Portobuffole
Portobuffole': This is a small Renaissance jewel a few kilometres from Treviso. A town that welcomes tourists with refined hospitality while the Lion of San Marco recalls the splendour of the Venetian rule
Portobuffole' Province Treviso
Portobuffolè is immersed in the green tranquillity of the Trevisian countryside.
The Roman Septimum de Liquentia, due to its distance 7 miles from Oderzo and its situation in a loop of the Livenza, takes its name Portus Buvoledi or Bufoledi from around the year 1000. Numerous documents show that a castle and river port existed at that time.
For those who cross the bridge that leads to the Porta Trevisana, destroyed in 1918, there is the small, refined Piazza Beccaro, surrounded by palaces with important façades, some of which are frescoed. From this square, one arrives at the splendid 13th century home of Gaia da Camino, an educated noble lady and charmingly immortalized by Dante in Purgatory. She was part of one of Treviso's most powerful families, and after having received the small Portobuffolè as a gift from her husband, she decided to settle there with her court.
It was under Venetian rule that the town experienced its most splendid period becoming an important river port. The Most Serene Republic (Serenissima) conferred Portobuffolè with the title of City, the coat of arms and a podestà. The lion of San Marco that can be admired above the Porta del Monte di Pietà, which dominated in Piazza Maggiore and the one positioned above the external arch of Porta Friuli pay testament to the Venetian influence.
In the enchanting Renaissance historical centre, in addition to the former home and museum of Gaia da Camino, the following are to be admired: the Dogana, the Monte di Pietà, the communal Loggia, re-made by Gothic store, and the Cathedral, which was a Jewish synagogue before it became a Christian church. Inside there is a wooden crucifix from the 1400s and a splendid organ from the Casa Callido in Venice with 472 zinc and tin pipes.