San Salvatore Castle

Unmistakable emblem of the Treviso panorama, it has dominated the Susegana hills unchallenged for eight centuries. Impregnable fortress in the Middle Ages, elegant stately home in the Renaissance, lively literary and artistic salon of European resonance. Today a charming relais and a precious setting for private events.

Construction began between the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. In 1312, when the castle was now completed, the Collaltos obtained full jurisdiction over the counties of Collalto and San Salvatore from Henry VII: it was the beginning of a principality which, although within the municipality of Treviso first and then the Serenissima, maintained very large autonomy until 1797, with the arrival of Napoleon. In a dominant position, the castle could control the surrounding towns, the main communication routes and traffic on the Piave. For this reason he was involved in the struggles that involved Treviso, Padua and Venice in the late Middle Ages.

Currently San Salvatore is divided into the crenellated city walls, the block of Palazzo Odoardo and the large tower together with the church of Santa Croce, elements connected to the ruins of other buildings.