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Pop.: 2,284
Area: 22,42 sq. km, 175 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Arcano Inferiore,
Arcano Superiore, Giavons,
Pozzalis, Raucicco, Rivotta,
Rodeano Alto, Rodeano Basso
Town Hall: P. I Maggio, 1 - 33030 Rive D arcano
Phone.: 0432.809045 Fax: 0432.809083
www.comune.rivedarcano.ud.it
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In a location from
which a splendid
view is enjoyed, the
imposing castle of
Arcano superiore is
one of the best preserved in
Friuli, showing historically
interesting and picturesque
parts and late-Romanesque
double lancet windows in the
keep, but embellished with
1796 frescoes by Andrea
Urbani from Padua on the
ground floor, portraying airy
bucolic landscapes, Italian
gardens, small figures of
noble men and women with
shepherds and peasants in the
dining room. The annexed
church of S. Maria della
Neve now contains the
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18th-century marble altar
which used to be in the
residence of the Arcano family
at Via Aquileia in Udine.
Recent archaeological surveys
have revealed the historical
and artistic role of the Pieve
of S. Martino Vescovo:
existing already in the 5th-8th
centuries, today the rural
church has a simple façade
and bell tower, preserving
inside a holy water spout by
G.A. Pilacorte (dating from
1504), a 1541 font, the high
altar dated 1717 and the
oldest painted stone altar
sculpted and signed by Carlo
da Carona, from Lombardy, in
1530, with six niches housing
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as many statues. The parish
church of S. Leonardo,
preceded by a spectacular
staircase built in 1932, was
decorated by Ugo Brollo
(1924), Antonio Della Marina
and Domenico Forgiarini
(1948). Also the votive
churches of S. Giorgio and
S. Mauro at Arcano are
worth a visit: the former has
a portal by Pilacorte (1515)
and altarpiece by Domenico
Paghini (St. George freeing
the princess from the dragon,
19th cent.), while the latter
contains large fragments of
medieval frescoes dating to
different periods (probably
13th and 14th cent.) portraying
the Last Judgement, Stories
from the life of Christ, Virgin
with Child, Saints,
Coronation of the Virgin.
Rodeano basso has, in the
parish church of S. Nicolò, a
portal by Carlo da Carona
(ca. 1540), while the church
of S. Floriano at Pozzalis
contains frescoes by Carlo
Boldi on the nave vault
and vestry.
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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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