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.

San Vito al Tagliamento
Comune
Comune di San Vito al Tagliamento
"Piazza del Pololo" square
Coat of arms
Location of San Vito al Tagliamento
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Coordinates: 45°54′N 12°52′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 [1]
• Total	60.88 km2 (23.51 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2015)[2]
• Total	15 106
Demonym(s)	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

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.
• Francesco Bazzana [it] (San Vito al Tagliamento, 2003), Student at UWC Red Cross Nordic

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

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  Church of "Santa Maria dei Battuti"
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  "Palazzo Rota" palace (town hall) in "Piazza del Popolo" square
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  Frescoed palaces on the north-east side of "Piazza del Popolo" square
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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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