Follina

Follina lies in the heart of a verdant valley, amidst woods, water springs and vineyards, a setting of great beauty and history that fascinates at first glance. But it is by entering the village that we get to know its essence, among its palaces and traces of ancient history. The symbol of the village is in fact the Abbey of Santa Maria, one of the most beautiful sacred buildings in the Veneto region, a place of faith and pilgrimage since time immemorial: the abbey was built by Cistercian monks between 1305 and 1335 on an earlier 12th-century Benedictine construction and is a treasure trove of art, tradition and spirituality. It was precisely the monks who started wool processing, initiating an activity that brought prosperity and fame to the area and that is recalled every year with "La Via della lana" (The Wool Route), an exhibition that recounts this material and its link with the village.