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Pop.: 937
Area: 7,30 sq. km, 30 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods:
Town Hall: Via Torrioni, 5 - 34070 Medea
Phone.: 0481.67012 Fax: 0481.67325
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Remains of a
protohistorical
castelliere, of a
Celtic necropolis
and Roman remains
witness the fact that the area
was populated in the remote
past. Located on the fringe
of the Collio wine-producing
area, the place is mainly
known for the monumental
Ara Pacis, built on the hill
by the same name as a
memorial for the fallen of
all wars. Built by architect
Baciocchi (1951), the
memorial symbolically
gathers the soil of all the
war cemeteries and the
waters of
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all the seas where
the Second World War was
fought. The hill affords a
wide view of WWII battle
fields. In town, the medieval
Parish Church of
Sta. Maria Assunta, with
its tall bell tower
(1550-1658), houses
18th-century paintings and
fittings. Two exquisite altars
by the Udine artist Pariotto
(1752-53) are preserved in
the 18th-century Church
of S. Antonio Abate,
rebuilt after the war.
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| PROVINCE OF GORIZIA
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Among the smallest in Italy, Gorizia
province is a unique casket of natural,
historical and cultural beauty, benefiting
from mild climate most
of the year, a place
where, to the
north, the hilly
landscape
of the
Collio area - frequently
terraced and world
renown for its winesopens
to Europe through
the valleys of the Isonzo
and Vipacco Rivers. The
central-eastern part of the
province is of karst...go
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