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13-662: Tolmezzo is located at the foot of the Strabut Mountain, between the Tagliamento River and the Bût stream. Nearby is the Mount Amariana , elevation 1,906 metres (6,253 ft). The commune also includes the five frazioni (boroughs) of Cadunea (Friulian: Cjadugnee), Caneva (Cjanive), Casanova (Cjasegnove), Fusea (Fusee), Illegio (Dieç), Imponzo (Dimponç). The existence of Tolmezzo (called Tolmetium )

26-582: A location in Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tagliamento The Tagliamento ( Italian: [taʎʎaˈmento] ; Friulian : Tiliment ; Venetian : Tajamento ) is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice . The Tagliamento river is considered as

39-403: A number of branches. Its gravelly bed is very permeable, and it absorbs almost all its waters, but the river recovers most of the flow downstream of Codroipo and Casarsa , thanks to abundant flows from underground rivers. From here onwards, the river bed distinctly narrows to 180 metres (590 ft) and starts to meander because of the reduced slope. Before ending its course, the river receives

52-522: Is first documented in the late 10th century, 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 that connected 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

65-528: Is in the Mauria Pass , on the border between the regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia . In the upper section, it flows through the historic Carnia region, in the northern part of the province of Udine . In the middle and lower sections, it first sets the boundary between the provinces of Udine and Pordenone and later between the former and the Province of Venice . Finally, it flows into

78-524: The Gulf of Venice between Lignano Sabbiadoro and Bibione . The watershed covers an area of 2,916 square kilometres (1,126 sq mi) with a population of approximately 165,000. The watershed lies almost entirely in Carnia and the other mountain valleys of Friuli. 86.5% of the watershed is in the Province of Udine . The main towns along its banks are Latisana and San Michele al Tagliamento . In

91-574: The Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone , in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia , located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Pordenone . Pinzano al Tagliamento borders the following municipalities: Castelnovo del Friuli , Clauzetto , Forgaria nel Friuli , Ragogna , San Daniele del Friuli , Sequals , Spilimbergo , Travesio , Vito d'Asio . This article on

104-496: The last morphologically intact river in the Alps. (Its course has not been altered by human intervention.) For this reason, it has been the subject of many scientific investigations into its peculiar characteristics: these include its 150 km long corridor which connects the Alps and the Adriatic Sea , its unconstrained floodplain, which hosts several aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and its over 600 islands. The source

117-689: The Mauria Pass. Initially, the river's course is in a west to east direction, parallel to the Carnic Alps range. The first tributary of note is the Lumiei , which enters the Tagliamento from the left at a distance of 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the source. The river passes through Pinzano and courses in a southward direction, while spreading across the plain reaching a width of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) near Spilimbergo and splitting into

130-675: 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, by 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 newly-unified Kingdom of Italy in 1866. This article on

143-631: The river is known as Tajamento ; in Slovene , as Tilment ; and in Latin , as Tiliaventum . or Taliamentum . It was known as Dülmende in German during the Middle Ages. 45°39′N 13°06′E  /  45.650°N 13.100°E  / 45.650; 13.100 Pinzano al Tagliamento Pinzano al Tagliamento ( Friulian : Pinçan ) is a comune (municipality) in

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156-490: The vicinity of the river are the following towns: Tolmezzo , Gemona del Friuli , San Daniele del Friuli , Spilimbergo , Casarsa della Delizia , Codroipo , San Vito al Tagliamento , Pinzano al Tagliamento . The source is at an elevation of 1,195 metres (3,921 ft) in the Veneto region (Lorenzago di Cadore) in the Province of Belluno near the border with the Province of Udine , north-west of Forni di Sopra close to

169-495: The waters of a small underground river, the Varmo . Finally, the river flows into the Adriatic Sea between Lignano and Bibione . In addition to the Italian name Tagliamento , the river is known by different names in other languages of the region. The Standard Friulian name for the river is Tiliment ; other local variants include Taiament , Tilimint , Tiument , Timent , and Tuement . In Venetian ,

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