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Pop.: 2,191
Area: 13,00 sq. km, 363 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Invillino
Town Hall: P. Venezia, 1 - 33029 Villa Santina
Phone.: 0433.74141 Fax: 0433.750105
www.comune.villasantina.ud.it
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Invillino, the
Ibligo mentioned
by Paolo Diacono
in his Historia
Langobardorum, is
one of the Carnic villages that
boast the remotest origins: on
Santino hill, in fact, a Roman
settlement dating from the
1st-7th centuries AD was found,
while on Colle di Zucca, not
far from the small church of
S.Maria del Ponte, a religious
complex of the early 5th century
was discovered. The Pieve of
S. Maria di Invillino, standing
on a terrace facing the town, is
one of the historic buildings of
Carnia, probably dating to the
6th-7th centuries, even though
it is only mentioned since the
11th century. It used to contain
an exquisite wooden polyptych
by Domenico da Tolmezzo
(1488), which, replaced with
a faithful replica, was moved
to the Diocesan Museum in
Udine for safety from theft.
The small church of S. Maria
del Sasso is a picturesque
sight. Several houses with
stone portals and wide
graceful arches are scattered
in the territory.
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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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