San Vito al Tagliamento

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.

CountryItaly

FrazioniCarbona, Gleris, Ligugnana, Madonna di Rosa, Prodolone, Rosa, Savorgnano

Elevation

30 m (98 ft)

DemonymSanvitesi

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San Vito al Tagliamento San Vît dal Tiliment (Friulian)
Comune
Comune di San Vito al Tagliamento
Piazza del Pololo
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°54′N 12°52′E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Pordenone (PN)
Frazioni	Carbona, Gleris, Ligugnana, Madonna di Rosa, Prodolone, Rosa, Savorgnano
Government
• Mayor	Alberto Bernava (civic list)
Area ^[1]
• Total	60.88 km² (23.51 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (98 ft)
Population (2015)^[2]
• Total	15 106
• Density	0.25/km² (0.64/sq mi)
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

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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).