For over 150 years, the boundaries between Caprile and the municipalities of Livinallongo, Colle Santa Lucia, and Selva di Cadore have
caused disputes regarding the use of pastures and the cutting of woods, although there were probably also
reasons of greater economic interests related to the smelting furnaces involving the bishop of Bressanone and the
Doge of Venice.
In 1487, the conflict, especially with the inhabitants of Livinallongo, led the people of Caprile to set fire to
some houses in Rucavà, while in retaliation, the inhabitants of Livinallongo took revenge by coming down to
Caprile and burning it.
The dispute between the municipalities ended in 1609, but two years earlier the Republic of Venice had sent the
patrician Scipione Benzoni to find a solution to pacify the contenders.
After the agreement signed on June 27, 1609, the people of Caprile raised a column with the lion of San Marco,
which still exists in the street of the same name. At the base of the column is the dedication “To the excellent benefactor Scipione Benzoni" Venetian patrician senator of the Serenissima responsible for the Venetian commission on boundaries at
public expense, the inhabitants of Caprile placed in the year 1609.”
The small lion of San Marco had been stripped of its characteristic wings, which were torn off by the Livinallonghesi during the aforementioned wars between towns. The wings were restored in a recent restoration.
