The best road cycling routes around Cimadolmo

Whoever wishes to say a short prayer to Christ the Redeemer in this sanctuary may perhaps use the following text by San Francesco (Francis of Assisi), which he often and gladly spoke, and which he even left to posterity in his spiritual testament: + »We adore you, Lord Jesus Christ, [here] and in all your churches throughout the whole world, and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.« The Franciscan Peter Fobes OFM comments on this in a publication as follows: “He expands the faith in the presence of God in the space where he says the prayer to all the churches in the world. He wishes to adore him who has redeemed the world in all the holy places of the world.”

The parish church of the Most Holy Redeemer, located in Santa Croce del Montello in the municipality of Nervesa della Battaglia, is a significant place of worship for the Diocese of Treviso. The first structure was built between 1899 and 1900, and was opened for worship precisely on the occasion of the Holy Year of the Redeemer. During the First World War, the building found itself at the heart of the fighting along the Piave line and suffered almost total destruction. It was rapidly rebuilt on the old foundations between 1920 and 1922, and then enlarged in the thirties with the addition of the side aisles and the bell tower. The building today presents itself in a neo-Romanesque style, with a stone facade and a three-nave interior embellished with a checkerboard floor in Verona and Botticino marble, while the apse houses the statues of the Redeemer and Saint Joseph.

The Mire road winds through the territory of Corbanese, a hamlet of Tarzo, representing one of the most spectacular stretches of the Prosecco hills. This ridge itinerary ideally connects the area of Tarzo with that of Vittorio Veneto, offering a privileged perspective on the famous "feuds" of the area. The route is characterized by a succession of ups and downs that cut through high-altitude vineyards, where the slopes become extreme and cultivation becomes art. Along the Mire, the horizon opens to the south onto the Trevigiano plain and to the north onto the Belluno Prealps, creating a unique visual contrast between the geometric rigor of the rows and the wild nature of the peaks. It is an iconic place for those seeking silence and the raw beauty of the territory, far from the more trafficked valley routes.

This house of God in Cimadolmo bears a name as its patron saint that is truly on everyone's lips, yet probably only a few will know the person behind it: The feast day of Saint Sylvester (San Silvestro) is on December 31st. He lived at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century and was Bishop of Rome when Emperor Constantine, with the Edict of Milan – known as the "Edict of Tolerance" – recognized Christianity as a religion, thereby (at least temporarily) ending the era of bloody Christian persecution.

Beautiful square

A glimpse from inside the small oratory of Oderzo.

Small and charming oratory located near the center of Oderzo.

The Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista - Built starting in the 11th century and consecrated in 1535, the cathedral stands on the ruins of an ancient Roman temple dedicated to Mars. The building has undergone several renovations over the centuries, but a major restoration between 1921 and 1924 restored its original appearance. Inside, valuable works by artists such as Pomponio Amalteo and Jacopo Palma the Younger are preserved.