Follina

Cistercian monks settled in Follina in the 12th century and brought wool-working with them; the village takes its name from fulling cloth, and its workshops were imitating fine English fabrics by the 1680s. The abbey of Santa Maria, with its cloister finished in 1268, is still the heart of the place. Follina lies where the Soligo turns south below the Venetian Prealps, on the Prosecco wine route.

Highlights

• Follina Abbey and its cloister, completed in 1268 (IT)
• Concerts in the abbey, where violinist Uto Ughi has often played
• The Prosecco wine route through the DOCG hills
• The 18th-century palazzo near the abbey where Jacopo Bernardi was born

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Follina (IT), Follina (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.