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Pop.: 1,162
Area: 73,61 sq. km, 560 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Oltris, Voltois
Town Hall: P. Zona Libera 1944, 28 - 33021 Ampezzo
Phone.: 0433.80173 Fax: 0433.80639
www.comune.ampezzo.ud.it
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Although it was
mentioned for
the first time in a
Lombard
document dated
3 May 762, the first
settlement probably
dates from the Roman
age. Ampezzo is the
starting point for
excursions to the
spectacular gorge
(called Sac de Coronis)
of Torrent Lumiei,
reaching down to 130
metres, or to Passo del
Pura (Tiziana Weiss
naturalist path). A
typical mountain town,
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Ampezzo still has houses
with open galleries, as the
17th-century palazzo of the
Beorchia-Nigris families,
the former native to Trava,
the latter immigrated from
Tuscany in 1420. The town
has partly modified its old
structure, but the
neighbourhood of Voltois,
on the left bank of Torrent
Lumiei, has retained its
picturesque houses with
open galleries and wooden
racks used to dry hay and
weather crops. Ampezzo
boasts a large, late-1700s
parish church, the result
of the coordinated works of
three renown architects:
Mario Cortenovis who
designed it together with
Angelo Schiavi and
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Giovanni Antonio Selva
who built it. This accounts
for the majestic façade and
the complex interior, where
notable paintings by Nicola
Grassi are preserved,
portraying Daniel in the
lions' den (among the
master's best works dating
to 1725-30, rather
remarkable for the
excellent lay-out and the
vividness of colours), the
four Evangelists and Our
Lady of Sorrows. Also the
small church of SS. Trinità
at Oltris is embellished
with works by local
painters, as the lovely
painting by Gio. Pietro
Fubiaro (17th cent.) in the
high altar and a Last
Supper attributed to
Francesco Pellizzotti from
Tolmezzo (17th cent.).
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Covered with woods and meadows,
rich in waterways and small lakes
reflecting the blue sky, surrounded by
harsh mountains and gently rolling
hills, Carnia, yet untouched by mass
tourism, is the ideal place for those
who prefer relaxing
holidays,
invigorating both the body and
the mind not only for its
natural beauties but also
for what man has been...go
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