Everything about Cadore totally explained
Cadore is a "
comunità montana" (mountain community) in the
Italian region of
Veneto, in the northernmost part of the
province of Belluno bordering on
Austria, the
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and
Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is watered by the
Piave River poured forth from the
Carnic Alps. Once a barren and poor district, the former
contado (countship) of Cadore now has a thriving economy based on
tourism to the
Dolomites mountains and small
manufacturing industry, specialized in the production of
glasses.
History
Originally populated by
Euganei and then by the
Gauls, the area now known as Cadore was conquered by the
Romans during the second century BC, and became part of the
Regio X Venetia et Histria.
In
Late Antiquity, Cadore was occupied by many
invading Germanic populations, was joined to the
Duchy of Carinthia and finally, in 1077, to the
Patriarchate of Aquileia. From 1135 to 1335, Cadore was ruled by the da Camino family, styled counts of Cadore, who later became
Signori of
Treviso. Then it was briefly annexed to
Tyrol and again to the domains of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. However, the
comuni of Cadore always enjoyed a certain degrees of self-government.
When the dogal
Republic of Venice conquered the neighbouring
Friuli region in 1420 and put an end to the
temporal power of the Patriarchs, Cadore, having to choose between Venetian and
Imperial allegiance, declared for the former; it became one of many parts of the
Terra ferma, admininistered by a local
podestà.
The conflict between Venice and the Empire broke out again at the beginning of the
16th century, during the
War of the League of Cambrai; the Venetians and Cadorines defeated
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor in 1508 at the
Battle of Valle di Cadore, and again in 1509. Then, in 1511, Maximilian conquered the town of
Cortina d'Ampezzo, which was once and for all assigned to the Empire in 1516. Cortina, formerly considered part of Cadore, has ever since developed a distinct identity.
Cadore remained part of the Venetian Republic until the
Napoleonic War. A famous Venetian incumbent of the local post of
Commisario del Cadore ('Commissioner'; in 1589) was
Paolo Paruta.
Napoleon I Bonaparte created it a
duché grand-fief, a rare, hereditary but nominal honor of ducal rank (extinguished in 1893), for his minister and admiral
Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny.
Being a part of the
Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Cadore was ruled by
Austria until 1866, when it was conquered by the newly formed
Kingdom of Italy with the
Third War of Independence. During the
First World War, Cadore was on the
Alpine Front and was the scene of many battles.
The celebrated
Renaissance painter
Titian was born in Cadore in 1477, one of a family of four born to Gregorio Vecelli, a distinguished councillor and soldier descended from the counts, and his wife Lucia. The painter's birthplace in
Pieve di Cadore, in a locality named
Arsenale between the castle and the village Sotto Castello, is open to visitors.
Comuni of Cadore
Cadore is generally subdivided into
Comelico,
Sappada,
Central Cadore and
Boite Valley. The Cadore mountain community includes 22
comuni:
Sources and references
(passim)
Storia del Cadore
Heraldica.org Napoleonic heraldry
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