Casarsa della Delizia, simply known as Casarsa, is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Pordenone

Province of Pordenone

The Province of Pordenone is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pordenone. The territory was carved out of the Province of Udine in 1968....

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...

, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste

Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...

 and about 15 km east of Pordenone

Pordenone

Pordenone is a comune of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.The name comes from the Latin "Portus Naonis" meaning the port on the river Noncello - History :...

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Casarsa della Delizia borders the following municipalities: Arzene

Arzene

Arzene is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km east of Pordenone.-External links:*...

, Fiume Veneto

Fiume Veneto

Fiume Veneto is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 7 km southeast of Pordenone...

, San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southeast of Pordenone.-Main sights:...

, Valvasone

Valvasone

Valvasone is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km east of Pordenone...

, Zoppola

Zoppola

Zoppola is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 9 km east of Pordenone....

. It houses the tomb of local poet and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...

, as well as Didactic Center based in his mother's house.

People

• Elio Ciol
  Elio Ciol
  Elio Ciol is an Italian photographer and publisher who was born in Casarsa della Delizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the region where he has principally lived and worked. His father was a photographer who kept a studio in their hometown and Elio was fascinated by the technical aspects and worked in...
  
  
• Gioacchino Muccin
  Gioacchino Muccin
  Gioacchino Muccin was an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman who became the bishop of the Diocese of Belluno-Feltre.-Early life:...
  
  
• Nico Naldini
  Nico Naldini
  Domenico Naldini is an Italian novelist, poet and film director. Some of his work has been translated into English....
  
  
• Pier Paolo Pasolini
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
  Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
  
  
• Zefferino Tomè
  Zefferino Tomè
  Zefferino Tomè was an Italian lawyer and politician. Born at Casarsa della Delizia, he was a Christian Democratic senator from 1869 to 1880....
  
  
• Ezio Vendrame
  Ezio Vendrame
  Ezio Vendrame is an Italian writer and former soccer player.-References:...
  
  

External links

• Official website