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35-520: Crocetta (Italian for Little Cross ) may refer to: Places in Italy [ edit ] Towns [ edit ] Crocetta del Montello , a municipality ( comune ) in the Province of Treviso Crocetta, a former municipality in the Province of Rovigo, now a frazione of Badia Polesine Town suburbs [ edit ] Crocetta (Cinisello Balsamo) ,

70-438: A frazione of Milan Crocetta, a frazione of Villafranca d'Asti Crocetta, a frazione of Montefino La Crocetta, a frazione of Toano Crocetta, a frazione of Longi Crocetta, a frazione of Longiano Crocetta, a frazione of Castel Frentano Crocetta, a frazione of Medicina Crocetta, a frazione of Cinisello Balsamo La Crocetta, a frazione of Tronzano Lago Maggiore La Crocetta,

105-601: A district of Turin Crocetta, a district ( circoscrizione ) of Modena Other places in Italy [ edit ] Crocetta (Milan Metro) , a station of Milan Metro Colle della Crocetta, a hill in the Graian Alps Palazzo della Crocetta , a palace in Florence Other uses [ edit ] Crocetta di Caltanissetta , an Italian dessert See also [ edit ] Crocotta ,

140-456: A few small vineyards on the hill slopes. Some wickerwork was produced at Ciano, and the town had a few smiths and coopers . A sawmill , powered by the Brentella, operated near Via Rimembranza. In the second half of the 19th century, silk production became popular across northern Italy, and the raising of silkworms became an option for local farmers. The first silk spinning shop,

175-751: A heavy toll on the town and its inhabitants. Since the 19th century, the main access roads to the region were the Treviso - Feltre road (now the SR-348 regional highway), and the Via Erizzo road, built in 1817 (now the SP-2 provincial road). The main road east from central Crocetta begins as Via Lodovico Boschieri and continues along the northern edge of the Montello ;; it eventually turns south and reaches Nervesa della Battaglia as Via Decima SAS. It

210-508: A job and triggering the bankruptcy of many local business that depended on it. The first years of World War II affected Crocetta only indirectly, by conscription and shortages. However, after the Allies landed in southern Italy and fascism retreated to the Republic of Salo , Crocetta found itself again in the crossfire. Allied bombing, resistance guerrillas and German reprisals took

245-415: A major source of timber for the region, especially for the shipyards and building foundations of Venice. Due to its strategic importance, the Republic of Venice assumed the ownership of the hill, and declared it off-limits to the local population. Deprived of their homes and their main source of income, the hunters and woodsmen of Montello became a class of landless, homeless and jobless miserables,

280-481: A maximum of 371 m elevation from the alluvial plain of the Piave River , which runs along the north and west edges of the hill, at about 140 m elevation. Montello is crossed in the east-west direction by a local road that begins as Via 18 Giugno in the town of Pederiva di Biadene , continues as Strada La Dorsale and Via Frati, and ends as Via Ossario in the town of Nervesa della Battaglia . Several local roads in

315-507: A mythical dog-wolf All pages with titles containing Crocetta Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Crocetta . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crocetta&oldid=1227276511 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

350-469: Is covered with a mix of wooded areas, residential homes, and small farms. The church and monument of Santa Maria della Vittoria, built after the battle of 1918, is located on top of Montello, about 3.5 km north of Volpago (to which it belongs) and 5 km east from Pederiva. Montello has been inhabited since pre-historical times; chipped stone points from the Mesolithic have been found along

385-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Crocetta del Montello The town lies about 3 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of the Piave river , and borders the municipalities of Cornuda , Montebelluna , Moriago della Battaglia , Pederobba , Vidor , and Volpago del Montello . The present name literally means "Little Cross of the Little Hill", and refers to

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420-520: Is locally known as the Panoramic Road for its views of the Piave valley. Along that road lie the eastern suburbs of Crocetta: Ciano (about 1.5 km), Botteselle (3 km), Sant'Urbano (3.5 km), Santa Margherita (4.0 km) and Santa Mama (4.5 km). Centuries ago, Ciano and Santa Margherita were ports on the Piave, but the river has since shifted its course and now runs 2 km to

455-672: The Montello , an isolated hillock, 5 by 13 kilometres (3 by 8 mi) in size and 371 metres (1,217 ft) in elevation, that rises from the Piave's alluvial plain at the west edge of the town. Traces of human occupation dating from the Mesolithic have been found along the north-east edge of the Montello, above the boroughs of Ciano and Santa Margherita, which at the time were on the Piave river. The main finds are chipped stone tools that appear to be fishing spear points. Ciano takes its name from an ancient Roman temple devoted to

