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The tour of the cities of the Hexagon
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10/07/2007 - The tour of the cities of the Hexagon
A territory of great beauty and remarkable opportunities: culture, atmosphere, traditions, food and wine are interlaced in this geographic area, the heart of Veneto.
Six city caracterized by strong historical-artistic tradition - Asolo, Bassano, Castelfranco, Citadella, Marostica, Possagno.
Here there are the origin and the art of Antonio Canova, Andrea Palladium, Jacopo da Ponte and Giorgione: city bulwarks, museums, typical works of art, handicraft, products and natural landscapes.
Canova Hotel is just in the center of this tour, so you can ask us a personalize offer to make the tuor of city of exagon or you can list the booking form.
Go to descover all these cities and all this interesting places!
Asolo, the rafined
Bassano del Grappa, the industrious
Marostica, the ecletic
Possagno
Castelfranco Veneto, the wealthy
Cittadella, the traditional
ASOLO, the rafined
 Queen oh hearts, standing high on its gently rolling hills.
A natural habitat for travellers, artists, scientists, artists, writers and crowned heads, whose centre is a treasure of jewels and hidden corners.
Every step is redolent of history.
A medieval village, the Veneto's architectonic pearl, have a charming panoramic position, it was defined “the city of one hundred horizons” by Giosuè Carducci.The Medieval Rocca dominates the historical center with the Castle, the Cathedral, the shovel of Lorenzo Lotto, and the 400's Palace of the Reason.
You can walk between the ways and the historical center that have bewitched artists of all the world, from Eleonora Duse, to Frey Stark, Hemingway, Queen Cornaro, and D'Annunzio.
In 1498 the "leadership" of Asolo was given to Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus,. Thus the town now became the cntre of a royal court, a very small court, but one renownes for its refinement and for the quality of the artists who visited there: Bembo, who wrote Asolani ancd during the 19th century, the English Romantic poet Robert Browning who was living in asolo when he wrote Asolando.
Since the many other writers and artists, attracted by the beauty of the place, have chose the town "for rest and inspiration": the US poet and writer, Eugene Benson, Henry James, Carlo scarpa, an architect; witres Ernets Hemingway and Giosuè cArducci; the painter Filippo De Pisis, and musicians, Igor Stravinsky and Gian Fransceso Malipiero. Eleonora Duse too, loved staying in Asolo and is even buried here in the cemetery of S.Anna.
The Rocca di asolo, now the symbol of the town, stands on high on the summit of Monte Ricco overlooking the town of Asolo, that lies at its feet.
In the Centre there are also Castello Pretorio, wich is also called "Castello della Regina Cornaro". Today the castle houses a theahre dedicated to Eleonora Duse. In the Center there is also th house where lived Eleonora Duse.
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BASSANO DEL GRAPPA, the industrious
 Land of commerce and meeting point of trade routes, Bassano has proved to be fertile ground for weaves, goldsmiths, patters and carpenters.
Industrious wealthy districts, thousand year old communities linked to illustrious names: Jacopo da Ponte, the Remondini firm, the spirit of Nardini.
The characteristic Bridge of the Alpine, Jacopo da Ponte and the fine ceramics production are the symbols that attribute international notoriety to the city. The bridge is the symbol of Bassano, and it was designe by Andrea Palladio in 1571. Look north from the bridge, at the magnificient panorama of the prealps. At the foot of the hill below the Castle lies the ancient Borgo di Morgnan. On the left, is an elegant 17th century building, Villa Priuli. The area near the bridge is full of fascinating little shops and famous Grapperia Nardini.
Bassano del Grappa is an old town; it straddles the River Brenta at the foot of the mountains, near the entrance to the valley that separetes Monte Grappa and the Altopiano di Asiago.
The Bridge, work of Andrea Palladio, the Castle of the Ezzelini, the Civic Museum and numerous palaces frescoes are some of the important things that you can visit in the historical center.
The medieval testimonies inside stir with the venetian architecture of the three town-walls building, that they mark the city development of the romanic city of origins.
Bassano has a long cultural and srtistic history. The old town centre, with its fine Piazzas, churches, towers and monuments, grew up around the medieval nucleus of Colle Santa Maria: the Castle and ancient Parish Church. pieve di Santa maria wich is the Duomo (main church) of the town and still houses a precious 18th century Daci organ and fine baroque altars.
The painted town. Many artists were already active in Bassano in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. In the mid 15th century repeated wallpaper style decorations were in vogue. During the 1500s the flourishing Schools or Studios of local artist did much to encourage the trend for decorations. The most famous local artist of the time were the Nasocchi ancd the Da Ponte families.
The cultural life is rich of events, shows and great extensions. And by now the famous Summer Opera Festival that makes the historical places as a theatre for the most famous international artists of theater, music and dance.
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CASTELFRANCO VENETO, the wealthy
 Whose cultural wealth is revealed in masterpieces by Giorgione, by the villas, both ancient and modern, thah dot the landscape, and by the medieval town centre, wich invites one to stroll among city towers, past Villa Bolasco, and along sinous Corso del Muson with is "jewel" the Teatro Accademico.
