Cavallino’s origins are rooted in an ancient past, although these are only certain from the XVI century, as a result of the charts and documents relating to the dominion of the
Serenissima
Republic of
Venice.
A constant characteristic of the
Cavallino Coastline is its changing environmental conditions, due to its position between the lagoon and the sea. Architectural constructions such as the Convent of the Mesole (XVI century) attest to its history. This owes its attribute of convent more to the fact that it is an ecclesiastical property than to the fact that it is a real convent and the small palace in the Prà di Saccagnana area is a typical example of a villa of the
Veneto in this lagoon setting.
At the opposite end of the peninsula, toward the East, are the famous city gates of Cavallino, now part of the Jesolo municipality but historically linked to the coastline, which testify, together with the ancient tollgate building, to the fundamental role of Cavallino in water traffic between the lagoon and the inland area. Finally, there is also the ancient
church of
Cavallino, completed in 1751, the focus of civil and religious town life.
There are also more recent rural buildings that testify to the agricultural use of the area and military fortifications that attest to the fundamental role played by this strip of land during the First World War. These are human constructions added to this extremely interesting naturalistic environment.
The landscapes that the Cavallino Coastline offers are the perfect stimulus for following unforgettable trails winding through valleys, canals, cultivated lands and sandy dunes to discover places suspended between the sea and the lagoon.