Moriago della Battaglia is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about northwest of

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and about northwest of

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

. Moriago della Battaglia borders the following municipalities:

Crocetta del Montello Crocetta del Montello (or Croseta del Montel in the local Venetian language, Venetian dialect), formerly Crocetta Trevigiana, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of ...

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, Sernaglia della Battaglia,

Vidor Vidor is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Treviso, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. Twin towns Vidor is twinned with: * Petritoli Petritoli is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located ab ...

Volpago del Montello Volpago del Montello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Treviso on the southern slopes of Montello. History The fall of the Republic of ...

. The town takes its name from the position it had during World War I, when it was on the front of the

Battle of the Piave The Second Battle of the Piave River, fought between 15 and 23 June 1918, was a decisive victory for the Italian Army against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. Though the battle proved to be a decisive blow to the Austro-Hungaria ...

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