Bertiolo: Churches, Wine Traditions and Risorgive

Discover Bertiolo through its church and architectural history, the Risorgive landscape, Sterpo, and its wine and festival traditions. These themes offer different ways to shape your stay and help you explore Bertiolo according to your interests.

Churches, Art and Music 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 at the Chiesa della Santissima Trinità in 1989, the remains of a temple dating from the 7th century AD and a necropolis from the Lombard period were discovered.

The present-day Chiesa di San Martino dates from the late 17th century and was consecrated in 1702 by Patriarch Dioniso Dolfin. Its furnishings include a choir fresco by the French painter Loche, a painting by Politi, and an altarpiece of the Rosary by Francesco Pavona. The complex also includes an 18th-century loggia. Its frescoes were created in the late 19th or early 20th century; they depict scenes from the Passion of Christ and represent the Stations of the Cross. Its architecture and furnishings thus span several centuries.

San Martino is also connected with the history of music: the first written mention of the Filarmonica di Bertiolo dates from November 1812. At the celebration of San Martino, wind and string musicians accompanied the singers.

Sterpo and the Risorgive Landscape

In the 18th century, the former castle in Sterpo was transformed into Villa Colloredo Venier. An ancient tower was preserved and became the centre of the new villa. It is set in a park between the Stella River and the Patisce and dei Mulini waterways, near the rural hamlet of Sterpo. The park is home to a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) that is more than five centuries old and is considered a monumental tree.

The lower-lying area of Bertiolo, particularly around Sterpo, has marshy and waterlogged soils. There, groundwater emerges at the surface as risorgive. The Risorgive di Virco biotope lies in the municipalities of Bertiolo and Talmassons, covers 81.67 hectares, and is part of the protected area Risorgive dello Stella. It was established in 1998 and is protected for its high natural and environmental value. The Anello Bertiolo–Virco per risorgive circular route passes by the beginning of the Virco biotope.

Wine and Recurring Traditions

The Festa del Vino takes place every year in March around the feast of San Giuseppe. Stalls selling wine and local agricultural products are set up along the village streets. If you would like to plan your trip around this festival, check the exact date for the year in question. The Enoteca di Bertiolo is a rural building dating from 1800 that was formerly used as a cellar. Guided wine tastings are held there on special occasions.

At the Santuario di Screncis, an Ottavario di preghiera is traditionally held every year in honour of the Beata Vergine di Screncis. It includes a procession in which the image of the Beata Vergine is carried from the parish church to the Santuario di Screncis. The tradition thus encompasses both prayer at the sanctuary and the route between the parish church and the Santuario.

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