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 [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

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
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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