Colle Umberto

Colle Umberto
—  Comune  —
Comune di Colle Umberto
View with campanile and Lucheschi Castle
Colle Umberto Location of Colle Umberto in Italy
Coordinates: 45°57′N 12°21′E / 45.95°N 12.35°E / 45.95; 12.35Coordinates: 45°57′N 12°21′E / 45.95°N 12.35°E / 45.95; 12.35
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Province of Treviso (TV)
Frazioni	San Martino di Colle Umberto, Menare', San Sebastiano. telephone = 0438
Area
- Total	13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation	144 m (472 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)
- Total	4,900
- Density	360.3/km2 (933.2/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	31014
Website	Official website

Colle Umberto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60 km north of Venice and about 30 km north of Treviso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,900 and an area of 13.6 km².^[1]

The municipality of Colle Umberto contains the frazione (subdivision) San Martino di Colle Umberto, Menare'and San Sebastiano.

Colle Umberto borders the following municipalities: Cappella Maggiore, Conegliano, Cordignano, Godega di Sant'Urbano, San Fior, Vittorio Veneto.

The town's most visited place is the Villa Verecondi Scortecci owned by an old upper-class Venetian family.

The town is twinned with the following:

• San Lawrenz, Gozo.

San Martino

San Martino is composed of villages: Borgo S. Rocco, Borgo mix, Borgo Campion, Borgo Rive Bet, Gaziol Borgo, Borgo Maiolo, Borgo Massimi. The hamlet was the birthplace of Ottavio Bottecchia, the first Italian to win the Tour de France in both 1924 and 1925, but he died mysteriously at the height of career during a training ride in Friuli, at Trasaghis. There is a local move to create a museum to him.

Menaré

Since the'70s Menaré has undergone redevelopment. "Due Osterie", is on the route Strada Statale 51 di Alemagna. The new church is called the "Madonna of Peace." The town is also known as "exit 5" was so named because the stop of the train line at Conegliano.

References

1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

• www.comune.colle-umberto.tv.it