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Zoppola

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Pordenone (PN)

Demonym(s)
  
Zoppolani

Province
  
Province of Pordenone

Patron saint
  
Martin of Tours

Region
  
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Elevation
  
36 m (118 ft)

Local time
  
Sunday 11:05 AM

Postal code
  
33080

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Frazioni
  
Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco

Weather
  
21°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 43% Humidity

Zoppola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 miles) east of Pordenone.

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Map of 33080 Zoppola Province of Pordenone, Italy

The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ("The joys of Orcenico"), since he lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione (hamlet) of Orcenico from 1943 to 1949.

Main sights

  • Castle of the Panciera Counts (14th century), owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
  • Church of San Martino
  • Church of San Michele, in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
  • Church of Sant'Andrea at Castions, with two canvasses by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo

    • International relations

    Zoppola is twinned with:

  • Tonneins, France, since 1981
  • Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996

    • People

  • Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini

    • References

    Zoppola Wikipedia
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