Spilimbergo
Encyclopedia
Spilimbergo is a town, with a population of 11,635, located northeast of Venice
in the province of Pordenone
in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
, northern Italy
. The town is notable as the home of the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli (Mosaic
School), which was founded in 1922.
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
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 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...
, northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The town is notable as the home of the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli (Mosaic
Mosaic
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...
School), which was founded in 1922.
Main sights
- City walls and towers
- Cathedral (13th century)
- Castle, known from 1120 but destroyed by a fire in 1511
External links
- Spilimbergo old postcards
- Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli - Mosaic School
- Turismo on line - Friuli-Venezia Giulia - About Spilimbergo