Italy. Treviso

 It’s always interesting to find yourself in a city after spending several days in the mountains. It feels like having eaten the main course with dessert and then just enjoying a drink... That's how I perceive cities after the mountains, asking nothing of them but simply observing their uniqueness...  Each city has its own history, but what you don’t want after the mountains is to delve deeply into historical contexts... You just want to stroll through the streets under the warm rays of the sun, sit on the steps of some cathedral, shifting focus from the natural architecture of the mountains to the equally natural architecture created by humans, since we are also a subset of nature...    

 What immediately catches the eye in Treviso are the covered galleries, that is, the sidewalks that run under buildings... Most of the pedestrian zone of the central streets is designed in this style, which is quite comfortable if it's hot in the sun or raining...

  The main square of the city is Piazza dei Signori and the main building where various municipal bodies sat - Palazzo dei Trecento...

 When you become interested in a monument, provided it is really interesting, you immediately want to learn its history... And so, you begin to learn more about the city itself... This, in my opinion, is the main value of monuments... For example, in the main square of Treviso, there is a very interesting historical monument dedicated to the Treviso patriots who died in 1866 in the third war for the liberation of the province of Treviso from the Austrian Empire, which led to unification with the Kingdom of Italy... The sculpture depicts a woman, affectionately called Teresona by locals, who tramples on the chains of the Habsburgs... In one hand she holds a spear wrapped in the Italian flag, and in the other, a laurel wreath... The main trigger of my curiosity was the question – why is the woman standing on chains?

   When I find myself in an Italian city, I always try gelato – this dessert is a direct association with Italy for me...

  Like all Italian cities, Treviso has its own ancient atmosphere created by its architecture...  

  A few more interesting sculptures of the city...

  Probably the most popular is the marble sculpture-fountain of women's breasts (Fontana delle Tette), created in 1559 by order of the then "mayor" of the city after a severe drought...

  Treviso is very close to Venice, which attracts all the tourist attention, leaving this town relatively peaceful... But canals are also present here, not on the same scale, of course, but they still add another feature to the city...       

  Leaving Treviso and Italy, I thus completed my short journey, the main goal of which was to see and "feel" the incredible beauty of the Dolomite Alps... But visiting the city after the mountains also always leaves a mark in memory... I always allow extra time for getting from the mountains before my flight, and usually, no force majeure occurs, so I spend this extra time on cities... A kind of final chord, you’ve completed the planned route, and then you can still relax using the "comfortable sides" of the city and see something interesting...