Chiasiellis (, German: ''Katzelsdorf''), sometimes Chiasiellis di Mortegliano (''Cjasielis di Mortean'') or Chiasellis, is a hamlet in the

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

region of north east

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. It is a ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' of the ''

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Mortegliano Mortegliano () is a (municipality) in the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 km northwest of Trieste and about 14 km southwest of Udine. ...

in the

province of Udine The province of Udine (; ; ; ; ) was a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia, with the capital in the city of Udine. Abolished on 30 September 2017, it was reestablished in 2019 as the Re ...

. It lies to the east of the main village of Mortegliano and has around 500 inhabitants. The name of the village comes from a Friulian word meaning "boxes" which described the small houses of local farmers and shepherds. It was first mentioned around AD 1100 as a possession of the nuns of St. Mary of

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. A notable landmark of the village is the Chiesa Santa Maria Annunziata and the Golf Club Friuli is located south of the village on the ''via Morsano''. The hamlet is home to the women's Chiasiellis Calcio football club, a team that made it to the Serie A finals in 2008. The team also participates in Italian championship beach soccer and, in 2007, won the national title.

References

External links

Chiasiellis web page
at www.comune.mortegliano.ud.it
Photo of Chiesa Santa Maria Annunziata in Chiasiellis
Frazioni of the Province of Udine Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Mortegliano {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub