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Sois is a fraction of the municipality of Belluno with about 700 inhabitants, located on a height from which the entire Valbelluna is dominated.

Churches and monuments
Of particular interest is the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta from 1264, later expanded in the second half of the sixteenth century, which stands on a hill located between the town of Sois and the small fraction of Antole. Inside the sacred building, a valuable cycle of paintings dedicated to the life of Mary by Francesco Frigimelica the elder is preserved: this pictorial cycle has recently been restored.

In the center of the village stands the small church of the Holy Spirit built in the first half of the thirteenth century, inside which is preserved an altarpiece dedicated to Saint Gervase, a work by Protasio Alchini (1668⁣ – ⁣1743).

In the fraction of Mier stands the fifteenth-century church of San Vito with its interesting bell tower sail placed above the facade's tympanum: tradition has it that the Belluno people went on a pilgrimage to this sacred place to heal from insomnia or excessive sleep.

To the north of the town of Sois, ancient furnaces are preserved, examples of industrial archeology dating back to the first half of the nineteenth century: the furnaces were connected to the city of Belluno by a narrow-gauge railway line.

Toponymy
The fraction consists of five main streets (via Sois, via Bios, via Mier, via A. Schiocchet, and via Mares) and two squares (piazza S. Barozzi and piazza G. Catarossi).