Campo San Martino
Campo San Martino lies in the Alta Padovana, along the banks of the River Brenta, which here forms a bend dividing the municipal t...
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The story
The story of Campo San Martino
Medieval Origins
Campo San Martino's origins go back to Roman times, but the town first appears in written sources, together with Marsango, in a deed of investiture from 1130. Before the year 1000 the territory was organised according to a feudal society, with great feudal lords, vassals and serfs, in a backward economy based on large landed estates.
From the Serenissima to Italian Unification
Between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries the Paduan countryside, including the territory of Campo San Martino, experienced a general economic revival. The municipality was long incorporated into the Republic of Venice, then came under Napoleonic occupation and Austrian rule, until the Veneto region was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.
The River Brenta
The municipality lies along the banks of the River Brenta, which in this stretch forms a bend dividing the territory into two parts. For a long time the town's only significant economic activity was the extraction of gravel and sand from the riverbed, granted under national concession, an activity that shaped the local economy before contemporary agricultural and residential development.
The Church of St Martin of Tours
The parish church, dedicated to the patron saint Martin of Tours, holds valuable works of art, including a canvas depicting the meeting of Jesus Christ with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, painted in 1832 by Ferdinando Suman. The building remains the town's main religious and artistic landmark.
Villa Breda
Villa Breda, an old nineteenth-century residence, was later used as a hospital and finally as a residential centre for the elderly. It is surrounded by an extensive municipal park, recently restored and freely open to the public, which today serves as a key green space for the local community.
Cycling Along the Brenta
The municipal territory is crossed by several cycle paths, including a stretch of the Treviso-Ostiglia route, which runs through the entire municipality. The combination of riverside routes and country roads makes Campo San Martino a suitable stop for cycle tourism in the Alta Padovana.
Experiences not to miss
- Visitare la Chiesa di San Martino di Tours e la tela di Ferdinando Suman
- Visit the Church of St Martin of Tours and the canvas by Ferdinando Suman
To see
What to see in Campo San Martino
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