490-569: The Prosecco from Valdobbiadene . As of December 31, 2022, foreigners residents in the municipality were 660, i.e. 10.9% of the population. The largest groups are shown below: |} [REDACTED] Media related to Crocetta del Montello at Wikimedia Commons Montello (hill) Montello is a hill in the province of Treviso , Veneto, northern Italy, and the site of a World War I battle. The bean-shaped hill measures about 5 km north–south by 13 km east–west. It rises to

525-459: The bisnenti (the 'twice have-nots'), who survived on odd jobs and occasionally crimes. Eventually, many locals took to the roads of emigration, in the Americas, France, Germany and Australia. In 1892, moved by the plight of the bisnenti , Senator Pietro Bertolini pushed through legislation which parcelled Montello land among them. The initiative was not very successful, since the poor soil

560-549: The Canapificio and all the town's churches . In the years after the war, some of the local business gradually resumed their activities, including the Canapificio. In 1920 a merger turned it into the Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale, with Ceresa as one of the directors, while Antonini chose to sell all its holdings. Crocetta's bakery and lime kiln, however, closed their doors. The town's original name Crocetta Trevigiana

595-728: The Filanda Marcato Ancilotto, was established in 1870. In 1882, Andrea Antonini, who owned a hemp rope mill in Venice, joined with fellow businessmen Pacifico Ceresa and Angelo Zorzetto to build the Canapificio Veneto Antonini Ceresa, on the west bank of the Brentella, which opened its doors in May 1883. The Canapificio dominated the town's economy for more than seven decades (1882–1958), and Antonini, its main owner and manager, became one of

630-509: The Montello into an off-limits timber reserve, the displaced hunters and woodsmen who used to live there became a class of landless, homeless and jobless miserables, the bisnenti , who survived on odd jobs and occasionally crimes. By the beginning of the 19th century, the area was occupied by a few large manorial properties belonging to the Venetian nobility, many small family farms producing wheat , maize , rye and oats , and

665-524: The Municipality, some of which are very significant: a dozen shoe factories, four to five mechanical companies, four packaging companies, three wineries, and others in the canning sector and in the industrial machinery sector. Today, Crocetta's economy is based on a network of family agriculture, small industries and services. Gravel and limestone are produced in the area. The town also benefits indirectly from wine production in nearby hills, notably

700-851: The OND took over the Arts and Crafts school as its local headquarters. In 1935, the regime turned the Anonini Cultural Center into the Casa del Fascio ("House of Fascism"). Crocetta was badly hit by the global economic turmoil between the two World Wars, especially by the downturns of 1922 (the Post-World War I recession ), 1927 (the Great Depression ), 1933, and 1938. The Canapificio gradually reduced its operations and finally closed its doors in 1938, leaving many people without

735-530: The Piave. In the 15th century the Brentella Canal] or Bretella Canal ( Brantea in Venetian) was built to draw irrigation water from the Piave. The Bentella, which presently bisects the town in the north–south direction alongside Via Gugliemo Marconi and via Erizzo, was to become a major landmark and economic benesse for Crocetta and its surrounds three centuries later. After Republic of Venice turned

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770-540: The contribution of numerous archeology scholars, including prof. Giuliano Palmieri, teacher of Greek and Latin at the Antonio Canova state high school in Treviso until the early 2000s. In the space of twenty years, from 1965 to 1985, thanks to the resourcefulness and intelligence of many entrepreneurs, about a hundred artisanal and industrial companies, including medium-large ones, entered the productive fabric of

805-554: The cult of Cyane . The temple's focus was the Buoro di Ciano spring, which presently lies at the end of a 10-metre (33 ft) long grotto , and whose water was reputed to be beneficial to the health. In the Middle Ages the temple was replaced by a chapel dedicated to Saint Mamertus , patron of harvest . Up to the 11th century, the area was still a sparsely settled woodland, plagued by lack of water and periodic flooding by

