Treviso (Italian pronunciation: [treˈvizo], Venetian: Trevixo, French: Trévise, Latin: Tarvisium) is a city in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,206 inhabitants (2008): some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls (le Mura) or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The city...
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Treviso (Italian pronunciation: [treˈvizo], Venetian: Trevixo, French: Trévise, Latin: Tarvisium) is a city in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,206 inhabitants (2008): some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls (le Mura) or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, appliance maker DeLonghi, sports eyewear maker Rudy Project and bicycle maker Pinarello.
For some scholars, the ancient city of Tarvisium derived its name from a settlement of the Celtic tribe of the Taurusci. Others have attributed the name instead to the Indo European root tarvos, meaning "bull".
Tarvisium, then a city of the Veneti, became a municipium in 89 BC after the Romans added Cisalpine Gaul to their dominions. Citizens were ascribed to the Roman tribe of Claudia. The city...
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