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Extract from the Castelfranco Veneto Travel Guides:
CASTELFRANCO VENETO
once stood on the western edge of Treviso's territory, and battlemented brick walls that the Trevisans threw round the town in 1199 to protect it against the Paduans still encircle most of the old centre (or
castello
). Of all the walled towns of the Veneto, only two - Cittadella
- bear comparison with Castelfranco, and the place would merit an expedition on the strength of this alone. But Castelfranco was also the birthplace of
Giorgione
and possesses a painting that single-handedly vindicates Vasari's judgement that Gi...
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