Marco Polo's Spirit

Painter Giorgione's town Castelfranco Veneto is an unmissable Italian destination  Castelfranco Vento is a little town in the Veneto, a regione in northern Italy, where I go to quite often as it is easy to reach from Venice. Every time I come back to it to learn more about its awesome art treasures. The town is a charming little spot where 35,000 people live. It is set in the low-land between the towns of Treviso, Venice, Padua and Vicenza, all within easy reach from Castelfranco Veneto (roughly 35 kilometres).  I have come here for the weekend several times because it's the hometown of one of the most mysterious Italian Renaissance painters, Giorgione (actually his real names was Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco). He left to the city two of his most stunning art works on display in the Duomo and in his house (now a museum). For an art lover like me, his appeal is difficult to resist! We don't know much about his life and death, except that he died ve