Valvasone
Encyclopedia
Valvasone is a comune
(municipality) 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
. As of 31 December 2010, it had a population of 2,224 and an area of 17.9 km².
In that period Valvasone had a militar structure, but it was also the residence of those nobles who built the real village, the embrayo of the modern town. Before the 1300 the nobles decided to build up a surrounding stone wall; this was possible because they parcelled out the urban pieces of land and the gave these pieces to the craftsmen and shopkeepers. In front of the drawbridge the public loggia was build meanwhile a well was digged bi the Torre delle Ore. Now these interventions are difficult to find because of the recent constructions. In the 1350s the nobles decided to enlarge the village: in this way they create one of the most beautiful examples of medieval town-planning in west friuli. In the north area they built a small church, devoted to San Giacomo and outside of the walls a small village was created, and it had its own church, dedicated to S. Giovanni and S. Maria.
For about a decade the look of the town remained basically the same, but after the fall of the Patriarch and the arrive of the Venetians, the structure of Valvasone wasn't proper to substain the increasing commerce and trafic along the way Portogruaro-Venzone.
So Giacomo Giorgio from Valvasone wanted to expand the village but also to restor the old buildings and the churches. He was responsible for the construction of the dom (1449) in the middle of the intern village. Because of that the two others churches were abandoned. The new division of land into smaller pieces was more residential than the previous two and in this division was built a new small church, devoted to Ss. Pietro and Paolo, saints loved by the population. In the end the hospital, which operated since 1335, was restored.
Important for the history of Valvasone was the 1511,in which the population attacked he castle, which however was empty, and it was given fire. During the end of the 1800s, as in a lot of towns in Friuli, the walls were destroyed, but the medieval atmosphere is still untouched.
The municipality of Valvasone contains the frazioni
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Casamatta, Pozzo dipinto, Ponte Tagliamento, and Torricella.
- Wild marjoran concerts: durings spring time a list of concerts are organized in the dom, in which you can have the pleasure to listen to the only venetian wild marjoran in Friuli.
- San Pietro and Paolo celebration: during June the towns honors the two patrons.
- Historical Evocation: the second week end of September it's possible to live again in the medieval century, it's a full immersion in the scents and colours of that era.
Valvasone borders the following municipalities: Arzene
, Casarsa della Delizia
, Codroipo
, San Martino al Tagliamento
, San Vito al Tagliamento
, Sedegliano
.
Valvasone is also listed in "I borghi più belli d'Italia", a philanthropic association that gathers a quite big number of small towns, which have particular historical features.
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 :...
. As of 31 December 2010, it had a population of 2,224 and an area of 17.9 km².
History
The first information about the castle of Valvasone remind us how in the 1218 the original manor-house was kept by Ulvino and Bonfante for the Patriarch of Aquileia. These were the founders of the first feudal family, but in 1268 this family was killed because of the rebellion of Corrado from Valvasone. The side of the Tagliamento River, which flows near the town, was very important indeed, to let it without any form of control. That's the reason why the Patriarch assigned Walterpertoldo from Spilimbergo to control the area. In 1273 he did a great restoration to the buildings near the river, in order to effect the best form of control against the foreigners. These works, however, did not modify the structure of the town, that has the castle in its centre and the other buildings are situated just around it. When Walterpertoldo died, and the first generation of the Spilimbergo ended, a huge fight for the succession in controlling Valvasone begins between two really important families in the area: the Zuccola and the Cucagna. In 1292 the Patriarch Raimondo della Torre gave to Simone di Cucagna the power to control Valvasone and its surroundings: that's the biginning of the second genealogy of feudal overlords of Valvasone.In that period Valvasone had a militar structure, but it was also the residence of those nobles who built the real village, the embrayo of the modern town. Before the 1300 the nobles decided to build up a surrounding stone wall; this was possible because they parcelled out the urban pieces of land and the gave these pieces to the craftsmen and shopkeepers. In front of the drawbridge the public loggia was build meanwhile a well was digged bi the Torre delle Ore. Now these interventions are difficult to find because of the recent constructions. In the 1350s the nobles decided to enlarge the village: in this way they create one of the most beautiful examples of medieval town-planning in west friuli. In the north area they built a small church, devoted to San Giacomo and outside of the walls a small village was created, and it had its own church, dedicated to S. Giovanni and S. Maria.
For about a decade the look of the town remained basically the same, but after the fall of the Patriarch and the arrive of the Venetians, the structure of Valvasone wasn't proper to substain the increasing commerce and trafic along the way Portogruaro-Venzone.
So Giacomo Giorgio from Valvasone wanted to expand the village but also to restor the old buildings and the churches. He was responsible for the construction of the dom (1449) in the middle of the intern village. Because of that the two others churches were abandoned. The new division of land into smaller pieces was more residential than the previous two and in this division was built a new small church, devoted to Ss. Pietro and Paolo, saints loved by the population. In the end the hospital, which operated since 1335, was restored.
Important for the history of Valvasone was the 1511,in which the population attacked he castle, which however was empty, and it was given fire. During the end of the 1800s, as in a lot of towns in Friuli, the walls were destroyed, but the medieval atmosphere is still untouched.
The municipality of Valvasone contains the frazioni
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Casamatta, Pozzo dipinto, Ponte Tagliamento, and Torricella.
Events
- Zir dai Arboras: in the night of the 5th of January, a great number of Ephipany fires are lighted, and by every fire there's a fine combination of music, warm spicy wine and cakes.- Wild marjoran concerts: durings spring time a list of concerts are organized in the dom, in which you can have the pleasure to listen to the only venetian wild marjoran in Friuli.
- San Pietro and Paolo celebration: during June the towns honors the two patrons.
- Historical Evocation: the second week end of September it's possible to live again in the medieval century, it's a full immersion in the scents and colours of that era.
Valvasone 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:*...
, Casarsa della Delizia
Casarsa della Delizia
Casarsa della Delizia, simply known as Casarsa, 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....
, Codroipo
Codroipo
Codroipo is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 70 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southwest of Udine.The town was founded in Roman times and named Quadruvium...
, San Martino al Tagliamento
San Martino al Tagliamento
San Martino 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 northeast 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:...
, Sedegliano
Sedegliano
Sedegliano is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southwest of Udine...
.
Valvasone is also listed in "I borghi più belli d'Italia", a philanthropic association that gathers a quite big number of small towns, which have particular historical features.