840-632: The general north-south direction connect this "dorsal spine" of the Montello to the two main alternative routes around the hill, either along on its southern margin (comprised by Stradone del Bosco, Via Fra Giocondo, Via Pedemontana, Via Francesco Baracca , Via Arditi, Via Armando Diaz) or along the northern margin (the Panoramic Road, comprised by Via Gabriele d'Annunzio, Via Nord Montello, Via Riviera Piave, Via Decima Armata). The hill gave its name to several towns nested against its base Crocetta del Montello , Montebelluna , Volpago del Montello , Giavera del Montello , and Nervesa della Battaglia . The hill

875-403: The hamlets Ciano and Nogarè. The split was an initiative of Lodovico Boschieri, then mayor of Cornuda, who became the first mayor of Crocetta. In the years following the split, Crocetta gained a post office , an asylum , a pharmacy , a barber shop , a cooperative drugstore , and an aqueduct . Schools were opened at some of its boroughs. A dormitory for the girls who worked on the silk mill

910-404: The most influential personalities in the town's history. The first workers were recruited among the bisenti , but as the mill grew it attracted workers from the neighboring towns as well. Antonini sponsored the construction of popular housing for those workers along Via Sant'Anna (1890) and Piazza Cadorna (1896), and the establishment of basic services. The first two electricity generators of

945-638: The northern edge. The early inhabitants probably occupied the many natural caves that bore into the hill. In Classical Antiquity the region surrounding Montello was settled by reformed soldiers of the Roman army. During the Middle Ages , the Certosa ( Carthusian monastery ) of San Gerolamo and the abbey of Sant'Eustachio were built. It was in the latter that, between 1550 and 1555, Giovanni Della Casa wrote Il Galateo . The oaks and chestnut trees that covered Montello since antiquity used to be

980-551: The northwest of Ciano. To preserve their water supply, the Brentella was tapped near the borough of Croce del Gallo to create the Costelviero Canal, that runs along the Panoramic Road. Westwards from central Crocetta, Via Lodovico Boschieri becomes Via Sant'Andrea and leads to the borough of Nogarè (2.5 km) and then to the Padova Industrial District (3.5 km). Due to its position across

1015-406: The old family residence houses the municipal library on the ground floor, the "Earth and Man" Civic Museum on the second floor and the temporary exhibitions on the main floor. Crocetta del Montello has a very interesting civic museum, which houses a prehistoric horn of Mammoth and a small dinosaur skeleton, as well as many other archaeological finds. The museum was opened to the public in 1978 with

1050-470: The town, driven by the Brentella, were installed in 1883 by the Canapificio. Antonini first had his own residence built inside the Canapificio, but in 1898 he started the construction of a new house, Villa Antonini, which is now a landmark of Crocetta. His old residence became the worker's ballroom . Throughout the 19th century, Crocetta was only a suburb of the municipality of Cornuda. It only became an independent municipality on July 2, 1902, by detaching

1085-465: The valley that connects Cornuda and Valdobiaddene at the north to Montebelluna, Treviso, and Venice in the southwest, Crocetta today suffers from heavy through-traffic that severely strains the local roads. Villa Ancilotto: in 1965 the Municipality of Crocetta del Montello purchased the assets of the Villa Ancilotto complex. Today the spinning mill houses the primary and secondary school, while

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1120-529: Was also built at that time. Antonini himself established a semi-industrial bakery and a spinnery in Crocetta (1904), a brick kiln at Ciano (1905), and a lime kiln at Crocetta (1910). Another electric plant was built upstream at Croce del Gallo, and a third one downstream from the Canapificio (1911). A worker's union (the Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso , "Worker's Society for Mutual Help"),

1155-579: Was changed in 1928 by the Benito Mussolini government, to honor the soldiers who died fighting for control of the Montello hill during World War I. An orphanage , the Orfanotrofio Pontello, was built in the same year. Over the following decade, the fascist regime took control of all freetime activities of the country's population through its Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro ("National Leisure Organization"), or OND. At Crocetta,

1190-539: Was established in 1910. In 1913, workers went on a 20-day worker's strike for better living conditions, which ended with a promise by Antonini to build a professional school . Crocetta found itself on the front line of World War I . The Montello hill was the stage of the Battle of the Solstice between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops (June 15–23, 1918). Many buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged, including

1225-532: Was not very suitable for agriculture. In any case, the re-settlement and the ravages of World War I led to the demise of the native woods, and their partial replacement by robinias , a bush native to the Americas that was brought to the region in the late 18th century. On 24 July 1930, Montello area was affected by an extremely violent tornado , probably the strongest in Europe in historical times, with gusts estimated at 500 km/h and an estimated ranking of F5 on

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