Crespano
The following is presented, in the form of a catalog, a collection of the most suggestive and interesting place names of the locality of Crespano del Grappa, as a testimony to one of the most significant and well-documented settlements—residential, religious, artisanal, and also cultural—of the Pedemontana del Grappa:
- Acqua di S. Giustina or Friars’ Fountains: the last trace of the ancient monasteries of SS. Prosdocimo and Giustina and SS. Vittore and Corona.
- Ardosa (and nearby the diminutive toponym Ardosetta): near Cima Grappa, perhaps preserves the oldest name of the Grappa summit (Aridosa).
- Breda (Cao di): locality south of the town, whose name suggests a possible Lombard origin.
- Castegner dea Madoneta: located in the area known as the Vivai, it is a typical site for local festivities.
- Castelar: a spur (leveled in the early 20th century) overlooking the Lastego valley, where the medieval castle (called “of S. Michiel”) of the Da Crespano family, vassals of the Ezzelini, was likely located.
- Covolo: originally called de cubalo Mariae Verginis, it is the oldest place of devotion in the town.
- Crosera, Seolina: traditional districts, home to artisanal activities already in the 16th century.
- Gherla: ancient western village of the town (11th century), notable for its characteristic arrangement of courtyards and rural dwellings.
- Larghi: terraced and regular plots of land, perhaps cultivated by the Benedictines, documented in the nearby Ecclesia Sancti Viti de Crespano (called San Vi).
- Lastego: the town’s main hydronym, naming the stream that originates in the Valle di San Liberale (formerly San Vitale), flowing through a deep and rugged valley east of the town and marking the boundary with Paderno del Grappa.
- Masarè: rocky ridge above the town, site of archaeological and numismatic finds from various periods.
- San Marco vecchia: the second parish church, established on the Colle de Crespan (13th century), visible in the present historic center.
- San Pancrazio: formerly Ecclesia Sancti Brancatii or Pancratii, probably the oldest parish site in the town (11th century).
- San Paolo del Lastego: rural church of very ancient tradition; in 1297 it was a subsidiary of the pieve of S. Maria di Loreggia and in 1330 subject to the more recent pieve of Fonte, and therefore under the Diocese of Treviso.
