varieties by selecti ...

with between 30-70% collectively of

Pinot blanc Pinot blanc is a white wine grape. It is a point genetic mutation of Pinot noir. Pinot noir is genetically unstable and will occasionally experience a point mutation in which a vine bears all black fruit except for one cane which produces ...

and

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new ...

and up to 10% total of

Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France. The grape most likely gets its name from the French words ''sauvage'' ("wild") and ''blanc'' ("white") due to its early origins as an indigenous grape in ...

and

Riesling Renano Riesling (, ; ) is a white grape variety that originated in the Rhine region. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and sparkling ...

. The ''passito'' style ''Torchiato di Fregona'' can be made in both a dry and sweet style from at least 30% each of Glera and

Verdiso Verdiso is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in province of Treviso in the Veneto wine region of northeast Italy.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 20 Oxford University Press 1996 It is a permitted varie ...

, a minimum 25% of

Boschera Verdicchio (, also , ) is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Marche region of central Italy.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 195 Oxford University Press 1996 The name ''Verdicchio'' derives from ...

and up to 15% of non-aromatic varieties like

Marzemina bianca Marzemina bianca is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. Ampelographers believe that the grape is a natural crossing of the Trentino wine grape Marzemino and the Soave wine grape Garganega ...

and

Bianchetta Trevigiana Bianchetta Trevigiana is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto wine regions of northeast Italy. Here the grape is rarely used a varietal but, instead, is a permitted blending grape ad ...

. This wine is required to age at least 13 months prior to being release.

Culture

Cima da Conegliano - Madonna in trono col Bambino fra angeli e santi

Every June, a special chess or 'dama' game where the pieces are represented by actual real people—known as the ''Dama Castellana''—is performed in the historical center. This event is not the continuation of a secular tradition, but has been introduced only a few years ago, still managed to become a traditional event calendar coneglianese. Conegliano was the birthplace of the painters

Cima da Conegliano Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...

, a fine altar-piece by whom is in the cathedral (dating to 1492), and

Francesco Beccaruzzi Francesco Beccaruzzi (c. 1492–1562) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and coverin ...

, as well as the composer and conductor at the Cincinnati Conservatory, Pier Adolfo Tirindelli. The town has one

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team called

Conegliano Conegliano (; Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th-century castle a ...

who currently play in the

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, the sixth tier of

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People

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Ugo Cerletti Ugo Cerletti (26 September 1877 – 25 July 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seiz ...

, a

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who discovered the method of

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. *

Giambattista Cima Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...

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painter. *

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-winning

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. *

Marco Donadel Marco Donadel (born 21 April 1983) is an Italian football coach and a former midfielder. Club career Milan Donadel is a youth product of Milan, playing for the youth side between 1998 and 2002, winning the Torneo di Viareggio in 1999 and 2001 ...

, football midfielder. *

Maurizio Zanetti Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned, Moorish''. List of people with the given name Maurizio Art and music * Maurizio Arcieri (born 1945) ...

, scientist immunologist *

Gino Girolamo Fanno Gino Girolamo Fanno (Conegliano, 18 November 1882 – Pegli, 23 March 1962) was an Italian mechanical engineer who developed the Fanno flow model. Early life and education Fanno studied in a technical institute in Venice and graduated with very h ...

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. *

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

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Maurizio Sacconi Maurizio Sacconi ( Conegliano, 13 July 1950) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, from 1979 to 1994 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and from 1987 to 1994 he served also as U ...

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Alberto Rapisarda Alberto Rapisarda was born in Conegliano (Treviso), Italy in 1964. He is an Italian comics and multimedia artist who started writing and drawing comics in the mid-1980s for the Rome based Frigidaire Magazine. Since 1983, he has also collaborated wi ...

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Tullio De Rosa Tullio De Rosa (1923–1994) was an Italian enologist.Tullio De Rosa ...

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and

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Stefano Curtarolo Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the ach ...

, materials scientist. *

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Transport

Conegliano railway station Conegliano ( it, Stazione di Conegliano) is a railway station serving the town of Conegliano, in the region of Veneto, northern Italy. The station opened on 1 May 1855 and is located on the Venice–Udine railway The Venice–Udine railway is ...

Taxis are often located at the railway station to transport train riders to their final destination in Conegliano.

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

Conegliano is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: *

Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

* Lismore in New South Wales, Australia

Photo gallery

File:Conegliano Via XX Sept.jpg, The center File:Ancient history.jpg, Middle Ages castle File:Conegliano Colle di Giano 2007.jpg, ''Giano'' hill with the castle and ''Villa Gera'' File:ConeglianoTrainStation.jpg, Panoramic view of the train station (from the castle) File:I-TV-Conegliano12.JPG, San Rocco Church File:I-TV-Conegliano13.JPG, ''Scalinata degli Alpini'' (Alpines' flight of steps) File:I-TV-Conegliano03.JPG, ''Via Madonna'' File:I-TV-Conegliano11.JPG, ''Fontana dei cavalli'' (Horses fountain) File:I-TV-Conegliano10.JPG, ''Porta Dante'' File:I-TV-Conegliano09.JPG, ''Via XX Settembre'' File:I-TV-Conegliano08.JPG, ''Duomo'' File:I-TV-Conegliano07.JPG, An old building in ''Via XX Settembre'' File:I-TV-Conegliano06.JPG, Cima Square, ''Accademia'' theatre File:I-TV-Conegliano05.JPG, ''Via XX Settembre'' (with Montalban Palace) File:I-TV-Conegliano04.JPG, ''Porta Monticano'' File:I-TV-Conegliano02.JPG, ''Porta Monticano'' File:Conegliano - torrente cervano.jpg, The river: ''Monticano'' File:Costa (conegliano) da collalbrigo.jpg, Prosecco hills of Conegliano (in ''località Costa'') File:Conegliano staz ferr lato binari.jpg, Train station

References

Conegliano Official WebsiteExhibition Official Website
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