Sacile is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Pordenone

Province of Pordenone

The Province of Pordenone is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pordenone. The territory was carved out of the Province of Udine in 1968....

, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...

 region of north-east Italy

Italy

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. It is known as the "Garden of the Serenissima

Serenissima

Serenissima may refer to:Certain countries:*La Serenissima, a name for the Republic of Venice, from the title Serenissimo literally meaning 'the most/very serene'....

" after the many palaces that were constructed along the river Livenza for the nobility of the Most Serene Republic of Venice.
The historic centre is located on two islands of the river Livenza. It is not clear whether the islands are natural or man-made.
Sacile developed in the seventh century as a strong-point on the route from Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

 to Friuli

Friuli

Friuli is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste...

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