Discover what to do in Torre di Mosto: The Livenza River, the church of San Martino, Bosco Belvedere, the church of Santi Magno e Tiziano. Want to know more? First of all…
Where is Torre di Mosto?
The municipality of Torre di Mosto borders to the northeast with Santo Stino di Livenza, to the northwest with Cessalto (a visit to Villa Zeno, a sixteenth-century Palladian residence is recommended), to the south with Eraclea, to the southeast with Caorle, to the southwest with San Donà di Piave, to the east with Santo Stino di Livenza and Caorle, to the west with Cessalto, Ceggia and San Donà di Piave.
Bike ride in Torre di Mosto
The recommended bike ride starts from the parking lot in Piazza Indipendenza in front of the town hall. You are facing the town hall of Torre di Mosto, a characteristic building on two floors with a beautiful mullioned window on the first floor with a stone balustrade. In the center of the facade stands the quadrangular tower crowned by a cornice supported by corbels and decorated with a quatrefoil motif along the parapet. Other prominent features are the large clock with Roman and Arabic numerals and the bell at the top of the tower.
Stele in honor of the fallen
In front of the town hall entrance, surrounded by dark cypresses, lindens and tall cedars, stands a stele in honor of the fallen of World War I with a sculpture of an eagle with outstretched wings in the center.
Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini
Leave the building facade and the solemn obelisk to your left, go from Piazza Indipendenza to Via II Giugno and follow the road (along which you will find a risto-pub and a bar) until you reach Piazzetta Giuseppe Mazzini on your right. From the paved urban area, bordered by arcades and colorful houses, you can admire the white bulk of the parish church of Torre di Mosto framed to the northeast by the grassy banks of the Livenza, to the southwest by the cobbled surface of Piazza della Chiesa.
Church of Torre di Mosto
The splendid place of worship features a projecting façade divided into three parts by four Corinthian pilasters supporting the architrave, the frieze and the frescoed triangular pediment.
Characterized by a sober and elegant style, the neoclassical church is accessible through a massive wooden door marked by quadrangular panels above which stands out a pictorial decoration depicting the figure of San Martino, who, on a white steed, is caught in the act of offering part of his cloak to a suffering man in the grip of frostbite.
Path along the Livenza embankment
Leave the church facade behind you, from Piazza della Chiesa turn right into Piazza Mazzini, then turn right again into Via II Giugno and proceed towards the river bend. Climbing the slope that leads to the top of the embankment you will reach the ancient landing place of Passo di Torre, from which you can enjoy a wide view of the pleasant river and rural landscape of Torre di Mosto and San Stino di Livenza.
Bosco Belvedere
At this point leave the landing to your right and follow the route that runs along the Livenza embankment. If there are no-entry signs, follow Via Bandiera e Moro and at the stop sign keep right along Via XXV Aprile to the roundabout, then turn left, continue for 70 meters and turn right. Go behind the town hall and, at the intersection with Via Fratelli Cairoli, turn right.
Crossing Via Fratelli Cairoli and Via Tezze
Continue along Via Fratelli Cairoli and Via Tezze following the winding course of the Livenza for about 4 km. When you reach Ponte Tezze turn left and follow the cycle path surrounded by the vast scenery of the Torresana countryside.
Crossing Via Alessandro Volta and Via Antonio Vivaldi
When you reach the intersection with Via Alessandro Volta, cross the pedestrian crossing and continue straight along Via Triestina and Via Aido for 2.3 km, then turn right and follow Via Antonio Vivaldi to the intersection with Via Confin. Turn right and follow Via Confin for 260 meters, then turn left and enter the cycle path from which you can access Bosco Belvedere. A serene green lung from which the crowns of white willows and tall cypress poplars stand out, the wood is nestled between the urban area and the vast expanses of cornfields of Torre di Mosto.
The path in Bosco Belvedere
The pleasant shaded path from which you can admire a pretty pond emerges onto the cycle path in Via Niccolò Machiavelli (45.68539299389499, 12.696575224441265). From the exit of the natural area turn left and follow Via Niccolò Machiavelli for 240 meters, then turn right, take the cycle path and continue for 270 meters. At the end of the cycle path, enter Via Borgo Santa Chiara on your left.
Via Borgo Santa Chiara and the Venetian villa
Continue along Via Borgo Santa Chiara for 2.8 km surrounded by the rural scenery marked by the regular succession of lush and well-kept vineyards, white avenues lined with maritime pines and dark hedges of red firs. Along the road you will also find a majestic Venetian villa harmoniously set in a radiant park dotted with cypress poplars.
Continue along Via Staffolo until you reach the parish church of the same name. Dedicated to Saints Magnus and Titanus, the church of very ancient origins features a bare but fascinating style.
With three mullioned windows on the west wall, the place of worship is accessible through a red brick portico marked by wide round arches above which stands the bell gable.
Continue for 500 meters along Via Staffolo, cross the bridge over the canal, turn left and proceed for 6.1 km along Canale Briàn – il Taglio from which you can admire the enchanting plain of the Venetian hinterland dotted with characteristic rustic farmhouses, long rows of cypress poplars and bright patches of wild reeds that grow along the banks of the canal so loved by fishing enthusiasts.
Crossing the hamlet of Torre di Mosto
At the intersection with Via Boccafossa turn left and follow the road for 450 meters that crosses the picturesque hamlet of the same name, a fraction of Torre di Mosto, passing by the Museo del Paesaggio. At the intersection, turn left and follow the embankment from which you can enjoy a privileged view of the river landscape and the double-pitched facade of the beautiful church of Sant’Anna.
Return to the center of Torre di Mosto
Continue along the provincial road for 5.1 km passing through Sant’Elena until you return to the center of Torre di Mosto where you will find several bars, pizzerias and trattorias. At the roundabout take the second exit to reach the starting point in Piazza Indipendenza.
