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Belluno

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Belluno , city (1991 pop. 35,572), capital of Belluno prov., Venetia, NE Italy, on the Piave River at the foot of the Dolomites. It is an agricultural and manufacturing center. A Roman town, it later belonged to various lords and was a free commune before voluntarily submitting to Venetian rule (1404-1797). The city has a 16th-century cathedral with a beautiful baroque bell tower and a Renaissance city hall.

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Belluno

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Belluno, Veneto/Italy Bellunum A pre‐Roman settlement, the name may be a contraction of Belodunum with the Celtic dunum equivalent to the Latin oppidum ‘town’ and bel signifying ‘brilliant’ or possibly ‘beautiful’. It was captured by the French in 1797, passed to the Austrians in 1813, and finally to Italy in 1866.

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