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Feltre, a town of Italy, in the province and 18 m. S. W. of the city of Belluno, on the border of Tyrol, at the confluence of two small affluents of the Piave, at the foot of the last slopes of the Rhaetian Alps; pop. about 5,500. Remains of the mediaeval fortifications are still visible in the upper town. The cathedral contains fine pictures. The monte dipietd, founded in the 15th century by Father Bernardi-ni, is regarded as the oldest establishment of the kind in Europe. Wax bleaching and silk weaving are the principal branches of industry, and there is a brisk trade in wine, silk, and oil. The former see of Feltre has been united with that of Belluno, but the town is still the seat of a vicar apostolic. Marshal Clarke, one of Napoleon's generals, derived his ducal title from this place.
 
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