| TREVISO FROM 1850 TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR |
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June 12, 1848:
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The Austrian army besieged Treviso and it asked
for the surrender. The lack of outside help and the pressure of the Austrian heavy artillery forced
the town to surrender after three days. |
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1850:
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The Chiesa di San Francesco (Church of St. Francis) was used as store for the
military fodders about the half of 19th century. The Complex of St. Catherine (the Church and the Museum) became an arsenal where the soldiers,
being involved in the building of the baggage train, worked. |
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| 1851: |
The Austrian rule, unlike the French rule, exerted itself very much to make
public works as the building of the Schools, Postal Services, Court, Pescheria (Fishmarket), but above all
the railway line which was constructed and it was opened in the first segment from Treviso to Venice in that year. |
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| October 28, 1869:
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The metric system became effective and compulsory in Veneto (and also in Treviso). |
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| 1875: |
The statue was unveiled in Piazza Indipendenza (called "Piazza delle Donne" long ago). |
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| 1875: |
A copy of the winged lion, made by Istrian stone, was placed on the facade of Porta San Tomaso; the original picture, standing for the Venice's power, was been pulled down during the French occupation. |
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Piazza Indipendenza, till 1875 called "Piazza delle Donne".
There was a fountain in place of the square in the previous centuries. |
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| 1874-1877: |
The present Palazzo della Prefettura (Prefecture Building), which was the seat of the Municipality, was almost entirely rebuilt. |
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| First years of 1900: |
The restorations of Palazzo dei Trecento ended. The Palazzo dei Trecento,
the Prefecture and the Municipal Bell Tower were adorned Ghibelline battlements in those years. |
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| 1915-1918: |
The town was damaged by the airstrikes in the First World War; the first
airstrike happened on April 16, 1916, it was followed by more thirty air raids even if they weren’t so devastating
as those of the Second War World. |
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| Nov. 11, 1922: |
The seat of Liceo - Gymnasium "Antonio Canova" was inaugurated. |
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| Nov. 11, 1923: |
The seat of Istituto Tecnico Provinciale "Jacopo Riccati" was inaugurated. |
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| 1932: |
The abbot Luigi Bailo died, he taught in Liceo "Antonio Canova" and he was
one of the most important admirer and curator of the historical and artistic heritage in the town. |
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| 1940-1945: |
Treviso was bombed heavy in the Second World War, in particular by the
airstrike of the 7th April 1944. The Chiesa di San Martino (Church of St. Martin) was razed and the Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore (Church of St. Maria Maggiore)
was the most damaged among the several destroyed buildings during the Second World War. |
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La Loggia dei Cavalieri a Treviso dopo il bombardamento
del 14/5/1944 - FAST - Foto Archivio Storico Trevigiano,
Album 7/4/1944, n. immagine: D 4/86 |
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The Treviso railway station
as it appeared in the twenties. |
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The Loggia dei Cavalieri (Knights’ Loggia),
Palazzo dei Trecento, the Ca’ da Noal Museum and the area near the Canoniche (behind the Duomo - the Cathedral) were
damaged greatly. The railway station was wholly destroyed. |
On the left: Treviso - The old Chiesa di San Martino (Church of St. Martin),
before April 7, 1944 - FAST Foto Archivio Storico Trevigiano, Fondo Fini. |
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| End of Forties: |
The swallow-tailed merlons were replaced by flat-topped merlons with the
repairs of the Palazzo dei Trecento, damaged by 1944 airstrike. |
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