San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento San Vît dal Tiliment (Friulian)
Comune
Comune di San Vito al Tagliamento
Piazza del Pololo
Coat of arms
Location of San Vito al Tagliamento
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33078
Dialing code	0434
Patron saint	Saint Vito
Saint day	June 15
Website	Official website

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.

Main sights

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

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

San Vito al Tagliamento is twinned with:

• Rixheim, France
• Stadtlohn, Germany
• Nagyatád, Hungary
• Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

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).

Gallery

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  Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti
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  Palazzo Rota palace (town hall) in Piazza del Popolo
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  Frescoed palaces on the north-east side of Piazza del Popolo
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  Tower at the south-east corner of the walls (16th century)
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  Palace of the old castle – detail of the frescoes on the north-west wall
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  Frescoed gallery in the northwest corner of the old castle's palace

References

External links

• Official website (in Italian)
• Page on the website for the development of tourism in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (in English)

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