Belluno, “dazzling hill” from the celtic belo-dunum, is a city with roman origins founded between the 200 and 220 a.c that very soon, beginning from Augusto become an important military site based on the more important communication way towards the north, the Claudia Augusta Altinate, defended from a tower, what today it is the castle of Zumelle.

Belluno is situated between the torrent Ardo and the Piave with to north the dolomitic group with the Schiara (Mount Servant, Mount Talvena), to south the Prealps and the zone of the Castionese with the Nevegal and its systems of skilifts and tracks from ski. With the fall of the Roman Empire, Belluno passed before under the longobardic domani and therefore under the carolingio one. In century IX it began the government of Conte Bishop and the city became rich of the castle, of the town-walls building and doors and tower