Fontanafredda (

standard Friulian Furlan standard or Furlan normalizât, also known as coinè or lenghe comun, it is the lenghe scrite or the standard written language for the entire Friulian community. The main association to foster the use and development of Friulian is the ...

: ; Western Friulian: ; ) is a (municipality) of about 12,000 inhabitants in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

region of

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 ...

. The town hall is located in the (borough) of Vigonovo.

Sports

ASD Comunale Fontanafredda is the

Italian football Football ( ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with five), runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, (1970, 1994) and ...

of the city. It was founded in 1925 as ''O.N.D. Fontanafredda'' and in 1940 was renamed ''Gil Fontanafredda'', in 1945 ''Club della Fonte'' and in 1963 ''S.S. Fontanafredda''. Currently it plays in Italy's

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

after the promotion from Eccellenza Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the 2013–14 season. Its home ground is ''Stadio Omero Tognon'' with 5,000 seats. The team's colors are red and black.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Fontanafredda is twinned with: * Saint-Jean, France

People

Tino Petrelli Valentino Petrelli (August 6, 1922 – September 8, 2001), better known as Tino, was an Italian photographer, well known for his documentary photography. He covered Italy under fascist rule, the war and reconstruction, as well as the economic boo ...

(1922–2001), Italian photographer, well known for his

documentary photography Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle events or environments both significant and relevant to history and historical events as well as everyday life. It is typically undertaken as professional ph ...

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub