Tolmezzo

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =tolmezzo-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Tolmezzo
region = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
province = Udine (UD)
elevation_m = 323
area_total_km2 = 65
population_as_of = 2004-12-31
population_total = 10541
population_density_km2 =163
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates =coord|46|24|N|13|01|E|
frazioni = Cadunea, Caneva, Casanova, Cazzaso, Fusea, Illegio, Imponzo, Terzo, Lorenzaso
telephone = 0433
postalcode = 33028
gentilic = Tolmezzini
saint = St. Martin
day = november 11
mayor =Sergio Cuzzi (since 1999)
website = [http://www.comune.tolmezzo.ud.it/altofriuli/tolmezzo/portale.nsf?opendatabase www.comune.tolmezzo.ud.it]

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Tolmezzo (Friulian: Tumieç) is a town and commune in the province of Udine, part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy.

Geography

Tolmezzo is located at the feet of the Strabut Mountain, between the Tagliamento River and the But stream. Nearby is the Mount Amariana (1,906 m). The commune includes aso the five "frazioni" of Cadunea (Friulian: Cjadugnee), Caneva (Cjanive), Casanova (Cjasegnove), Fusea (Fusee), Illegio (Dieç), Imponzo (Dimponç).

History

The existence of Tolmezzo (called "Tolmetium") is first documented in the late 1st millennium CE, when it was part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, but it has been suggested that the town stemmed from a very ancient pre-Roman settlement. in Roman times the area was crossed by one of the main Roman roads connecting Italy to what is now Austria.

The city had a flourishing market, and was defended by a line of walls with 18 towers and by the castle of the Patriarchs. In 1420 it was annexed to the Republic of Venice, but its trades and industries did not suffer from the change, and the city maintained its privileges. In 1797, with the Treaty of Campo Formio, it was handed over to the Austrian Empire, and, after a short Napoleonic rule, it was included in the client Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.

Tolmezzo became part of the the new unified Kingdom of Italy in 1866.

Main sights

*The Duomo (cathedral)
*Palazzo Campeis (late 18th century)

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