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Fiume Veneto
Fiume Veneto (; standard Friulian: ; Western Friulian: or ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. Fiume Veneto borders the following municipalities: Azzano Decimo, Casarsa della Delizia, Chions, Pordenone, San Vito al Tagliamento, Zoppola. International relations Twin towns — sister cities Fiume Veneto is twinned with: * Sirnitz, Austria, since 5 September 1993 * Hude, Germany, since 6 July 2002 * Castelsarrasin Castelsarrasin (; ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Occitanie region of France. The inhabitants are called ''Castelsarrasinois''. It is the second most populous commune in Tarn-et-Garonne after Montauban. It is served by Ca ..., France, since 22 September 2007 People * Federico Barbaro (1913–1996), Italian missionary in Japan, teacher, translator and essayist References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 about 1,194,095 inhabitants as of 2025. A natural opening to the sea for many central European countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of Southern Europe. It encompasses the historical-geographical region of Friuli and a small portion of the historical region of —also known in English as the Julian March—each with its own distinct history, traditions and identity. Name ''Friuli'' comes from the Latin term (' Julius' forum'), a center for commerce in the Roman times, which today corresponds to the city of Cividale. The denomination ''Venezia Giulia'' ('Julian Venetia', not referring to the city of Venice but to the Roman province of Venetia et Histria) was proposed by the Italian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casarsa Della Delizia
Casarsa della Delizia or simply Casarsa (Standard Friulian: , Friulian language#Variants of Friulian, Western Friulian: ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about east of Pordenone. Casarsa della Delizia borders the following municipalities: Arzene, Fiume Veneto, San Vito al Tagliamento, Valvasone, Zoppola. It houses the tomb of local poet and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini, as well as Didactic Center based in his mother's house. People *Elio Ciol *Bryan Cristante *The Jacuzzi brothers *Gioacchino Muccin *Nico Naldini *Pier Paolo Pasolini *Zefferino Tomè *Ezio Vendrame Transport Casarsa railway station is on the busy Venice–Udine railway. Train services operate to Venice, Treviso, Udine, Trieste, Portogruaro, Padua, Bologna and Rome. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin (; ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Occitanie region of France. The inhabitants are called ''Castelsarrasinois''. It is the second most populous commune in Tarn-et-Garonne after Montauban. It is served by Castelsarrasin station on the Bordeaux-Toulouse line. History The first certain evidence of the town dates from 961. The name, ''Castel Sarracenum'', does not indicate that the castle was built in the Saracen era, but instead derives from ''Cerrucinum''. The early history of the city is marked by wars; against the English until the end of the 12th century, then the Albigensian Crusade during the first part of the 13th century, and then the Shepherd's Crusade of 1320 that resulted in the deaths of many Jews in the city. The region was much affected by the Hundred Years' War, and again, during the wars of religion of the 16th century, the city's largely Catholic population was in frequent conflict with the generally Protestant surrounding r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hude, Lower Saxony
Hude () is a municipality in the district of Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated 15 km east of Oldenburg, and 25 km west of Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ... (centre). The population is approximately 15,000 and approximately one third of these people are retired. Transport * Hude railway station References Oldenburg (district) {{Oldenburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albeck, Carinthia
Albeck is a municipality in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The municipal area stretches along the valley of the Sirnitzbach creek, a tributary of the Gurk river, within the Gurktal Alps. In the northwest, Albeck borders on the state of Styria near Mt Eisenhut and Turracher Höhe Pass. In the west, the road leads from Sirnitz to Reichenau via Hochrindl Pass. The upper Gurk valley and its sources, two small cirque lakes (Gurksee and Torersee), are a protected area since 1981. Albeck comprises the cadastral communities of Albeck proper, Großreichenau, Sankt Leonhard, and Sirnitz. The main settlement is the village of Sirnitz. Neighbouring municipalities History Albeck is a settlement area since the 10th century, when the surrounding estates were held by the Counts of Friesach, ancestors of Saint Hemma of Gurk. In 1043 Hemma granted the Lordship of Albeck to the short-lived Benedictine nunnery of Gurk. When Archbishop Gebhard o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept Throughout history, many cities have participated in various cultural exchanges and similar activities that might resemble a sister-city or twin-city relationship, but the first officially documented case of such a relationship was a signed agreement between the leaders of the cities of Toledo, Ohio and Toledo, Spain in 1931. However, the modern concept of town twinning appeared during the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoppola
Zoppola (Standard Friulian: , Western Friulian: ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about east of Pordenone. The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called ("The joys of Orcenico"); he had lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's (borough) of Orcenico, from 1943 to 1949. Main sights * Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo *''San Martino'' church *''San Michele'', church in the ''frazione'' of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings *''Sant'Andrea'' church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo International relations Zoppola is twinned with: * Tonneins, France, since 1981 * Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Vito Al Tagliamento
San Vito al Tagliamento () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. Main sights It is a medieval town on the right bank of the Tagliamento river. The main attractions are: *Three towers of the old medieval walls, one of which houses a small archaeological museum *Church of San Lorenzo (1479) *Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti, housing works by Pomponio Amalteo and Giovanni Antonio Pilacorte. *Palazzo Rota, now the Town Hall *The ''Duomo'', with a triptych by Andrea Bellunello and works by Amalteo, Gaspare Diziani and Padovanino International relations Twin towns — sister cities San Vito al Tagliamento is twinned with: * Rixheim, France * Stadtlohn, Germany * Nagyatád, Hungary * Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria People * (end of 14th century – 1450), bishop and papal envoy * Pomponio Amalteo (1505–1588) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chions
Chions ( Friulian: ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,896 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Chions contains the (boroughs) of Basedo, Taiedo, Villotta, and Torrate. Chions borders the following municipalities: Azzano Decimo, Cinto Caomaggiore, Fiume Veneto, Pramaggiore, Pravisdomini, San Vito al Tagliamento, Sesto al Reghena Sesto al Reghena () is a (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located in the lower Friulian-Venetian plain about northwest of Trieste a .... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azzano Decimo
Azzano Decimo () is a (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone, regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,711 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute National Institute of Statistics (Italy), Istat. The municipality of Azzano Decimo contains the (boroughs) of Corva, Fagnigola, and Tiezzo. Azzano Decimo borders the following municipalities: Chions, Fiume Veneto, Pasiano di Pordenone, Pordenone, Pravisdomini. Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:14000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Pordenone
The province of Pordenone (; ; ) was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, subdivided from the province of Udine in 1968. Its capital was the city of Pordenone. The province was abolished on 30 September 2017; it was reestablished in 2019 as the regional decentralization entity of Pordenone (; ), and was reactivated on 1 July 2020. It has a total population of 312,794 inhabitants. History Pordenone was settled before 2000 BCE and was situated along the boundary between Villanovan culture and Alpine Hallstatt culture. It was under the rule of Treviso during the Middle Ages, although it was sacked by Aquileian soldiers in 1233 CE. The Austrian House of Habsburg subsequently ruled the area between 1278 and 1508, although the land surrounding it was briefly entirely under the rule of Venice. In the 15th century it was an important centre for the production of paper, textiles, ceramics, silk, and wool, and attracted Tuscan merchants. In 1508, Venice occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pordenone
Pordenone (; Venetian language, Venetian and ) is a city and (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the capital of the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone. The name comes from Latin , meaning "port on the Noncello River". History Pordenone was created at the beginning of the High Middle Ages as a river port on the Noncello, with the name ''Portus Naonis''. In the area, however, there were already villas and agricultural settlements from the Ancient Rome, Roman age, especially in the area of the town of :it:Torre, Torre. Between 1257 and 1270 Pordenone was conquered by Ottokar II of Bohemia, who was eventually defeated in 1277, when the city was brought back to the Empire, under Rudolf I of Germany, Rodolph I of Habsburg. In 1278, after having been administered by several feudatories, the city was handed over to the House of Habsburg, Habsburg family, forming an Austrian Enclave and exclave, enclave within the ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
