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Pop.: 1,023
Area: 65,95 sq. km, 480 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Caprizzi, Dilignědis,
Feltrone, Lungis, Mediis, Nonta,
Priuso, Viaso
Town Hall: Loc. Mediis - 33020 Socchieve
Phone.: 0433.80080 Fax: 0433.80216
www.comune.socchieve.ud.it
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Socchieve is one of
the oldest districts
in Carnia: its name
of Latin origin (sub
clivo) indicates its
peculiar geographic location
at the foot of a terrace on
which once used to stand the
castle of the lords of
Socchieve, who had received
their property from the
Aquileia Patriarch, and now
the Pieve (rural church) of
S. Maria Assunta in Castoja
stands in its stead, boasting
an imposing plated baptismal
font of the 15th century,
recent frescoes by Giovanni
Moro from Carnia (1940) and
a lovely small painting with
Virgin of the Angels bought
from painter Nicola Grassi in
1741. The churches in the
municipality are rich in
works of art, starting with the
church of S. Martino in
Socchieve, showing the
typical architecture with
entrance portico, bell gable,
trussed vault and pantile roof,
and containing a notable
cycle of frescoes in the
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presbytery (1493) executed
by the greatest Renaissance
painter in Carnia,
Gianfrancesco da Tolmezzo,
the son of Odorico Daniele
from Socchieve. The Fathers
of the Church on the vault
webs and the Nativity on the
end wall are especially
remarkable. Gianfrancesco is
also the author of the
altarpiece (his last work,
1511) with St. Martin and
the poor and other holy
figures. More frescoes by
Gianfrancesco are visible in a
"maina" (small votive chapel
dedicated to the Virgin) near
Nonta, while in the church
of Lungis there is still visible
a mutilated cycle of frescoes
by Giovanni
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Battista da
Lozzo (1554). Several
carved works may be
appreciated in other
churches: in S. Biagio at
Mediis is a wooden altar
with doors by Michele Parth
from Brunico (ca. 1545)
with statues of Virgin with
Child between SS. Biagio
and Floriano in the middle
and Christ resurrecting in
the plinth; in the church of
S. Gottardo at Dilignidis is
a Virgin with Child by
Domenico da Tolmezzo
(1486), a monumental but
graceful statue; three statues
by Michele Parth are
preserved in the church of
Priuso, while at Feltrone the
16th-century wooden altar
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is
attributed to Giovanni
Martini. A few buildings still
preserve the key features of
wealthy
middle-class residences: at
Socchieve (Palazzo Lenna),
at Mediis (Palazzo Bearzi,
18th century, and Palazzo
Parussatti, 1749), while
notable rural buildings are
found at Dilignidis and
Nonta. Finally, mention
must be made of the vast
forest of Mount Rest, the
natural environment of roe
deer, capercaillie, black
grouse, golden eagles and
peregrine faalcons.
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Covered with woods and meadows,
rich in waterways and small lakes
reflecting the blue sky, surrounded by
harsh mountains and gently rolling
hills, Carnia, yet untouched by mass
tourism, is the ideal place for those
who prefer relaxing
holidays,
invigorating both the body and
the mind not only for its
natural beauties but also
for what man has been...go
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