Discover Bertiolo

Bertiolo can be explored through a variety of historical and landscape themes: churches and works of art, the watery landscape around Virco and Sterpo, and a local wine-making tradition. You can tailor your trip to the interests that matter most to you.

Sacred buildings and traces of history

The Chiesetta della Santissima Trinità is considered the oldest church in the Bertiolo area. Its bell bears the date 1287 and is considered the oldest bell in the entire province. During restoration work in 1989, the remains of a temple dating to the 7th century AD and a necropolis from the Lombard period were discovered. This building therefore offers a way to understand different periods in the town’s history.

The present-day Chiesa di San Martino dates from the late 17th century and was consecrated in 1702 by Patriarch Dioniso Dolfin. Inside are a choir fresco by the French painter Loche, a painting by Politi and an altarpiece depicting the Rosary by Francesco Pavona. The complex also includes an 18th-century loggia. Its frescoes, dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, depict scenes from the Passion of Christ and form the Stations of the Cross. The church and loggia thus offer different points of interest if you are interested in sacred art and its imagery.

Music, festivals and wine-making tradition

The history of music here also goes back a long way: the first written mention of the Filarmonica di Bertiolo wind band dates to November 1812. At the time, wind and string musicians accompanied the singers at the celebration of San Martino. This connection to the festival links the ensemble’s earliest record to a specific occasion in the local calendar.

The Festa del Vino takes place every year in March, around the feast of San Giuseppe. Typical stalls selling wine and local agricultural products are set up along the town’s streets. The Enoteca di Bertiolo offers another glimpse of the wine-making tradition: the rural building dates from 1800 and was formerly used as a cellar. Guided wine tastings are held there on special occasions—not as a regular programme.

Religious customs include the traditional annual Ottavario di preghiera at the Santuario di Screncis, in honour of the Beata Vergine di Screncis. The tradition includes a procession in which an image of the Beata Vergine is carried from the parish church to the Santuario. Together with the churches and musical history, this custom illustrates the variety of religious and cultural traditions in Bertiolo.

Risorgive springs and the watery landscape

In the lower-lying parts of Bertiolo, especially around Sterpo, marshy and waterlogged soils shape the landscape. Groundwater emerges there as Risorgive springs. The Risorgive di Virco biotope is located in the municipalities of Bertiolo and Talmassons, covers 81.67 hectares and is part of the Risorgive dello Stella protected area. The Anello Bertiolo–Virco per risorgive circular route passes by the start of the Virco biotope. The landscape thus offers two specific points of interest: geological springs and a protected natural area.

Villa Colloredo Venier and the Sterpo park

Villa Colloredo Venier stands in a park between the Stella River and the Patisce and dei Mulini waterways, near the rural hamlet of Sterpo. In the 18th century, the former castle in Sterpo was converted into a villa; an ancient tower was preserved and became the centrepiece of the new villa. The park of the Castle of Sterpo is also home to an English oak (Quercus robur) more than five centuries old, considered a monumental tree. If you are interested in architectural history, this offers a different perspective from the churches: the focus is on the conversion of a former castle and the historic connection between the villa, tower and park.

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