San Vito al Tagliamento
San Vito al Tagliamento 
    San Vît dal Tiliment (Friulian)  | |
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| Comune di San Vito al Tagliamento | |
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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 | 
| Province | Pordenone (PN) | 
| Frazioni | Carbona, Gleris, Ligugnana, Madonna di Rosa, Prodolone, Rosa, Savorgnano | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alberto Bernava (civic list) | 
| Area | |
 • Total  | 60.88 km2 (23.51 sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) | 
| Population  (2015)[2]  | |
 • 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 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 (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 (1687–1764), religious and naturalist
 - Pietro Angelo Cristofoli (1841–1920), soldier in Garibaldi's army
 - Zefferino Tomè (1905–1979), politician, Senator of the Republic and former city mayor
 - Claudio Fogolin (1872–1945), cofounder Lancia company
 - Federico Morassutti (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 (1912–1963), reporter and Italian politician, Benito Mussolini's nephew
 - Carlo Tullio Altan (1916–2005), anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher
 - Anna Maria Frisacco (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 (unknown – unknown), agronomist
 - Carlo Pegorer (1955), politician, Senathor of the Republic since 2006
 - Alberto Fasulo (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 - 
			
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.
 - ^ MYmovies.it. "Alessandro Comodin". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
 
External links
- Official website (in Italian)
 - Page on the website for the development of tourism in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (in English)
 



