San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento
San Vito al Tagliamento
Comune
	Comune di San Vito al Tagliamento
	"Piazza del Pololo" square
	Location of San Vito al Tagliamento
	San Vito al Tagliamento Location of San Vito al Tagliamento in Italy San Vito al Tagliamento San Vito al Tagliamento (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
	Coordinates: 45°54′N 12°52′E / 45.900°N 12.867°E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli Venezia Giulia
Frazioni	Carbona, Gleris, Ligugnana, Madonna di Rosa, Prodolone, Rosa, Savorgnano
Government
• Mayor	Alberto Bernava (Civic lists "Cittadini per San Vito", "Alternativa comune per San Vito", "Vivere San Vito")
Area
• Total	60.88 km2 (23.51 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	15 106
Demonym	Sanvitesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	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 Province of Pordenone in the Italian region 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 Town Hall
The Duomo (Cathedral), with a triptych by Andrea Bellunello and works by Amalteo, Gaspare Diziani and Padovanino.

Twin towns

San Vito al Tagliamento is twinned with:

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

People

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

Curiosity

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

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

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.