Piazza dei Martiri is the “living room” of Belluno: a stage, outside the walls, marked by a backdrop of great diversity and at the same time great balance, with its buildings and the promenade on the “listòn”. “He who wants to enjoy the spectacle of the world from one of the most beautiful windows in the world,” wrote the poet Diego Valeri, “should go to Belluno, to Piazza Campitello, and look down at the Piave.”
Until June 3, 1945, the square was called Campitello, to indicate the area for holding fairs, markets, tournaments, and parades. The current name pays tribute to one of the most tragic events of the Resistance, the hanging of four patriots on March 17 of that year.
On one side, a fountain, consisting of a circular basin 16 meters in diameter, reflects the coats of arms of the 69 municipalities of the province; on the other side, the monument to the Resistance, created by Augusto Murer. The gardens of Belluno date back to the 1930s.
Since 1965, they have hosted four bronze panels that revisit crucial moments of the Resistance: the bread to the partisan, the Bishop of Belluno going to kiss the four hanged on the lampposts of the square, the concentration camp, April 25 or better May 2, the day of the city's Liberation.
