San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about 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

• (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
• (1687–1764), religious and naturalist
• (1841–1920), soldier in Garibaldi's army
• Zefferino Tomè (1905–1979), politician, Senator of the Republic and former city mayor
• (1872–1945), cofounder Lancia company
• (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
• (1912–1963), reporter and Italian politician, Benito Mussolini's nephew
• Carlo Tullio Altan (1916–2005), anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher
• (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
• (unknown – unknown), agronomist
• (1955), politician, Senathor of the Republic since 2006
• (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

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

References

External links

• Page on the website for the development of tourism in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region