History
The most ancient archeological finding in the province is that of Lagole di Calalzo, in Cadore, belonging to a c. 5th century BC sanctuary dedicated to a health god of Paleoveneti. A greater site, a necropolis, has been excavated in the comune of Mel. Findings from these sites are now housed in the Museums of Pieve di Cadore and Mel.
From 1420 until 1797, the area of Belluno was part of the Republic of Venice. When is conquered by the French, those who yield to Austria as a part of Venetian Province. Remained under Austrian control after the Napoleonic Wars, into the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia until 1866, when pass to Kingdom of Italy. In 1923 the Province of Belluno, obtained Cortina d'Ampezzo, Saint Lucia and Livinallongo Colle del Col di Lana already part of Austria Hungary (Tyrol).
In 1943, when the Italian government signed an armistice with the Allies, the province was occupied by Germany, which reorganised it as the Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills and put it under the administration of Gauleiter Franz Hofer. The region was de facto annexed to the German Reich (with the addition of the regio of Trentino-Südtirol) until the end of the war. This status ended along with the Nazi regime and Italian rule was restored in 1945.
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