Vigo di Cadore | |
Official Name: | Comune di Vigo di Cadore |
Coordinates: | 46.5°N 40°W |
Region: | Veneto |
Province: | Belluno (BL) |
Frazioni: | Laggio, Pelos, Pinié |
Mayor: | Antonio Mazzucco |
Area Total Km2: | 70.8 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1641 |
Population As Of: | Dec. 2004 |
Population Demonym: | Vigesi |
Elevation M: | 947 |
Saint: | St. Martin of Tours |
Day: | November 11 |
Postal Code: | 32040 |
Area Code: | 0435 |
Vigo di Cadore is a comune (municipality) in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 120km (80miles) north of Venice and about 45km (28miles) northeast of Belluno.
Vigo's main attraction is the church of Sant'Orsola, built in the 14th century[2] by Ainardo da Vigo, the son of the da Camino's family last podestà of Cadore. In the frazione of Laggio is the church of Santa Margherita (c. 1305), with Byzantine-style frescoes. Speech is an eastern dialect of Ladin.