a fortified town of the Austrian empire, in the government and 16 miles N. of Venice, on the Sile, which is here navigable for large boats, and communicates by canals with the lagoons of Venice. It is an old town, for the most part well built, with irregular but broad streets, lined with colonnades and several fine squares. The ancient cathedral of St Peter, a fine but unfinished building, contains paintings by Titian, Domenichino, and other artists; and the Gothic church of St Nicholas has also some good works of art. The town has several other churches, an episcopal palace, town-hall, theatre, public library, hospital, and various schools. The university of Padua was originally established here. The fortifications of Treviso consist of walls and bastions, with a wet ditch; and have a circuit of about three miles. Silk and cotton goods and cutlery are the chief manufactures of the place, and an active trade is carried on in corn, fruit, and cattle, especially at a large fair which is held here annually. Treviso, the ancient Trevisium, was a free town under the Romans; and after the fall of the empire was conquered in turn by the Huns, Ostrogoths, and Lombards. Thereafter it was for a time independent, and at length, in 1344, voluntarily submitted itself to the republic of Venice. Pop. 17,974.