Zoppola
Encyclopedia
Zoppola is a comune
(municipality) 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
.
To Orcenico Superiore the Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini
dedicated a poem called le gioie di Orcenico (the joys of Orcenico), since he lived in Casarsa della Delizia
from 1943 to 1949.
, France
, since 1981 Sankt Georgen am Längsee
, Austria
, since 1996
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
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 90 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 9 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 :...
.
To Orcenico Superiore the Italian poet 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...
dedicated a poem called le gioie di Orcenico (the joys of Orcenico), since he lived in 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....
from 1943 to 1949.
Main sights
- Castle of the Panciera Counts (14th century), owned by the patriarch of AquileiaPatriarch of AquileiaThe Patriarch of Aquileia was an office in the Roman Catholic Church. During the Middle Ages the Patriarchate of Aquileia was a temporal state in Northern Italy. The Patriarchate of Aquileia as a church office was suppressed in 1752....
and Cardinal Antonio PancieraAntonio PancieraAntonio Panciera was an Italian Cardinal and humanist.-Biography:Born at Portogruaro, he studied law at the University of Padua, and worked in the papal administration. From 1393 he was bishop of Concordia, and in 1402 Patriarch of Aquileia. The following year he was able to obtain the palatine...
. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio AmalteoPomponio AmalteoPomponio Amalteo was an Italian painter of the Venetian school.He was born at Motta di Livenza in Veneto. He was a pupil and son-in-law of Il Pordenone, whose style he closely imitated; he inherited Pordenone's studio at Friuli, where he led a long career... - Church of San Martino
- Church of San Michele, in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th century frescoes and paintings
- Church of Sant'Andrea at Castions, with two canvasses by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo
Twin Cities
TonneinsTonneins
Tonneins is a town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of south-western France. It stands above the river Garonne between Marmande to the west and Agen to the east and is the first major town below the confluence of the two rivers the Lot and the Garonne after which the department is named. Until...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, since 1981 Sankt Georgen am Längsee
Sankt Georgen am Längsee
Sankt Georgen am Längsee is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia in Austria.-References:...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, since 1996