FELTRE (anc. Feltria)  , a town and episcopal see of Venetia, Italy, in the province of Belluno, 20 M . W.S.W. of it by rail, situated on an isolated hill, 885 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1901) 5468 (town), 15,243 (commune) . The cathedral has a fine polygonal apse of the 16th century . The Palazzo del Consiglio, now a theatre, is attributed to Palladio . At one end of the chief square of the town, the Piazza Maggiore, is the cistern by which the town is supplied with water, and a large fountain . Thereare some remains of the medieval castle . The ancient Feltria, which lay on the road (Via Claudia) from Opitergium to Tridenturn, does not seem to have been a place of any importance under the Romans . Vittorino dei Rambaldoni da Feltre (1378-1446) was a famous educator and philosopher of his time .