Follina, Italy | |
Official Name: | Comune di Follina |
Coordinates: | 45.95°N 19°W |
Region: | Veneto |
Province: | Treviso (TV) |
Frazioni: | Farrò, Pedeguarda, Col di Follina, Valmareno |
Mayor: | Mario Collet |
Area Total Km2: | 24.2 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3919 |
Population As Of: | Dec. 2004 |
Population Demonym: | Follinesi |
Elevation M: | 191 |
Postal Code: | 31051 |
Area Code: | 0438 |
Follina is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60km (40miles) northwest of Venice and about 35km (22miles) northwest of Treviso. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[2]
Situated in the Treviso countryside, on the “Strada del Prosecco” (“Prosecco wine route”), it is a village in the landscape of Veneto's pre-Alps.It is home to the eponymous abbey, built here in 1170 with the patronage of the Patriarch of Aquileia. St. Charles Borromeo was its abbot.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy. Follina is twinned with: