Gallio
Among the places of Veneto, Gallio stands out for its open upland pastures on the Asiago Plateau, enclosed by conifer woods in the Venetian Prealps. The municipality extends across a dispersed mountain landscape, and Campomulo is one of its pasture localities, where grazing land, woodland and modest alpine buildings follow the contours of the plateau. Gallio belonged to the historic Sette Comuni, or Seven Communes, a group of plateau communities long associated with Cimbrian traditions. The setting is defined as much by long-established upland land use as by the village itself, with local roads linking meadows and forest clearings.
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Among the towns of Veneto, Gallio stands out for its high-altitude position on the Asiago Plateau, in the Alpine foothills north of Vicenza. At about 1,100 metres above sea level, it belongs to a broad upland of meadows and conifer woodland rather than the lagoon and plain landscapes often associated with the region. Gallio was one of the historic Seven Communes of the plateau, an area shaped by Cimbrian-speaking settlement and a distinct local identity. The Asiago Plateau also preserves the memory of the First World War, when this mountain country formed part of the Italian front. Browse additional webcams from the Asiago Plateau to extend your view of this Alpine corner of Veneto.
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