# San Vito al Tagliamento

San Vito al Tagliamento (Friulian: 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 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) 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

## International relations
### Twin towns — sister cities

San Vito al Tagliamento is twinned with:
* Rixheim, France
* Stadtlohn, Germany
* Nagyatád, Hungary
* Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

## People

* Antonio Altan [it] (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
* Anton Lazzaro Moro [it] (1687–1764), religious and naturalist
* Pietro Angelo Cristofoli [it] (1841–1920), soldier in Garibaldi's army
* Zefferino Tomè (1905–1979), politician, Senator of the Republic and former city mayor
* Claudio Fogolin [it] (1872–1945), cofounder Lancia company
* Federico Morassutti [it] (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
* Vito Mussolini [it] (1912–1963), reporter and Italian politician, Benito Mussolini's nephew
* Carlo Tullio Altan (1916–2005), anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher
* Anna Maria Frisacco [it] (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
* Giuseppe Enrico Gastaldis [it] (unknown – unknown), agronomist
* Carlo Pegorer [it] (1955), politician, Senathor of the Republic since 2006
* Alberto Fasulo [it] (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).

## Gallery

* Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti
* Palazzo Rota palace (town hall) in Piazza del Popolo
* Frescoed palaces on the north-east side of Piazza del Popolo
* Tower at the south-east corner of the walls (16th century)
* Palace of the old castle – detail of the frescoes on the north-west wall
* Frescoed gallery in the northwest corner of the old castle's palace