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Pordenone<br />

Town guide.


Pordenone’s identity is relived through its historical<br />

centre. The elegance of the buildings, the richness of<br />

the frescoes, the suggestiveness of the ancient walls,<br />

and the gentle flowing of the river all have a story<br />

to tell about a city that for many centuries has been<br />

a crossroad of different peoples and cultures.<br />

Connected to the Adriatic Sea by the Noncello,<br />

Meduna and Livenza Rivers, Pordenone has been<br />

the most southern river port in Italy since Roman<br />

Times, as it was a strategic point of communication<br />

and commerce with Central Eastern Europe.<br />

The ancient centre of the city, surrounded by modern<br />

buildings, has remained substantially intact and,<br />

through careful protection, today<br />

offers an important example<br />

of how it is possible to unite<br />

efficiency and functionality whilst<br />

respecting the environment.<br />

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Monuments<br />

and places<br />

of interest<br />

Il palazzo comunale, or town hall,<br />

was built in red brick between<br />

1291 and 1395, with a threearched<br />

loggia and two Gothic<br />

triple lancet windows.<br />

the town hall and the<br />

Concattedrale. On both the first<br />

and the second noble floors,<br />

the southeast side halls have<br />

restored rather vast fragments<br />

of Gothic-period mural<br />

paintings, mostly representations<br />

of secular allegories and scenes<br />

of battles and duels; these<br />

paintings make up part of<br />

various decorative cycles.<br />

It is believed that the edifice<br />

was originally made up of the<br />

right-hand portion alone, which<br />

formed a squat square tower.<br />

From here, the construction was<br />

extended both in length and in<br />

height, with two noble floors<br />

rising up above the ground<br />

floor, as well as the loft which<br />

still sweeps across the whole<br />

building.<br />

Piazzetta San Marco, formerly<br />

Piazza di Sotto, is the area<br />

where the first settlement was<br />

founded as a gateway on the<br />

Noncello river. It gave direct<br />

access to the two towers of the<br />

majestic Porta Furlana,<br />

demolished in 1837, with its<br />

drawbridge over the ditch and<br />

the closing system on the stone<br />

bridge over the river. The torre<br />

maggiore used to hinge the city<br />

walls, which today still ascend<br />

eastwards to the cathedral and<br />

used to run alongside the ditch<br />

and the adjoining houses as far<br />

as the Codafora tower.<br />

Flanking the entrance is the<br />

historic residence of Giovanni<br />

Antonio De Sacchis, commonly<br />

called Il Pordenone (1483-1539),<br />

a leading Friulian Renaissance<br />

painter. Some edifices in the<br />

square show remnants of<br />

frescoes, and one façade on the<br />

town hall building bears the<br />

shield of Austria, once the<br />

familiar mark of state property.<br />

The forepart jutting out in the<br />

middle was built in the latter half<br />

of the 16 th century. It was erected<br />

in four distinct parts: the entrance<br />

arch surmounted by the stone<br />

civic coat of arms; the balcony<br />

accessible from the hall; the clock<br />

showing the months and the<br />

zodiac, and the coping with the<br />

lunar phase peephole. Two<br />

statues of white Moors strike the<br />

hour on the town bell, which<br />

stands between two curious spires<br />

erected on either side.<br />

CORSO VITTORIO<br />

EMANUELE<br />

Palazzo Ricchieri<br />

(14 th century) is<br />

the seat of the<br />

Museo Civico<br />

d’Arte,<br />

located<br />

alongside<br />

Palazzo Montereale Mantica<br />

(18 th century), today houses the<br />

Chamber of Commerce. It is well<br />

worth a visit: following a refined<br />

restoration, it reveals the<br />

aristocratic grace of a great hall<br />

decorated in the second half of<br />

the 18 th century with stuccoes by<br />

Francesco Antonio Re.<br />

Palazzo Mantica Cattaneo<br />

(16 th century). The palazzo was<br />

formed by joining two buildings<br />

erected between the 14 th and 15 th<br />

centuries; the left-hand building<br />

features blind windows, which<br />

may have been the original<br />

ones, and remnants of plaster<br />

and frescos; it bears traces of<br />

geometric and stylized floral<br />

decorations. Allegorical figures<br />

can be recognized in the<br />

monochrome episodes between<br />

the spaces of the undereaves.<br />

Palazzo Gregoris - Bassani<br />

(18 th century) The three-storeyed<br />

façade has two window axes, an<br />

added attic and sills and cornices<br />

in moulded stone.<br />

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The Gothic portico presents two<br />

arches, a central column and<br />

capital and lateral pillars.<br />

The decorations of brightlycoloured<br />

mock damask tapestry<br />

are double-levelled. On the<br />

column panels to the sides, three<br />

friezes act as a string-course with<br />

masks, dolphins, sirens, tritons<br />

and hippogriffs. Fastened to the<br />

nail is the Gregoris arm bearing<br />

Francesco’s initials.<br />

Palazzo Gregoris (17 th century)<br />

Remnants of frescoes and of a<br />

window testify to the 13 th century<br />

origins of this ancient edifice.<br />

The present-day palazzo is a<br />

splendid example of mainland<br />

Venetian architecture. The façade<br />

features balconies, spacious<br />

windows, arches and mascarons<br />

and is surmounted by the large<br />

stone family coat of arms and<br />

underlying dedicatory cartouche.<br />

City wall alley<br />

The narrow lane<br />

leading below the<br />

palazzo on the right<br />

takes you from the<br />

Corso to what<br />

remains of the<br />

ancient city walls,<br />

reduced to stumps<br />

by the French<br />

authorities under<br />

Napoleon. In 1499, these walls<br />

helped save the city from<br />

Turkish invasions. The lane<br />

leads to the present-day public<br />

gardens, near the site of the<br />

former Porta dei<br />

Cappuccini.<br />

15 th century<br />

Palazzo<br />

(dei Capitani)<br />

The palazzo rises<br />

up three storeys,<br />

plus the attic, and<br />

features a threearched<br />

portico.<br />

The left-hand arch is<br />

wider than the other<br />

two, hence the edifice is<br />

believed to be the unification<br />

of two dwellings.<br />

The composed architectural<br />

layout of the current façade was<br />

levelled off and treated with<br />

Marmorino, a special Italian wall<br />

plaster, during the 18 th century;<br />

this concealed underlying fresco<br />

decorations ascribable to the<br />

15 th century. It is hard to explain<br />

the presence of so many coats<br />

of arms on the façade of which<br />

there were at least seven<br />

originally, judging by the<br />

remnants and sizes.<br />

Casa Simoni<br />

This small building was formerly<br />

state property, as can be seen<br />

from the large civic coat of arms<br />

between the two Gothic<br />

windows on the small but<br />

well-proportioned façade.<br />

The original 13 th century<br />

structure was formed by two<br />

storeys, the first<br />

storey featuring<br />

two single lancet<br />

trilobal-arched<br />

windows.<br />

The façade has<br />

conserved its<br />

simple mockbrick<br />

decorations,<br />

bordered in the<br />

undereaves by two<br />

bands of flower and<br />

fruit motifs.<br />

CORSO GARIBALDI<br />

Palazzo Pera<br />

Restoration completed in 2004<br />

has verified that the building<br />

gradually incorporated a series<br />

of pre-existing constructions<br />

from the end of the 15 th century.<br />

The restoration of the façade<br />

brought to light some decorative<br />

fresco fragments, some in mock<br />

brick, coeval to the oldest wall<br />

in the building which rose up<br />

two storeys.<br />

Palazzo Sbrojavacca and Palazzo<br />

Pera house the Pordenone<br />

Provincial Administration offices.<br />

Here, too, restoration has brought<br />

to light remnants of ancient<br />

frescoes, by Gianfranco da<br />

Tolmezzo: cornices and floral<br />

decorations with faces and<br />

vestitures in the lower<br />

Renaissance edifice, dating back<br />

to the end of the 15 th century.<br />

The building’s present-day<br />

appearance is due to 18 th century<br />

remodelling, inside and out,<br />

following the changing tastes.<br />

CHURCHES<br />

The Duomo-cattedrale di S.Marco,<br />

whose construction began in the<br />

13 th century is well worth visiting.<br />

In the 15 th century it was<br />

extended to include the great<br />

polygonal apse with windows<br />

between the two minor apses<br />

and, in 1593 with six side<br />

chapels. The façade features an<br />

elegant portal, carved in 1511<br />

by Antonio Pilacorte, and four<br />

semicolumns built to a design<br />

by Francesco Lazzari, which was<br />

interrupted in 1840. Inside there<br />

are valuable handmade articles<br />

from its secular history, stone<br />

and wood sculptures, frescoes<br />

from the 14 th century onwards<br />

and 16 th century paintings by<br />

Pordenone, Amalteo, Calderai<br />

and Fagolino. The bell tower<br />

rises up almost 80 metres,<br />

and is in a decorative Gothic-<br />

Romanesque style, with elegant<br />

triple lancet windows and<br />

terracotta pensile arches.<br />

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Chiesa di S. Maria degli Angeli<br />

o del Cristo<br />

It was erected in 1309 as the<br />

hospital chapel and underwent<br />

Gaspare Nervesa in 1611.<br />

The entrance portal retains three<br />

notches, carved to mark three<br />

devastating floods.<br />

Major<br />

museums in<br />

Pordenone<br />

Chiesa del Beato Odorico Recent<br />

architecture by Mario Botta,<br />

inaugurated in 1992.<br />

a fair amount of remodelling,<br />

most notably in the 18 th century<br />

and after the Second World War.<br />

The main portal is by the<br />

Pilacorte school (1510).<br />

Inside it contains interesting<br />

fragments of 14 th century frescoes<br />

and a large wooden crucifix.<br />

Chiesa della SS. Trinità<br />

(16 th century)<br />

Located beyond the Adam and<br />

Eve bridge, on the far side of<br />

the Noncello river, the church<br />

is octagonal-shaped externally<br />

and round inside.<br />

The apse is entirely covered in<br />

frescoes by Calderari (1540-45<br />

ca) and the altarpiece at the<br />

high altar was painted by<br />

Chiesa di S. Giorgio<br />

Enlarged in 1625 and totally<br />

remodelled to a design by<br />

G. B. Bassi between the end<br />

of the 19 th century and the<br />

beginning of the 20 th century,<br />

the church features an unusual<br />

bell-tower in the shape of a<br />

fluted Doric column in white<br />

stone, surmounted by a<br />

huge statue of Saint<br />

George. It contains a<br />

painting attributed to Gasparo<br />

Narvesa depicting Saint<br />

George killing the dragon<br />

(17 th century).<br />

Museo Civico d’Arte,<br />

housed in Palazzo Ricchieri.<br />

Besides a conspicuous collection<br />

of 13 th century wooden<br />

sculptures and items of Gothic<br />

jewellery, the museum also hosts<br />

various paintings by Giovanni<br />

Antonio de’ Sacchis, known as<br />

il Pordenone, who is deemed<br />

to be the most important Friulian<br />

painter ever. In addition to<br />

a 15 th century crucifix by a<br />

Tuscan sculptor and a 16 th<br />

century wooden altar<br />

by Valeriano (Pinzano<br />

al Tagliamento), the<br />

museum also presents<br />

works by Nicola<br />

Grassi, Odorico Politi,<br />

Giuseppe Bernardino<br />

Bison, Giuseppe<br />

Tominz and various<br />

other Venetian and Friulian<br />

artists from the 18 th and 19 th<br />

centuries.<br />

Museo Civico delle Scienze,<br />

founded in 1970, this science<br />

museum is housed in the 16 th<br />

century Palazzo Amalteo,<br />

in Piazza della Motta.<br />

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Museo archeologico<br />

del Friuli Occidentale<br />

The archaeological museum is<br />

in the castello di Torre, about 3<br />

km north of the town centre.<br />

It currently includes: the new<br />

prehistory halls (from middle<br />

Palaeolithic and Neolithic times<br />

to the early Bronze age); some<br />

halls dedicated to Count<br />

Giuseppe di Ragogna, the<br />

castle’s last landlord; and some<br />

areas reserved for the valuable<br />

archaeological materials from<br />

the nearby Roman villa di Torre,<br />

can be used for concerts, plays,<br />

conferences, meetings and the<br />

screening of arthouse films, and,<br />

lastly, a rehearsal room, seating 99<br />

people, fitted out for audience<br />

participation shows.<br />

In the<br />

surroundings<br />

of Pordenone<br />

discovered in the fifties on the<br />

left bank of the Noncello river<br />

by Giuseppe di Ragogna.<br />

Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra<br />

Situated up on a small hill not<br />

far from the Noncello river, the<br />

museum of sacred art designed<br />

by Othmar Barth was<br />

inaugurated in 1989.<br />

It houses works from a vast<br />

area, between the Livenza river<br />

and the Tagliamento river,<br />

which was under the jurisdiction<br />

of the Bishop of Concordia.<br />

Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi<br />

The town theatre has been<br />

erected on the former site of the<br />

Cinema Teatro Verdi, which was<br />

closed down on June 30 th 1999<br />

and later demolished.<br />

The building contains a main hall<br />

seating a total of 998 people<br />

in the stalls and three galleries.<br />

There is also a “ridotto”, a smaller<br />

hall seating 146 people, which<br />

A stroll along the banks of the<br />

Noncello river is a must from<br />

a naturalistic point of view.<br />

Besides the vegetation, you can<br />

also see various species of<br />

aquatic animals. Several cotton<br />

mills were placed at different<br />

points along the Noncello in the<br />

19 th century; these had a great<br />

influence on the history of<br />

Pordenone’s economy and are<br />

important examples of<br />

“industrial archaeology” today.<br />

PIANCAVALLO<br />

Piancavallo, a pleasant town<br />

nestled in a spacious and sunny<br />

valley, is not only an important<br />

skiing resort. The wide choice<br />

of activities on offer and the<br />

suggestiveness of its open spaces<br />

make it a pleasant and<br />

unexpected surprise to the<br />

visitor. The view is straight out<br />

of a postcard: from the highest<br />

peak, on a sunny day, you can<br />

see as far as the Adriatic Sea,<br />

while all around the landscape<br />

that stretches before you is that<br />

so typical of the Dolomites.<br />

This is an ideal destination<br />

for any type of skier, from<br />

professional to beginner, from<br />

freerider to cross-country skier<br />

and for families in search of<br />

safe places for their children,<br />

Piancavallo offers comfortable ski<br />

lifts and safe slopes with a 100%<br />

availability of programmable<br />

modern snow cannons. During<br />

the summer it is possible to take<br />

part in theoretical and practical<br />

lessons of dog trekking,<br />

mountain bike, horse trekking,<br />

archery and Nordic walking, as<br />

well as taking part in a wide<br />

variety of activities from mini-golf<br />

to roller-skating, from tennis<br />

to football or to go on the<br />

numerous excursions to discover<br />

the highest peaks of the<br />

Pordenone Foothills.<br />

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THE FRIULIAN DOLOMITES<br />

The characteristic landscape<br />

of the Eastern Prealps is defined<br />

by the outline of the Dolomites<br />

and their long narrow valleys.<br />

This area is rather like a<br />

wilderness, and its harsh,<br />

rugged environment and lack<br />

of tourist facilities at altitude<br />

attract mountain climbers,<br />

hikers and nature lovers alike.<br />

IL PARCO DELLE<br />

DOLOMITI FRIULANE<br />

The Natural Park of the Friulian<br />

Dolomites stretches from the<br />

province of Pordenone to the<br />

province of Udine, embracing<br />

Valcellina valley, the upper<br />

Tagliamento Valley and<br />

the territories converging<br />

in Val Tramontina.<br />

The Tourist Office is located<br />

near Cimolais, a town offering<br />

the most typical dolomite<br />

landscape, with peaks of over<br />

2000m. The greatest attraction is<br />

the bell tower in Val Montanaia,<br />

a 200m tall spire with a 60m<br />

base. There are plenty of wellmarked<br />

nature trails in the area.<br />

Andreis, known as the eagle<br />

village, has a rescue centre<br />

for wounded birds and a<br />

Ethnographic museum<br />

of art and rural culture.<br />

In Claut you can visit the Museo<br />

della Casa Clautana. It portrays<br />

the life of the women from<br />

Valcellina, devoted to<br />

housework, working in the<br />

fields, in the stables, and on<br />

the road selling wooden<br />

utensils. The aim of the<br />

Museum is also to recover old<br />

structures built for using water,<br />

stone and wood. In addition to<br />

the skating and curling rink, the<br />

ice stadium of Claut also has an<br />

ice park, a tall tower made of<br />

ice where you can try your<br />

hand at climbing, with the help<br />

of an ice axe and crampons.<br />

This region has plenty of nature<br />

paths, of varying levels of<br />

difficulty, for walking or<br />

cycling, which take you to<br />

very interesting spots.<br />

Erto and Casso, which are<br />

unfortunately famous for the<br />

1963 tragedy of Vajont, are<br />

characterized by long, narrow<br />

stone houses, national<br />

monuments recognized by<br />

the Monuments and Fine Arts<br />

office. The Palestra della<br />

Moliesa is a famous climbing<br />

practice wall used by beginners<br />

and expert free climbers alike.<br />

Leaving the park, we come<br />

across another spot in Valcellina<br />

called Barcis, which is famous<br />

for its artificial lake where<br />

you can go sailing, canoeing,<br />

rowing, windsurfing, kajaking<br />

and scuba diving. The lake is<br />

also used for Italian and<br />

international motorboat races.<br />

VAL D’ARZINO - VAL COSA<br />

VAL TRAMONTINA<br />

Green valleys enriched by<br />

hamlets of ancient origin are<br />

an ideal destination for walks,<br />

excursions, bicycle rides,<br />

horse-riding or just for pure<br />

relaxation. Furthermore, the<br />

historical-artistic values allow us<br />

to take a look at the area’s rich<br />

and diverse past, which can still<br />

be seen in its traditions,<br />

handicrafts and food and drink<br />

products, as well as in its<br />

buildings which have been<br />

restored and well preserved<br />

(churches, buildings, manor<br />

houses, villas, castles).<br />

In Clauzetto, the Pradis Caves<br />

offer a more suggestive<br />

destination. By descending the<br />

207 steps of the Grotta Verde<br />

one reaches the bottom of the<br />

spectacular ravine named after<br />

Don Bianchini. The turbulent<br />

Cosa torrent flows through<br />

the deep gorge and there<br />

is a beautiful bronze crucifix<br />

made by Prof. Gatto ideally<br />

to calm the rush of the waters.<br />

The artistic heritage in the<br />

numerous churches is also<br />

of great interest.<br />

The parish church of San<br />

Giacomo, the first place to<br />

be kissed by the morning sun,<br />

is at the top of a wide flight<br />

of 89 steps.<br />

VAL COLVERA<br />

Poffabro is listed in the Club<br />

of the 30 most beautiful villages<br />

in Italy. Its “magical power”<br />

lies in the enchanting effect<br />

of the sharply cut stones and<br />

the wooden balconies: simple,<br />

austere architectural elements,<br />

which nevertheless give a sense<br />

of intimacy and meditation in<br />

the internal courtyards which<br />

you reach through a narrow<br />

arch, or in the long rows of<br />

16 th and 17 th century houses.<br />

MANIAGO<br />

Known as the “Città dei Coltelli”<br />

or Town of Knives, it hosts the<br />

Museo dell’Arte Febbrile that<br />

recalls various moments of<br />

the centuries’ old tradition<br />

of wrought iron working and<br />

in particular, of knife-making.<br />

Above all, the museum includes<br />

instruments and products that<br />

tell the important history<br />

of the Maniago blacksmiths.<br />

The Duomo di San Mauro, of<br />

Gothic character, is the town’s<br />

principal monument, and<br />

hosts the altar-piece with the<br />

glorification of Christ and<br />

the Saints of Amalteo wing.<br />

Forming three large arches,<br />

the Palazzo d’Attimis Maniago<br />

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and the Public Loggia look out<br />

onto Piazza Italia, and should<br />

certainly be admired.<br />

POLCENIGO<br />

The small and suggestive village<br />

set against the green of the<br />

mountains and the blue of the<br />

waters that cross it, behold<br />

true marvels of nature.<br />

The Gorgazzo Springs, that gush<br />

from a Karstic hollow form a<br />

small lake, that is emerald in<br />

colour and whose depths<br />

remain unexplored to date.<br />

The Livenza River Springs,<br />

that host the Santuario della<br />

Santissima, instead have another<br />

special feature: the peculiarity<br />

of these springs lies in the fact<br />

that although the water wells<br />

up at only a few dozen metres<br />

above sea level, it suddenly<br />

gives life to a remarkably large<br />

da Tolmezzo, dated 1496,<br />

a valuable wooden chancel,<br />

a variety of altarpieces and<br />

numerous frescoes.<br />

The Polcenigo area abounds in<br />

springs and streams and it was<br />

already a favourable place for<br />

human settlements in ancient<br />

times. The inhabitants built their<br />

huts and palafittes between<br />

Polcenigo and Caneva on the<br />

banks of the Livenza river in a<br />

place called “Palù”, the most<br />

ancient settlement built on piles<br />

in Friuli Venezia Giulia and one<br />

of the most important in Italy.<br />

It is a Neolithic village with<br />

finds dating back to the 4 th<br />

century BC. The archaeological<br />

material collected in the area<br />

includes ceramic potsherds,<br />

stone artefacts and wooden<br />

finds preserved thanks to the<br />

exceptional environmental<br />

conditions in Palù. Bronze<br />

articles, lances, earthenware<br />

and buckles were found in the<br />

locality belonging to groups<br />

of Paleovenetians who probably<br />

inhabited the area about 3000<br />

years ago.<br />

In 1411, the town asked the<br />

Republic of St Mark for<br />

protection and became one<br />

of its most loyal subjects,<br />

both in terms of its politics,<br />

economy, town planning and<br />

architecture. There is a real<br />

Venetian atmosphere in several<br />

corners of the town (earning<br />

it its title of “Giardino della<br />

Serenissima”), with its wellbalanced<br />

relationship between<br />

land and water and graceful<br />

noble and bourgeois lagoon<br />

buildings. The town became<br />

the starting point for the timber<br />

destined for the Venice<br />

dockyard, where it was used<br />

to build ships and other craft.<br />

Its function as a transit port,<br />

connected to the exploitation<br />

of lowland and mountain woods,<br />

enabled it to keep the river<br />

navigable even in the shallows.<br />

It has been established that it<br />

the Chiesetta della<br />

Madonna della<br />

Pietà; the Chiesa di<br />

S. Gregorio; Piazza<br />

Popolo and all<br />

the spots along<br />

the Livenza river.<br />

Sacile is a<br />

Renaissance town<br />

due to its host of<br />

16 th century palazzos:<br />

the Loggia<br />

Comunale, Palazzo<br />

Carli, Palazzo Ettoreo and in<br />

particular Palazzo Ragazzoni<br />

Flangini Billia, built in the 16 th<br />

century for Giacomo Ragazzoni,<br />

an extremely powerful Venetian<br />

merchant who entertained<br />

Popes, Kings and Emperors<br />

in his residence in the city of<br />

Livenza. His success is celebrated<br />

in the emperors’ hall with a cycle<br />

of frescoes by Montemezzano<br />

(from the Veronese school).<br />

stream which can be navigated<br />

starting right from the springs<br />

themselves. Documents and<br />

traditions testify to the place as<br />

a site for fertility rites and a<br />

destination for pilgrimages<br />

heading for a nearby votive<br />

chapel built, according to a<br />

legend, in memory of the Holy<br />

Trinity appearing before a local<br />

denizen. The area is dominated<br />

by the Renaissance Chiesa della<br />

Santissima, erected between<br />

the 14 th and 16 th centuries.<br />

The church features a wide<br />

portico in front of the façade<br />

and inside it houses a majestic<br />

17 th century wooden altar with<br />

an aedicule by Domenico<br />

SACILE<br />

One of the most beautiful<br />

towns in the region, Sacile is<br />

linked to a river, the Livenza,<br />

which has defined its history,<br />

culture, and important<br />

decisions, as well as its name:<br />

Sacile derives from the Latin<br />

word saccus, meaning a creek,<br />

a river recess or a meander.<br />

The settlement originated<br />

on two small islands formed<br />

by the Livenza river.<br />

The castle and the church were<br />

on the first, which was enclosed<br />

by walls, whereas the second<br />

island housed Piazza Maggiore<br />

and was called the Port, as the<br />

landing for merchant boats<br />

travelling up the Livenza was<br />

located near the bridge of the<br />

port tower, called the ponte<br />

dei Mori.<br />

was indeed possible to travel in<br />

small crafts from Sacile up to<br />

Polcenigo (Fonti del Gorgazzo)<br />

and as far as Portobuffolè in the<br />

other direction, and subsequently<br />

on as far as the open sea. After<br />

its architectural restoration, the<br />

town boasts careful renovation in<br />

the historic centre. The main<br />

landmarks are the ancient Duomo<br />

dedicated to Nicholas, the patron<br />

saint of river navigation, which<br />

houses the masterpieces of Pino<br />

Canarini, 1946; the rectory;<br />

There are many houses featuring<br />

Renaissance or Baroque<br />

ornamental motives, some<br />

of which have elegant porticoes<br />

of great architectural interest.<br />

SPILIMBERGO<br />

The town grew up around the<br />

ancient castle, and is one of the<br />

most important cities for art and<br />

history in Friuli Venezia Giulia.<br />

It underwent a period of great<br />

glory between the Middle Ages<br />

and the Renaissance period,<br />

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testified by its fortifications, its<br />

churches abounding in works<br />

of art and by its numerous noble<br />

palazzos, many of which still<br />

preserve their frescoed façades.<br />

The 12 th century castle was<br />

formerly called “girone” meaning<br />

round, due to its circular shape.<br />

There is a series of buildings<br />

constructed in a ring around<br />

the internal courtyard: the most<br />

striking is the 14 th century palazzo<br />

depinto (painted palazzo) with<br />

frescoes by Bellunello and stone<br />

balconies by Pilacorte.<br />

It boasts beautiful Gothic and<br />

Renaissance triple lancet<br />

windows, refined stone details<br />

and frescoes covering the entire<br />

surface of the wall, representing<br />

cardinal and theological virtues,<br />

as well as decorative motifs.<br />

The Duomo di S. Maria Maggiore<br />

is one of the most important<br />

Gothic edifices in Friuli. Inside<br />

there is a 14 th century fresco cycle<br />

with stories of the Old and New<br />

Testament and a very valuable<br />

16 th century organ. The Scuola del<br />

mosaico was officially founded in<br />

1922, but its tradition dates back<br />

to the 18 th century, a period when<br />

there was a heavy flow of<br />

seasonal emigration to Venice,<br />

the artistic crossroads between<br />

the East and the West.<br />

The school is very famous today,<br />

and uses advanced working<br />

techniques and avant-garde<br />

materials. It houses a museum<br />

of mosaic art, where you can see<br />

masters and students at work.<br />

SESTO AL REGHENA<br />

Of Roman origins, it was<br />

founded as a military site and<br />

supply station for travellers<br />

heading north. Its name derives<br />

not only from the Reghena river<br />

but also from its position near the<br />

sixth milestone along that route<br />

(starting from Aquileia).<br />

The 7 th century abbazia<br />

benedettina di S. Maria in Sylvis<br />

gained prestige from the<br />

beginning thanks to Carlo<br />

Magno’s donations. An early<br />

Christian community had built a<br />

triapsidal church there, and the<br />

sons of the Lombard Duke Pietro<br />

founded a Benedictine monastery<br />

on the same site a century later.<br />

The monastery had exceptional<br />

privileges throughout the<br />

Lombard and Carolingian rule,<br />

and obtained immunity from<br />

them. Today only the sturdy<br />

entrance tower remains, the only<br />

survivor out of the seven defence<br />

towers erected in the second half<br />

of the 10 th century; the bell tower,<br />

formerly a lookout tower;<br />

the chancellery with its wide<br />

Romanesque-style façade; the<br />

abbey residence and the rectory.<br />

Inside, there are materials and<br />

works from the Roman, early<br />

Medieval and Gothic periods.<br />

In the crypt, there is the ossuary<br />

of S. Anastasio (8 th century)<br />

featuring deeply engraved<br />

geometric patterns worked with<br />

the sophisticated chiaroscuro<br />

technique by the skilled workers<br />

of Cividale.<br />

SAN VITO AL<br />

TAGLIAMENTO<br />

The municipality boasts<br />

noble traditions<br />

both in history,<br />

culture and art.<br />

The ancient finds<br />

cover a period of<br />

thousands of years from<br />

Palaeolithic and Neolithic times<br />

to the Roman period: the<br />

Medieval structure in the centre,<br />

the features of the city walls, the<br />

moat and the two towers testify<br />

to the epoca comunale in the<br />

12 th century. The palazzos are<br />

interesting to visit: Palazzo Altan<br />

Rota, a parish residence, has<br />

a wide garden of naturalistic<br />

interest; the cleverly restored<br />

northern barchessa (service<br />

building) of the palazzo now<br />

houses the offices of the Museo<br />

Provinciale della Vita Contadina;<br />

Palazzo Fancello features<br />

frescoes by Brunello and the<br />

Chiesa di S. Maria dei Battuti<br />

is a gem of Friuli Renaissance.<br />

VALVASONE<br />

The town’s main tourist asset is<br />

the excellent conservation of its<br />

historic centre lined with elegant<br />

residences dating back to<br />

between the 14 th and 17 th<br />

centuries. Of Roman origin,<br />

it became important during the<br />

Middle Ages thanks to its ford<br />

crossing the Tagliamento river.<br />

Its most important monument is<br />

the castle, which, surrounded by<br />

the moat and ancient walls, still<br />

conserves two stuccoed halls,<br />

an 18 th century puppet theatre<br />

and a picture gallery.<br />

There is an interesting piazza in<br />

front of the castle and an old mill<br />

nearby, with its wheel still in<br />

place. The whole of the town<br />

centre, however, is of great<br />

historical and architectural interest<br />

with its medieval houses and<br />

large palazzos.<br />

The parish boasts Italy’s only<br />

Venetian 16 th century organ.<br />

CORDOVADO<br />

The oldest complex is the striking<br />

Borgo Castello, whose medieval<br />

style intertwines today with the<br />

18 th -century style of two noble<br />

mansions: Villa Attimis and<br />

Palazzo Ridolfi also known as<br />

Palazzo del Capitano.<br />

Where it borders Sesto al<br />

Reghena, there is the famous<br />

Fontana di Venchiaredo,<br />

surrounded by trees in a small<br />

but lovely wood. A theme park is<br />

under construction nearby which<br />

will recall the places depicted in<br />

“Le confessioni di un italiano”<br />

by Ippolito Nievo.<br />

CASARSA<br />

In what was once the house<br />

of his birth, today is the<br />

Centro Studi Pier Paolo Pasolini<br />

which has a permanent theme<br />

exhibition of unpublished family<br />

photographs, Friulian paintings,<br />

political posters of 1949,<br />

a valuable and substantial<br />

collection of manuscripts of the<br />

Friulian period, a rich inheritance<br />

in papers and the frequent<br />

correspondence between Pier<br />

Paolo and his friends and family.<br />

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Piancavallo/Aviano/Ospedale/Pronto Soccorso<br />

Cartografia L.A.C. Firenze. Autorizzazione n.7 dell’08/<strong>05</strong>/2007<br />

Torre<br />

Photographs courtesy of: Valdemarin, Luca d’Agostino, Pordenone Press Office, Aldo Martinuzzi, Assunta Rumor, FVG tourism photography archive<br />

Numeri utili/Nützliche<br />

Telefonnummern/Useful<br />

Telephone Numbers/<br />

Numéros utiles/Koristne<br />

klicne πtevilke<br />

Stazione Ferroviaria<br />

Viale Mazzini, 82<br />

Numero Verde 892<strong>02</strong>1<br />

Bahnhof/Railway<br />

station/Gare ferroviaire/<br />

∂elezniπka postaja<br />

Azienda Trasporti<br />

Automobilistici Provinciali<br />

P. Risorgimento, 8 Numero<br />

Verde 800-101040<br />

Autobusbahnhof/Bus<br />

Station/Gare routière/<br />

Avtobusna postaja<br />

Taxi: P.zza XX Settembre<br />

Tel 0434 52<strong>02</strong>40;<br />

Viale Mazzini<br />

(stazione ferroviaria)<br />

Tel. 0434 521460<br />

Polizia Municipale<br />

Via Oderzo, 9<br />

Tel. 0434 392811<br />

Städtische Polizei/<br />

Municipal Police/<br />

Police Municipale/<br />

Mestna policija<br />

Carabinieri - Pronto<br />

intervento Tel.112<br />

Via del Carabiniere, 2<br />

Tel. 0434 360131<br />

Bereitschaftsdienst/Public<br />

emergency service/<br />

Urgences/Center za<br />

obveπ≥anje<br />

Zona Fiera/Piscina Comunale/<br />

Autostrada Venezia-Trieste<br />

Questura Piazza del Popolo, 1<br />

Tel. 0434 238111<br />

Polizeipräsidium/Police<br />

Headquarters/<br />

Commissariat/Kvestura<br />

Pronto Soccorso Tel. 118<br />

Notdienst/First Aid/<br />

Urgences/Nujna pomo≥<br />

Azienda Ospedaliera<br />

Santa Maria degli Angeli<br />

Via Montereale 24<br />

Tel. 0434 399111<br />

Krankenhaus/Hospital/<br />

Hôpital/Bolniπnica<br />

Comune Corso Vittorio<br />

Emanuele, 64<br />

Tel. 0434 392111<br />

Stadtgemeinde/Town<br />

Hall/Mairie/Ob≥ina<br />

Provincia L.go S. Giorgio, 12<br />

Tel 0434 2311<br />

Provinz/Provincial<br />

Authory/Province/Pokrajina<br />

Posta Centrale Via S. Caterina,<br />

6 Tel 0434 222252<br />

Hauptpostamt/Central<br />

Post Office/Poste<br />

Centrale/Centralna poπta<br />

Palazzetto dello Sport<br />

Via Fratelli Rosselli<br />

Tel 0434 361332<br />

Sporthalle/Indoor stadium/<br />

Palais des Sports/∏portna<br />

dvorana<br />

Piscina Comunale<br />

V.le Treviso, 12<br />

Tel 0434 572384<br />

Städtisches Schwimmbad/<br />

Municipal swimming<br />

pool/Piscine Communale/<br />

Ob≥inski bazen<br />

Biblioteca Civica<br />

P.zza della Motta, 4<br />

Tel 0434 522867<br />

Stadtbibliothek/Town<br />

Library/Bibliothèque<br />

Communale/Mestna<br />

knji∑nica<br />

Teatro Comunale<br />

Giuseppe Verdi<br />

Viale Martelli, 2 Tel 0434<br />

247624<br />

Polizia Municipale/Autostrada Ve-Ts<br />

Stadttheater/Town<br />

Theatre/Théâtre<br />

Communal/Ob≥insko<br />

gledaliπ≥e<br />

Informagiovani<br />

Piazzetta S. Marco<br />

e Piazza XX Settembre<br />

Tel 0434 392535/247168<br />

Terminal Aeroporto<br />

P. Risorgimento, 8<br />

Numero Verde 800-101040<br />

Flughafen Terminal/Airport<br />

Terminal/Terminal<br />

Aéroport/Letaliπki terminal<br />

Aeroporto<br />

Ronchi dei Legionari, Gorizia<br />

(informazione voli)<br />

Tel. 0481 773224<br />

Flughafen (Auskünfte über<br />

Flüge)/International Airport<br />

(Flight Information)/<br />

Aéroport<br />

(Informations vols)/<br />

Letaliπ≥e - Ronke<br />

(Informacije o letih)<br />

Pordenone


Informazioni Turistiche/<br />

Touristische Auskünfte/Tourist<br />

Information/Informations<br />

Touristiques/Turisti≥ne informacije<br />

DSF design / Print: la Tipografica Srl<br />

Turismo FVG<br />

Via Damiani 2/c,<br />

33170 PORDENONE<br />

T. +39 0434 520381/520974<br />

F. +39 0434 241608<br />

info.pordenone@turismo.fvg.it

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