CASTELFRANCO VENETO, a town and episcopal see of Venetia, Italy, in the province of Treviso, 16m. W. by rail from the town of Treviso. Pop. (1921) 4,240 (town), 15,881 (com mune). The older part of the town is square, surrounded by medi aeval walls and towers constructed by the people of Treviso in I199 (see CITTADELLA). The painter Giorgio Barbarelli (I1 Gior gione, 1477-1512) was born there. The cathedral contains his Madonna with SS. Francis and Liberalis (15o4), one of his finest works, in the background of which it is possible to see the town walls.