*In this article I want to take you to discover this particular place that I think many of you already know because it is famous all over the world and is located at the foot of Mount Grappa in the province of Treviso in the town of Possagno.*
By now we can say that I am a bit at home in this place because when I have the opportunity I often come there anyway this place is very easy to find also because you can see it practically from a distance and then the country is not that big.
This temple is dedicated to Antonio Canova who was born in Possagno and when we arrive in front of this monument for a moment we seem to be in Greece but in reality we are in this beautiful town on the slopes of Monte Grappa.
The visit inside this sacred place is free except when there are religious services, also because this place technically had to replace the old parish church of the town, but then Canova designed it with the intention that it should have housed his tomb, in reality Antonio Canova who died in 1822, never saw the temple completed, but the work was completed by his half-brother.
every time I visit it I am impressed by these large columns and also by its beautiful interior.
Of course it is clear that Canova was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome for the design, while the facade with these columns was most likely inspired by the Parthenon in Athens.
I want to reveal a curiosity of this place, maybe if one day you manage to visit us, before entering if you have a good eye you will find some fossils set among the stones of the stairways and there is a legend that says that if you find at least one you will be very lucky in life.
Not always but sometimes and there is the possibility through the caretaker to be able to climb the Dome of the Canovian temple certainly from there if you can see a beautiful panorama.
I will attach you to the official website below so that you can plan your visit and I also recommend that you take a trip to the famous Gipsoteca and where the plaster casts that Antonio Canova needed to prepare his sculptures are still kept.