San Daniele del Friuli 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 Udine

Province of Udine

The Province of Udine is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia. Its capital is the city of Udine....

 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

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 and about 20 km northwest of Udine

Udine

Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...

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San Daniele del Friuli borders the following municipalities: Dignano

Dignano

Dignano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km west of Udine....

, Forgaria nel Friuli

Forgaria nel Friuli

Forgaria nel Friuli is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km northwest of Udine...

, Majano

Majano

Majano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northwest of Udine....

, Osoppo

Osoppo

Osoppo is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km northwest of Udine...

, Pinzano al Tagliamento

Pinzano al Tagliamento

Pinzano al Tagliamento is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 35 km northeast of Pordenone....

, Ragogna

Ragogna

Ragogna is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 30 km northwest of Udine...

, Rive d'Arcano

Rive d'Arcano

Rive d'Arcano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km northwest of Udine...

, Spilimbergo

Spilimbergo

Spilimbergo is a town, with a population of 11,635, located northeast of Venice in the province of Pordenone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy...

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San Daniele is especially known as the production center of the San Daniele ham (prosciutto

Prosciutto

Prosciutto |ham]]) or Parma ham is a dry-cured ham that is usually thinly sliced and served uncooked; this style is called prosciutto crudo in Italian and is distinguished from cooked ham, prosciutto cotto....

), and every summer at the end of June there is the Aria di Festa

Aria di Festa

Aria di Festa is a Sagra—a festival based around a local culinary item—that takes place in San Daniele del Friuli over a period of some three days at the end of June each year. The speciality here is a dry-cured raw ham known as Prosciutto di San Daniele. The event draws every year thousands of...

, an event about ham.

Main sights

• Guarnieriana, an old public library, founded in 1466 by Guarnerio d'Artegna, which includes a rare edition of Dante
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  's Inferno from the 14th century
• Cathedral of San Michele Arcangelo.
• Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, housing a precious frescoed chapel known as "Sistine Chapel
  Sistine Chapel
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   of Friuli".
• Porta Gemona, designed in 1579 by Andrea Palladio
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   in a tower which is a relic of the old medieval castle.

Sister cities

Millstatt

Millstatt

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, Austria

Austria

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 (1985) Altkirch

Altkirch

-See also:* Château d'Altkirch - destroyed castle in the town.* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department-References:* -External links :* * * * * * * *...

, France

France

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 (1994) Hersbruck

Hersbruck

Hersbruck is a small town in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, belonging to the district Nürnberger Land. Famous for the late-gothic artwork of the Hersbruck altar, the "Hirtenmuseum" and the beautiful landscape of the "Hersbrucker Schweiz".-History:...

, Germany

Germany

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(2008)