Aviano
Aviano
Pleif (Cimbrian) | ||
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Comune di Aviano | ||
ISTAT code 093004 | | |
Patron saint | St. Zeno | |
Website | Official website |
Aviano (Friulian: Davian; Cimbrian: Pleif) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone at the foot of the Dolomites mountain range in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy
Aviano is home to the C.R.O. (Centro di Riferimento Oncologico), one of the main italian cancer hospitals and research centres[1].
The Piancavallo ski resort is part of the municipality.
History
Findings from Aviano show that the area has been populated since the Bronze Age.
It became an agricultural area dependent on the municipality of Concordia Sagittaria. The name itself, Aviano, derives from a prediale name, that is, referring to land belonging to a landowner named Avilius or Avidius.
In the early Middle Ages Aviano was made up of parish churches and villages in correspondence with today's hamlets. Around the 11th century, on a hill overlooking the surrounding plain, a castle was built by the
Most historians believe that a commercial center developed where present day Aviano is situated, with a cultural and defensive center in the castle area. Aviano was a possession of the
With the fall of the Venetian Republic, Aviano followed the fate of the rest of Friuli and Veneto, and was part of the
In 1911 one of the first airfields of the Italian Air Force was built in Aviano, which in the following years was enlarged and became increasingly important until it became the NATO Aviano AB base in the 1950s. At the end of the sixties the mountain area of Piancavallo became a ski and winter sports resort.
Geography
Although the village is located at the foot of the Dolomites, the municipality extends to an altitude of 2,251 metres (7,385 feet) above sea level (Cimon del Cavallo peak).
Climate
Climate data for Aviano (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 25.9 (1.02) |
21.6 (0.85) |
32.8 (1.29) |
44.4 (1.75) |
69.0 (2.72) |
49.1 (1.93) |
43.4 (1.71) |
49.8 (1.96) |
61.5 (2.42) |
50.1 (1.97) |
65.4 (2.57) |
42.9 (1.69) |
555.9 (21.88) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
Source: [2][4] |
Main sights
Religious buildings
- The Cathedral of San Zenone (Duomo), built between 1775 and 1832. It has paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries, one of which attributed to Paolo Veronese's school.
- The church of St. Gregory, in the frazione of Castello, with a precious fresco cycle of the Passion of Christ (late 16th century).
- Sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte(Madonna of the mountain), built in 1615 on the site of a Marian apparition, was remodeled in the Baroque style.
- Church of Santa Caterina, in the St. Catherine of Alexandria.
- Parish Church of Giais, retains a baroque altarpiece of O. Gortanutti.
- Parish Church of San Martino (frazione of San Martino di Campagna). Guards inside a canvas of Pomponio Amalteo and some wooden works of the seventeenth century.
- Church of San Floriano of the fifteenth century.
Secular buildings
- The remains of the Castle (first half of the 10th century), on a hill nearby the city, including two towers, the mastio and the walls. The latter include the Renaissance-style church of Santa Maria e Giuliana (1589), which houses a precious stone Pietà sculpture by masters from Salzburg.
- The village has a total of 7 Venetian villas protected by the Regional Institute Venetian Villas (IRVV). The following villas can be visited upon request: Villa Policreti-Fabris with the adjoining frescoed chapel, Villa Bonassi and Villa Zanussi-Fabris. You must then remember the imposing presence of Villa Menegozzi Brazzoduro dating from the mid-eighteenth century (the interior is decorated with landscape views done with tempera technique).
Natural places
- The ski resort of Piancavallo, elevation 1,267 metres (4,157 ft) above sea level, at the foot of Monte Cavallo, 2,250 metres (7,380 ft). On one of the peaks of Monte Cavallo there is a bronze statue of the Virgin Mary by the sculptor Pierino Sam Pordenone (1921-2010).
Transport
Aviano is served by a station on the Sacile-Pinzano Railway: the Aviano railway station. The Sacile-Pinzano line connects the town of
As of today, the service is limited from Sacile to Maniago.
Aviano Air Base
Aviano Air Base was established by Italy in 1911. The base was among the first ones available to Italian aviation.
There has been an
International relations
Aviano is
- Larissa, Greece
People
- Marco d'Aviano (1631–1699), Capuchin friar confessor of Emperor Leopold I of Austria, was born in Aviano, in the hamlet of Villotta.
- Fabio Rossitto (1971), former football player in Italia Serie A and in the Italian national team.
- Amy Adams (1974), American actress who lived for nine years in Aviano; after this experience she named her daughter Aviana.
- MasterChef US season 4
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ it:Aviano
- ^ "moyennes 1981/2010".
External links
- Official website
- Aviano 31st Fighter Wing
- Aviano American High School Alumni
- Aviano Blog (Blog about stores, restaurants, and events surrounding Aviano AB)