Cison di Valmarino is a village and comune

Comune

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with 2,553 inhabitants in the province of Treviso

Province of Treviso

The Province of Treviso is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km², and a total population of 886.886 . There are 95 municipalities in the province .-Municipalities:-External links:*...

Prehistory

There is evidence that the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times from archaeological discoveries in Follina from the Paleolithic

Paleolithic

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 Mesolithic

Mesolithic

The Mesolithic is an archaeological concept used to refer to certain groups of archaeological cultures defined as falling between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic....

 eras, to roof tiles and other fragments from the Bronze Age found in Valmareno

The ancient world

During the Roman period

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 the Via Claudia Augusta

Via Claudia Augusta

The Via Claudia Augusta is an ancient Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia across the Alps. Since 2007, the Giontech Archeological Site, in Mezzocorona/Kronmetz serves as the Via Claudia Augusta International Research Center, directed by Prof...

 a very important Roman road

Roman road

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, which linked the valley of the Po River

Po River

The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...

 with Rhaetia (modern Austria) across the Alps

Alps

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, ran through this area.

The Middle Ages

The area became an important defensive position against barbarian invasions during the European Migration Period

Migration Period

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, with the fortress of CastelBrando

Castelbrando

Castel Brando is a medieval castle situated on a dolomite limestone rock at an elevation of above sea level, looking down on the villages of Cison di Valmarino and Valmareno, Northern Italy.-History:...

being expanded and refortified.