Colle Umberto has 5,177 inhabitants on two morainic hills between Conegliano and Vittorio Veneto, in prosecco country. Until 1867 it was called simply Colle: the new name came after a visit by king Umberto I. On the higher hill, where the town hall now stands, rose the abbey of San Pietro in Colle, held by the Benedictines of Pomposa; reduced to a commendam, it counted among its commendatory abbots cardinal Carlo Borromeo.
In the frazione of San Martino was born Ottavio Bottecchia, the first Italian to win the Tour de France. A bricklayer and a timber carter, a professional only at twenty-seven, in 1924 he wore the yellow jersey from the first stage to the last — nobody had ever managed it — and the following year he won the race again. In June 1927 he was found dying on a road in Friuli where he used to train, and he died twelve days later; he lies in the small cemetery of San Martino.
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📅 Every year, on 3 July; late April brings the Saint Mark feast at Menarè
Colle Umberto celebrates Saint Thomas on 3 July, in the church dedicated to him. Among the hamlet feasts, the one for Saint Mark at Menarè is held in late April and the one for Saint Sebastian in late August.
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