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Castelfranco Veneto

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Castelfranco Veneto

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Italian comune

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Castelfranco Veneto is a town in Italy located in the Veneto region in the northeastern part of the country. It is notable as the birthplace of the Renaissance painter Giorgione, one of the most influential artists of the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Castelfranco Veneto is a town and comune (municipality) of Veneto, northern Italy, in the province of Treviso. It is the third largest municipality in the province by population after the capital Treviso and Conegliano. It is centrally located between the cities of Treviso, Padua and Vicenza, it is a walled city with a well-preserved medieval castle.

The city is the birthplace of painter Giorgione, whose house still exists; in a chapel of the city's cathedral, the Pala di Castelfranco is displayed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castelfranco Veneto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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