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Pop.: 1,384
Area: 21,06 sq. km, 570 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Nojaris, Priola, Zoncolan
Town Hall: V. Roma, 35 - 33020 Sutrio
Phone.: 0433.778032 Fax: 0433.778321
www.comune.sutrio.ud.it
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Sutrio is known as
the town of the
cramârs, that is the
hawkers who operated
in central Europe
since the Middle Ages. The
town has retained the original
features of the ancient village,
with houses still reflecting the
style of typical architecture
in Carnia. In the large
parish
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church of Ognissanti, built
since 1806 by Francesco
Schiavi, frescoes by Giovanni
Moro (1925) and an altarpiece
by Austrian painter Lorenzo
Stridl (1720) are found. In
the other parish church of
S. Ulderico, built between
1750 and 1760 by Domenico
Schiavi, Venetian painters
Pietro Antonio and Francesco
Novelli in December 1789 left
an important cycle of frescoes
in the choir unfinished
because "the mortar froze";
a good painting by Nicola
Grassi (SS. Osvaldo, Antonio
and Floriano, 1728)
must be mentioned, too. The
small church of S. Orsola
at Nojaris contains a lovely
wooden altar of the
18th century and interesting
14th-century frescoes.
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Those who want to understand what
Carnia was like in the past centuries, the
customs of its inhabitants, their ways of
facing the difficulties of life in an often
hostile environment, their religious spirit,
their everyday life, those must not miss
the Museum of Tolmezzo,
where in so many years
of devout dedication
and research
the illustrious ...go
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