Possagno

Possagno is a town with 2176 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Treviso ( Veneto region ) in Italy.

The neighboring municipalities are Alano di Piave (BL), Castelcucco, Cavaso del Tomba, Paderno del Grappa and Crespano del Grappa.

Possagno lies hidden between the Pareton and Monte Palon. Possagno is best known as the birthplace of the sculptor Antonio Canova, who built by Gian Antonio Selva and A. Diedo a parish church above the village in the style of the Pantheon in Rome, the Tempio Canoviano. Also worth seeing is the data collected for a museum workshop of the artist, the Gypsotheca Museo Canoviano.

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