The Giorgione's city conserve, between them medieval walls, all the prestige an artistic city.
The Shovel of Giorgione, inside of the Dome and the Marta-Pellizzari house are in the heart of the city, together to the 700's Academic Theatre.
There's a beautisull public square, and the Castle with its walls, constructed by Trevigiani in XII century in order to defend theriborders.
CAstelfranco, the town, got its name form its castello "Franco" whose originale inhabitants were exempt from tax.
By the early 1300s the first houses (Bastia Vecchia) has already built to the east of the fortifications.
Castelfranco is a walled town whose walls are still almost intact, as are the six towers one at each corner and two others, one in the centre of the east wall and one in the south.
In 17th and 18th centuries it was home to many famous intellectuals: scientists, such as Jacopo Giordano and Vincenzo Riccati; architects, Francesco Maria Preti; and musicians, Agostino Steffani. But above ala CAstelfranco is kwown as the birthplace of the great painter Giorgione a genius of light and colour, an enigmatic and extraordinary artist.
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CITADELLA, the traditional
 From above, the walks seem to be a necklace that gently encircles the town.
Hisotry flows here, in the gentle sing-song accents of the dialect of the locals, who are still so closely bound to the glorious rural traditions of the Veneto that they recollect past in folkloric events.
Imposing walls encircles the city; The walls are caracterized by 32 towers.
The origin of the city laughed to 1220 when the government of Padova constructed this town-walls in order to protect its territory.
The town was fortified in 1220, as a part of a military project by Padoca, wich want to create a defensive outpost to guard against the incursions of the neighbouring Lords and, especially, against attacks from the nord by Treviso.
The town walls of Cittadella are one of the best preserved esemples of medieval military defensive architecture in europe. Acces to the town that lies inside the walls is given by four fortified gates eith stone bridges, corrisponding to the four cardinal points. Porta Treviso to the east, Porta Padova to the south, Porta Vicenza to the west, Porta Bassano to the north.
There is a path that goes right around the outside of the walls: an excellens palce for a stroll.
Inside the wall the are many historical treasures:to the north, the Castle of Porta Bassano, protected by a small moat, next to the CAsa del Capitano della Guarnigione (garrisan Commander's house); to the south stands the Castle of porta Padova, with the tower of Malta, cited also in the Divine Commedia, to the east the small Tower of Porta TReviso with its frescoed arch and, to the west Tower of Porta Vicenza.
In the centre there are the ancient Palazzo Pretorio and the prestigious Social Theatre.
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MAROSTICA, the ecletic
 The tippet of the walls embroiders Monte Pausolino, running between the Castello Inferiore and its partner, set high on the summit.
This is the town of chess, cherries andh cheery humorists.
Famous for the chess mach palyed on the black and white chequerboard of the main square, animated by living pieces who, every other year, inflame the emotions of Vieri's and Rinaldo's supporters.
Marostica welcomes visitors to its majestic ancient walls, mighty castels and its fine Piazza, the main square.
With an effect of rare suggestion, the town-walls dominates the city from the hill. Coming down, until the historical center, you can see the Adcanced and the Inferior Castle.
Marostica was a romanic castrum, that followed the vicissitudes of Bassano and the fortification endured various modifications.
For much of the Middle Age Marostica was just a small town living on the foot of Monte Pauso. There had long been a fortified builiding on the hill above the hamlet long before, when a donjon ws built here.
Now there is a new Castel, Superiore, builted by Casagrande. He built it up on the hill separate from but overlooking, the town, the valleys and the Padovan Plain below.
In the square of the Inferior Castle every year is disputed the celebre play of chess with living personages.
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POSSAGNO
 The Neoclassical Temple impose itslef in the panorama of hills around Possagno.
Famous as the bithplace of the artist Antonio Canova, possagno greets the visitor with the imposing spectacle of the snow-white cupola and pronaos of the Tempio canoviano, wich dominates the little town.
The most illustrious son of the city, Antonio Canova, planned the Temple like the church for his country.
In the Temple, that has in the Tomba of the Artist, the are also some of his works: the Self-portrait in marble, the Metope and the Shovel dedicated to the Deposition.
The Temple is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The three key features can be found in this imposing neo-classical building: the doric colonnade (wich brings to mind the Parthenon in Athens); the central structure (as in the Roman Pantheon); and the raised apse, wich echoes the architecture of early Christian Basilicas. The internal vault of the Cupola is devided into seven concentric rings of 32 four sided boxes; inside each box is a gilded rose.
A large and beautibull connects the Temple to the Gipsoteca and the House of the famous sculptor. The museo Canoviano offers a series of linkes exhibitions laid out in specific period. It houses a large collection of works by Antonio Canova.
Possagno is not only proud of the marvellous art tresaures it houses but also of its industries, the brick and the factories and quarries, whose products many sculptors, artists and artisans in their workshops.
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