| Municipality of Mereto di Tomba
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Pop.: 2,697
Area: 27,30 sq. km, 97 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Pantianicco, Plasencis, San Marco,
Savalons, Tomba di Mereto
Town Hall: V. Divisione Julia 8/10 - 33036 Mereto di Tomba
Phone.: 0432.865148 Fax: 0432.865907
www.comune.mereto-di-tomba.ud.it
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The territory of Mereto
was inhabited
since prehistory: a
'castelliere' is still
visible at Savalons,
remains of a protohistoric
burial mound (the so-called
'Tumbare') stands near Tomba,
and Roman and early medieval
settlements were found at
Mereto. The rural past of the
area has left traces in many
buildings by the typical
architecture: with this regard,
particularly interesting is the
Mulin di Marchet complex.
On the other hand, the parish
church dedicated to S. Michele
in Mereto, contains statues
by Giuseppe Torretti, one of the
greatest Baroque sculptors, and
paintings by Giuseppe Buzzi
from San Daniele. In the church
of S. Michele at Tomba are
1572 frescoes by Giulio
Urbanis, whereas the church of
S. Marco del Friuli, a stylistic
complex of rare coherence, is
among the masterpieces of
early 20th-century art in Friuli,
where artists as Girolamo and
Raimondo D'Aronco, Luigi De
Paoli, Leonardo Rigo, Alberto
Calligaris left their marks.
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It is not certain that the name Udine is of
pre-Roman origin, as researchers support,
deriving from a word meaning 'mamma'
and then metaphorically 'hill'. The fact is,
however, that from the hill in the middle
of the city (which according to a
legend was formed with the earth
carried in Attila's soldiers'
helmets since the king, after
having sacked Aquileia, wanted to see
it on fire) it is possible to sweep in
one look the whole of Friuli, from...go
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