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Feltre is a town and comune of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about 4km from its junction with the Piave, and 20km southwest from Belluno. The Dolomites loom to the north of the town.An area incorporating Feltre and 12 contiguous municipalities is known as Feltrino (Italian wikipedia article). In 2014, the Feltrino area was formalised in the Unione Montana Feltrina (Feltrino Mountain Community).HistoryIt was known in Roman times as Feltria and described as an oppidum by Pliny, who assigned its foundation to the Alpine tribe of the Rhaetians. The city obtained the status of municipium in 49 BC with its citizens inscribed into the Roman tribe of Menenia. In spite of its rigorous climate, which led a Roman author, perhaps Caesar, to write: Feltria perpetuo niveum damnata rigore Atque mihi posthac haud adeunda, vale'' Feltria lay on a Roman road mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary as passing from Opitergium (Oderzo) through Feltria to Tridentum (Trento).

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