Follina, Italy | |
Official Name: | Comune di Follina |
Coordinates: | 45.95°N 19°W |
Region: | Veneto |
Province: | Treviso (TV) |
Frazioni: | Farrò, Pedeguarda, Col di Follina, Valmareno |
Mayor: | Mario Collet |
Area Total Km2: | 24.2 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3919 |
Population As Of: | Dec. 2004 |
Population Demonym: | Follinesi |
Elevation M: | 191 |
Postal Code: | 31051 |
Area Code: | 0438 |
Follina is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 60km (40miles) northwest of Venice and about 35km (22miles) northwest of Treviso. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[2]
Follina is situated in the Treviso countryside, on the "Strada del Prosecco" ("Prosecco wine route"), in the Venetian Prealps.It is home to the eponymous abbey, built here in 1170 with the patronage of the Patriarch of Aquileia. St. Charles Borromeo was its abbot.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy. Follina is twinned with: