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San Vito al Tagliamento

Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

San Vito al Tagliamento
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San Vito al Tagliamento (Friulian: San Vît dal Tiliment) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Pordenone.

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Main sights

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Eastern tower (13th century)

It is a medieval town on the right bank of the Tagliamento river.

The main attractions are:

  • Three towers of the old medieval walls, one of which houses a small archaeological museum
  • Church of San Lorenzo (1479)
  • Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti, housing works by Pomponio Amalteo and Giovanni Antonio Pilacorte.
  • Palazzo Rota, now the Town Hall
  • The Duomo, with a triptych by Andrea Bellunello and works by Amalteo, Gaspare Diziani and Padovanino
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International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

San Vito al Tagliamento is twinned with:

People

  • Antonio Altan [it] (end of 14th century – 1450), bishop and papal envoy
  • Pomponio Amalteo (1505–1588), painter
  • Paolo Sarpi (1552–1623), religious, theologian, historian and scientist hailing from San Vito
  • Anton Lazzaro Moro [it] (1687–1764), religious and naturalist
  • Pietro Angelo Cristofoli [it] (1841–1920), soldier in Garibaldi's army
  • Zefferino Tomè (1905–1979), politician, Senator of the Republic and former city mayor
  • Claudio Fogolin [it] (1872–1945), cofounder Lancia company
  • Federico Morassutti [it] (1876–1954), entrepreneur and philanthropist, a prominent member of the Morassutti family
  • Arnaldo Mussolini (1885–1931), reporter and politician, Benito Mussolini's brother. He was a teacher in San Vito.
  • Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), mountaineer
  • Vito Mussolini [it] (1912–1963), reporter and Italian politician, Benito Mussolini's nephew
  • Carlo Tullio Altan (1916–2005), anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher
  • Anna Maria Frisacco [it] (1916–2012), tennis player
  • Franco Castellano (1957), actor
  • Andrea Cessel (1969), basketball player
  • Filippo Cristante (1977), football player
  • Bryan Cristante (1995), football player
  • Massimo Donati (1981), football player
  • Melissa Comin De Candido (1983), figure roller skater
  • Giuseppe Enrico Gastaldis [it] (unknown – unknown), agronomist
  • Carlo Pegorer [it] (1955), politician, Senathor of the Republic since 2006
  • Alberto Fasulo [it] (1976), film director, Marc'Aurelio d'oro winner at Festival del cinema di Roma 2013 edition
  • Alessandro Comodin (1982), film director, screenwriter, photographer, film editor[3]

Trivia

  • Benito Mussolini's brother taught in San Vito al Tagliamento for several years. First at Gleris and later at Falcon-Vial's institute.
  • In San Vito al Tagliamento, it is possible to find the miraculous painting about "Madonna di Rosa" crowned by Pope Leo XIII "Queen and protectress of Tagliamento and his inhabitants".
  • In the yard in front of Ligugnana's church there is the sculpture of Saint Lawrence, sculpted by Pierino Sam (1921–2010).
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