Discover Mortegliano: History, Campanile and the Route to Flambro

Mortegliano combines visible traces of its history with distinctive religious buildings and a comprehensively described route through the landscape. If you would like to understand a place on the Friulian mainland through specific features, you will encounter the Centa di Mortegliano, the 113.2-metre-high Campanile di Mortegliano, the Neo-Gothic Duomo di Mortegliano and the route to the Biotopo di Flambro here.

Historical Traces and Living Memory

Despite having been largely destroyed, the Centa di Mortegliano can still be clearly identified. Traces of its former structure can be seen in the raised terrain beneath the present-day church, in some adjoining houses and in the street surrounding it. The history is therefore not only embodied in a single building, but also in changes to the terrain and parts of today's townscape.

The Palio dei Turchi takes place every year at the Centa di Mortegliano. The horse race commemorates the victory of the inhabitants of Mortegliano over the Turks in 1499. This connection between historical reference and recurring event is particularly important for understanding the place: it is one of the clearly defined features that characterise Mortegliano beyond individual buildings.

Campanile and Duomo di Mortegliano

The Campanile di Mortegliano makes a clear architectural statement with its height. It is 113.2 metres high and has an octagonal ground plan. Both details describe the tower precisely: in addition to its exceptional height, its eight-sided basic form is also significant.

The religious townscape also includes the Duomo di Mortegliano, a Neo-Gothic church. Together with the Campanile and the traces of the Centa, it provides a concentrated overview of Mortegliano's different historical and architectural layers.

The Route to the Biotopo di Flambro

The Mortegliano–Biotopo di Flambro route offers another perspective on Mortegliano. It begins in the centre of Mortegliano below the Campanile and is 49 kilometres long. The route has little elevation gain and no technical sections. Its key topographical and technical features are therefore clearly defined, without its description having to be tied to a particular mode of transport.

Further along, the route crosses the Torrente Cormôr and leads through the landscape along unpaved paths. For your choice between local history and a landscape experience, the route therefore offers a clearly different focus from the Centa, the Duomo or the Campanile. The starting point below the tower also creates a specific link between the centre of Mortegliano and the path to the Biotopo di Flambro.

Local Character and Events

Mortegliano is associated with maize, which is called blave in Friulian. The 82nd San Paolo patron saint's festival was celebrated in the Church of the Santissima Trinità in Mortegliano.

Further Places for Orientation

If you would like to view other destinations within the same selection in addition to Mortegliano, you will find Polizza, San Valentino, Moruzzo, Cepletischis, Azzano, Martignacco, Pontebba and Ruda here.

For the higher-level travel overview: Udine.