Gruaro is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
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(Metropolitan City of Venice is an administration area),
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,
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Gruaro is a medieval origin town in the eastern Veneto countryside near the border with Friuli. The area is rich of canals and water, such as the Lemene river and the Versiola minor river.
In 1294, a
Eucharistic Miracle
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happened in Gruaro. On a tablecloth, from the Church of San Giusto, blood stains were produced by a consecrated affirma remained among the folds of the fabric. Today the
relic
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is custodied in Valvasone's church (a bigger town north of Gruaro) for the will of the feudal lords of that time. From then, Gruaro is a long stage of different
pilgrimages
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.
In the
frazione
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of Bagnara there was a castle, destroyed in Middle Ages. In Bagnara there is a 700 year-old church with unique
frescoes
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and a 100 year-old
pipe organ
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The neighboring municipality of Portogruaro took part of its name from Gruaro. The town of Portogruaro, which rises on the banks of the Lemene river, was originally the port of Gruaro for trades, which later became independent.
Gruaro is west of road SS463, east of the motorway A28 and south of the Friuli's border.
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Cities and towns in Veneto
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