San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento (San Vît dal Tiliment) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southeast of Pordenone.

Main sights
It is a medieval town on the right bank of the Tagliamento river.

The main attractions are:
 * Three towers of the old medieval walls, one of which houses a small archaeological museum
 * Church of San Lorenzo (1479)
 * Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti, housing works by Pomponio Amalteo and Giovanni Antonio Pilacorte.
 * Palazzo Rota, now the Town Hall
 * The Duomo, with a triptych by Andrea Bellunello and works by Amalteo, Gaspare Diziani and Padovanino

Twin towns — sister cities
San Vito al Tagliamento is twinned with:
 * 🇫🇷 Rixheim, France
 * 🇩🇪 Stadtlohn, Germany
 * 🇭🇺 Nagyatád, Hungary
 * 🇦🇹 Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

People

 * (end of 14th century – 1450), bishop and papal envoy
 * Pomponio Amalteo (1505–1588), painter
 * Paolo Sarpi (1552–1623), religious, theologian, historian and scientist hailing from San Vito
 * (1687–1764), religious and naturalist
 * (1841–1920), soldier in Garibaldi's army
 * Zefferino Tomè (1905–1979), politician, Senator of the Republic and former city mayor
 * (1872–1945), cofounder Lancia company
 * (1876–1954), entrepreneur and philanthropist, a prominent member of the Morassutti family
 * Arnaldo Mussolini (1885–1931), reporter and politician, Benito Mussolini's brother. He was a teacher in San Vito.
 * Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), mountaineer
 * (1912–1963), reporter and Italian politician, Benito Mussolini's nephew
 * Carlo Tullio Altan (1916–2005), anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher
 * (1916–2012), tennis player
 * Franco Castellano (1957), actor
 * Andrea Cessel (1969), basketball player
 * Filippo Cristante (1977), football player
 * Bryan Cristante (1995), football player
 * Massimo Donati (1981), football player
 * Melissa Comin De Candido (1983), figure roller skater
 * (unknown – unknown), agronomist
 * (1955), politician, Senathor of the Republic since 2006
 * (1976), film director, Marc'Aurelio d'oro winner at Festival del cinema di Roma 2013 edition
 * Alessandro Comodin (1982), film director, screenwriter, photographer, film editor

Trivia

 * Benito Mussolini's brother taught in San Vito al Tagliamento for several years. First at Gleris and later at Falcon-Vial's institute.
 * In San Vito al Tagliamento, it is possible to find the miraculous painting about "Madonna di Rosa" crowned by Pope Leo XIII "Queen and protectress of Tagliamento and his inhabitants".
 * In the yard in front of Ligugnana's church there is the sculpture of Saint Lawrence, sculpted by Pierino Sam (1921–2010).