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Pop.: 1,557
Area: 11,81 sq. km, 121 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Bottenicco
Town Hall: P. del Municipio 3 - 33040 Moimacco
Phone.: 0432.722041 Fax: 0432.722255
www.moimacco.com
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The oldest
building in the
municipality is
certainly the recently
restored small votive
church of S. Giovanni
Battista in Malina, at
Moimacco: it dates at least
from the Romanesque period,
as shown by the elegant apse
of squared stones and coneshaped
cover. In the absidiole
a cycle of 14th-century
frescoes has been recently
brought to light, with the
Twelve Apostles in
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niches
separated by a golden frame
with arches on the wall,
Christ teaching in a mandorla
in the conch and -in the
entry arch- the Annunciation
and Cain and Abel's sacrifice.
Though popular in tone, the
unknown painter shows
refined culture and deep
knowledge of the
contemporary art in Friuli.
Also the picturesque and
isolated church of S. Donato
in Valle is worth visiting,
built in the 13th century with
a tall single-lancet belfry on
the façade and bronze panels
by Guido Tavagnacco on the
portal portraying scenes
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from
the life of S. Donato and late
Romanesque frescoes (Cain
and Abel) in the apse arch.
The church also housed an
altarpiece by Francesco
Chiarottini with the Holy
Family, St. Helen and two
hooded figures belonging to
the Confraternity of Battuti: a
few years ago, the altarpiece
was moved to the parish
church of S. Maria Assunta
at Moimacco. The beautiful
villa de Puppi is set among
the tall conifers of a luxurious
park, with its early 17thcentury
Palladian architecture,
while the prestigious 17thcentury
Villa de Claricini
Dornpacher at Bottenicco
(today housing a foundation
for the enhancement of
medieval studies) boasts a
wonderful Italian garden, a
rich portrait gallery and an
annexed family chapel.
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Cividât no je une vile, ma une
ponte di citât /Cividale is not a
village but a small town, as the
lines of a famous Friulian villotta
rightly sing: Cividale, in fact, since
its foundation by the
Romans, was the
main city in the area and under
the Lombards the capital of
the Duchy of Friuli. Still
today, thanks to its
urban plan, its
monuments, the...go
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