Montello

Beyond the river Piave lies a gentle hill where Venice raised oaks for the Arsenale. Monsignor G. Della Casa wrote the Galateo here, and upon its rolling slopes, the Austro-Hungarian advance came to a halt in 1918, bringing the conflict to an end. The fall of the Venetian Republic (May 12, 1797) resulted in the inexorable abandonment of the great forest, replaced by colonizing acacia trees, which now appears as a vast mosaic of woods, vineyards, cottages, and dolinas of unparalleled beauty.