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Pop.: 815
Area: 100,9 sq. km, 391 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Casasola, Piani di Là, Piani di Val
Raccolana, Raccolana, Roveredo, Saletto, Sella Nevea
Town Hall: Piazza Pieroni, 1 - 33010 Chiusaforte
Phone.: 0433.52030 Fax: 0433.52243
www.comune.chiusaforte.ud.it
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The place was mentioned already
in 1072 as "la scluse", that is "the
closing" on the valley of River Fella,
the place where in the past the "mute"
(passage customs duties) were paid;
the place name Chiusaforte is more recent,
dating to 1867. Of the imposing fortress once
dominating the whole valley and that is visible
on ancient maps, now only a few ruins remain.
The parish church of S. Bartolomeo, vaguely
reminiscent of the neo-Classical style, was built
on a design by G.B. Bassi around the 1850s
and contains some 18th-century paintings of
the Venetian school as well as paintings by
Lorenzo Rizzi (19th cent.) and Titta Gori
(1907). The church of S. Paolo at Raccolana,
too, was designed by G. B. Bassi, while the
small church of S. Antonio at Casasola shows
a lovely 1735 painting by Nicola Grassi
portraying the Holy Family with SS. Matteo and
Nicolò. More remarkable, however, are the
typical houses, especially in the rural districts of
Raccolana, inhabited since the 7th century AD,
and of
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Patocco, in Val Raccolana, with
partly restored buildings. Also some
prestigious residences are still
visible, as Casa Fontebasso in
Chiusaforte (19th century) and
Casa Zanier (now Amadori)
in Campolaro, dating from
the 17th century, with the
elegant façade animated
by an outstanding row
of windows. Chiusaforte
is the starting point
for visitors going to
the most famous
naturalistic
destinations:
Sella Nevea and
Mount Canin
(2587 m of
height), the
Montasio
plateau, the
waterfalls
of Rio
Repepeit
and the
"Fontanon
di
Goriuda"
in Val
Raccolana.
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The land that from Moggio leads to
Tarvisio following the valley of River
Fella and its tributaries and the
valley of Torrent Gailitz whose
waters, after flowing through
Tarvisio, flow into the
River Gail and
finally into the
Black Sea,
is a land boasting
centuries of history,
culture and art, a
land already well...go
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