Sacile

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Sacile

Sacile is a town in the province of Pordenone

Province of Pordenone

The Province of Pordenone is a Provinces of Italy in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pordenone....
, 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 7,856 km? and about 1.2 million inhabitants....
region of north-east Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is known as the "Garden of the Serenissima
Serenissima

Serenissima may refer to:*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.

historic centre is located on two islands of the river Livenza. It is not clear whether the islands are natural or man-made.

le developed in the seventh century as a strong-point on the route from Veneto

Veneto

Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
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....
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Geography

The historic centre is located on two islands of the river Livenza. It is not clear whether the islands are natural or man-made.

History

Sacile developed in the seventh century as a strong-point on the route from Veneto

Veneto

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....
. A cathedral and a castle were built on the larger island, while the smaller had the port and commercial area.

The town became part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia

Patriarchate of Aquileia

The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an historical state and episcopal see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian sea-coast, at the confluence of the Anse and the Torre....
on its creation in 1077; in 1190 the Patriarch conferred on it city rights. Sacile was the first city in Friuli to have a Communal Statute. The city was besieged on a number of occasions by troops of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
and Treviso

Treviso

Treviso is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of Treviso province and the municipality has 81,627 inhabitants : some 3.000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000....
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In 1420 Sacile, along with the rest of Friuli, was annexed by the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

The Most Serene Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice . It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797....
. Under Venetian rule the river trade expanded and many noble families built palaces on the banks of the Livenza.

The fall of the Republic in 1797 caused an economic crisis in Sacile. On 16 April 1809 French

First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
troops were defeated by the Austrians

Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
in the Battle of Sacile

Battle of Sacile

The Battle of Sacile took place on April 16 1809, between 40,000 Austrian Empire under the Archduke John, and 36,000 First French Empire and Kingdom of Italy under Eug?ne de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy....
which took place in the nearby hamlet of Camolli. In 1815, under the terms of the Congress of Vienna

Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815....
, Sacile became part of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia

Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia

The Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia was a kingdom in northern Italy, and part of the Austrian Empire. It was established after the defeat of Napoleon, according to the decisions of the Congress of Vienna, on 9 June 1815....
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The coming of the railway in 1855 did much to restore the economic position of Sacile. In 1866 Sacile was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
and saw the beginnings of industrial activity.

During the First and Second World Wars the town was repeatedly bombarded on account of the strategic importance of the Venezia–Udine railway. The earthquake of 18 October1936 caused great damage to the town’s buildings and to its ancient city walls.

Economy

The area is home to a number of United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
nationals who work at the nearby Aviano Air Base

Aviano Air Base

File:Aviano F-16.JPGFile:F-16C-510th-Fighter-Squadron.jpgAviano Air Base is a NATO airbase in northeastern Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regions of Italy....
. Brick-making

Brickworks

A brickworks also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock often with a quarry for clay on site....
started in Ronche in the fourteenth century and continued until 1957. Today the main economic activity there is administration and services, although it is also home to the piano company of Fazioli

Fazioli

Fazioli is a piano manufacturing company based in Sacile, Italy.Fazioli currently produces 110 pianos a year from its one factory, and has annual revenues of ?6 million....
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Festivals

The Sagra dei Osei, a 700+ year old festival dedicated to bird calling, is held in Sacile on the first Sunday after August 15th.

External links

A brief description of Ronche