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Pieve di Cadore

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Pieve di Cadore

Village in Veneto region, northeast Italy, on the River Piave; population (1991) 4,000. It is the centre of the Cadore, a mountainous district in the Alps, north of Belluno. The surrounding district was the scene of much fighting during World War I. Pieve di Cadore is the birthplace of the Renaissance painter Titian, and the house in which he was born is now a museum; one of his works can be seen in the church here.
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Born around 1485 in Pieve di Cadore in the Republic of Venice, he was known during his lifetime as Da Cadore, taken from the place of his birth, but is now called Titian.
THE VERSATILE GENIUS by The Mirror (London, England)
Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) was born in Pieve di Cadore and at nine or 10 he moved to Venice.
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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian), was born in Pieve di Cadore and at the age of nine or 10 he moved to Venice.
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