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Vittorio Veneto

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VITTORIO VENETO, a town and episcopal residence of the province of Treviso, Venetia, Italy, 25 m. by rail N. of Treviso, 466 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1931) 16,1o8 (town), 24,234 (com mune). It is a summer resort, with sulphur and saline springs (51.8° to 59° F), and was formed in 1879 by the union of Ceneda (the episcopal see) and Serravalle. The cathedral con

tains paintings by Pomponio Amalteo (a pupil of Pordenone) and Tiepolo. At Serravalle is a church with a fine altar-piece ( 547) by Titian and a number of Gothic and Renaissance houses. It is a seat of the silkworm breeding and silk-throwing industries. To the north are important hydroelectric plants.