Sacile - Maniago (C301)

We start in Sacile, a town crossed by the waters of the Livenza River and called the garden of the Serenissima for its Venetian atmosphere. You pedal toward the Pordenone piedmont where the Palù di Livenza pile-dwelling site, a UNESCO heritage site, is located, until you arrive near the town of Polcenigo, one of Italy's most beautiful villages famous for its basket-making art. Rich in buildings that testify to its long history, Polcenigo's setting is dominated by the waters of the Livenza and nearby Gorgazzo springs. Proceeding toward Aviano, one encounters Castello di Aviano, named after its 10th-century castle. It continues along a track that offers spectacular views of the foothills mountains and to the vicinity of Malnisio, a hamlet of Montereale Valcellina, where there is the "A. Pitter" Hydroelectric Power Plant, the first power plant in the Venezie and one of the first in Italy, now converted into a technological museum. Finally, we reach Maniago, city of knives.