What to do in Pieve di Soligo? Discover what to do in Pieve di Soligo among record-breaking barbecues (the giant spit), mysterious nature trails and incredible treasures of art and architecture.
Where is Pieve di Soligo?
The municipality of Pieve di Soligo in the province of Treviso borders north with Cison di Valmarino, south with Sernaglia della Battaglia and Susegana, east with Refrontolo and Susegana, west with Follina and Farra di Soligo.
What to do in Pieve di Soligo? The giant spit
The most anticipated food and wine event in Pieve di Soligo takes place at the local Pro Loco in via Giacomo Battistella, 1, where thousands of visitors of all ages who love music and good food gather every year, attracted in particular by the spectacular and enormous spit traditionally composed of chicken, pork neck and spare ribs, and which, during the last day of the culinary festival, offers delicious quail meat.
Thanks to the love for local gastronomic specialties and the determination of the cooks, the municipal administrators, the organizing committee of the Giant Spit and the volunteers of the Gruppo Festeggiamenti di Barbisano, the Pro Loco of Pieve di Soligo achieved an extraordinary result on 08/10/2017: the Guinness World Record for the largest meat cooking in the world: 4,000 poultry cooked slowly for seven hours, for a total weight exceeding 500 kg!
For those who wish to participate in one of the most exquisite and spectacular culinary events in the world, do not hesitate to visit the event’s website to stay updated on all the news of the record-breaking festival.
Maglio di Pradella e Molino Fiorin
The ancient canal Tajada conveys the waters of the lakes of San Giorgio and Santa Maria, giving life, together with the waters of other minor watercourses, to the Soligo river.
Crossing the valley between the Prealpi Bellunesi and the hilly ridges of the Quartier del Piave, the fresh and clear stream turns its course southward, lapping the lush vegetation that grows along its banks, then flowing into the Piave river.
During the Middle Ages, the waters of the Soligo river, closely linked to the local craft activities, constituted the driving force that operated several mills and imposing factory buildings whose remains are suggestive examples of industrial archaeology.
The Maglio di Pradella operated thanks to a mill race that guaranteed a constant supply of water and an ingenious system that exploited the height difference operated the powerful hammer. Still in excellent condition, the structure rises on three floors and was used to forge metal tools, particularly agricultural implements.
A short distance from the hammer, the Molino Fiorin, of medieval origin, still has its characteristic metal wheel. The workshop was used for grinding wheat and for making iron tools. Although not in operation, the mill complex is well preserved and represents a splendid example of industrial archaeology as well as a precious testimony of our past and the culture of our territory.
The Maglio di Pradella and the Molino Fiorin (in the hamlet of Solighetto) are set in one of the most enchanting natural settings in the province of Treviso.
Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Located at via Guglielmo Marconi, 16, 31053 Pieve di Soligo (TV), the solemn cathedral towers in the historic center of the municipality of Pieve di Soligo, of which it constitutes one of the monuments of greatest historical and artistic value for the impressive complexity and beauty of its architecture and for the priceless pictorial and sculptural heritage kept inside.
The grandiose building is immediately recognizable by its majestic brick façade with projecting peaks, adorned with five soaring spires whose arrangement hints at the division of the structure into three sumptuous naves illuminated by the wide triple lancet windows in the side walls.
One of the unique aspects of the stunning church is the cohesion of different architectural canons, in which the marked verticality typical of Gothic architecture harmoniously combines with the robustness of Romanesque arches and columns and elements of Byzantine and Giotto style.
