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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
able to create and
adapt to the territory.
Rural districts with
stone houses
embellished with arches
and wooden or tuff
open galleries perfectly
integrate in the
landscape: at Pesariis are
elegant stone buildings, in
Forni di Sopra are the typical houses with
more than one floor and wooden galleries as
in Sauris, the highest town above sea level in the
region, where an ancient German language is still
spoken, or the noble residences of Povolaro di
Comeglians and Ampezzo, or Raveo, Ovaro,
Socchieve. Churches, whether parish churches or
votive chapels, offer artistic treasures yet to be
discovered: Renaissance frescoes by Gianfrancesco
da Tolmezzo are found in the small churches of S.
Floriano at Forni di Sopra, S. Lorenzo at Forni di
Sotto, S. Martino at Socchieve and in a small
chapel at Nonta; his naïf disciple Pietro Fuluto left,
in Colza, Osais, Mione, Luint, Liariis, sometimes
repetitive and imperfect frescoes, though always
rich in candid poetry. The parish
church of Forni di Sopra
has a wooden polyptych
by Domenico da Tolmezzo,
in the two churches of Sauris
are wooden altars carved,
painted and gilded by the two
Tyrolese sculptors Michele
Parth and Nicolò from
Brunico to confirm the cultural
open-mindedness of Carnic
people (even in the isolated
Sauris) towards the
bordering countries. At
Pesariis, two small
museums are worth
visiting, the museum
of Carnic houses at
Casa Bruseschi and the
clock museum in the
"Stavolo da Bertola", to remind visitors that
clocks for clock and bell towers were produced
in the enchanting Val Pesarina since 1725.
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