Overview
Together with Valdobbiadene, Conegliano is the best-known region in theProsecco Superiore DOCG area. It is no coincidence that the cultural landscape recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2019 is called the "Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene".
The surroundings of Valdobbiadene reveal a territory particularly rich in vineyards, while Conegliano has been an undisputed regional reference point for the teaching of oenology since 1876, when aviticultural school was opened in the city. It is now the Cerletti Institute, a training centre specialised in oenology and agriculture.
Lovers of art and history will find plenty in Conegliano to surprise and excite them: firstly, among the rooms of the city's civic museum, housed in a tall medieval tower at the top of the Janus hill, or visiting thehouse museum of the famous Renaissance painter Giovanni Battista Cima, or else strolling through Contrada Grande, beneath aristocratic palazzi in typical Veneto style.
Finally, the main monument in Conegliano is the Cathedral of San Leonardo, whose structure remains covered by the beautifully decorated façade of the Sala dei Battuti (Hall of the Battuti), a congregation that was very active in the city in the late medieval era.
