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Pop.: 2,892
Area: 35,23 sq. km, 18 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Belgrado, Canussio, Cornazzai, Gradiscutta,
Madrisio, Romans, Roveredo, Santa Marizza
Town Hall: P. Municipio, 1 - 33030 Varmo
Phone.: 0432.778750 Fax: 0432.778608
www.comune.varmo.ud.it
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A territory in the resurgence area,
it has the fascination of bygone
times, especially the picturesque
village of Gradiscutta, with the mill
mentioned by Ermes di Colloredo and
Ippolito Nievo. Around the year 1000 the
German Patriarchs of Aquileia helped Slav
communities settle here to re-populate and farm
the fertile land and invited the lords of Warm to
follow them: these
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built two castles which were
then destroyed. Several noble residences and
manor houses remain in the area, among which
Villa Canciani - Florio (17th-18th centuries)
is outstanding. Churches here contain high
quality works, such as the splendid altarpiece
by Pordenone (1529), ranking among his
masterpieces, in the parish church of Varmo,
and the lively cycle of frescoes attributed
to Thanner (16th cent.) in the small cemetery
church of Santa Marizza.
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The name "Bassa"
identifies the Friuli plains
extending towards the Adriatic,
beginning more or less from the so-called
Stradalta (just a bit south
of the present-day
Strada
Napoleonica),
namely below the line of
resurgences from which
rivers or streams or
simply natural springs
often originate,
contributing to shaping the...go
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