| Palmanova | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Friuli | |
| Territory | Friuli plain | |
| Altitude | 27 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 13.30 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 5.444 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | palmarini | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0432 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 33057 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Redeemer, Santa Giustina and San Marco | |
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Palmanova is a city of Friuli.
To know
Fortress city planned by the Venetians in 1593, it is called the "star city" due to its polygonal star shape with 9 points. It has been a national monument since 1960. From 9 July 2017 it became part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site World Heritage.
Geographical notes
Palmanova is located in the south-eastern area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, at the meeting point between the A23 Udine-Tarvisio and A4 Turin-Trieste motorways. It is 20 km from Udine, 28 km from Gorizia and 55 km from Trieste.
Background
In 1521 the Republic of Venice stipulated with theAustria the Treaty of Worms, putting an end to a long and exhausting war that had cost the Serenissima the fortress of Please (1511). The Treaty established rather anomalous borders, "leopard's spot", with Venetian enclaves located within the territories assigned to the Habsburgs and Austrian possessions identified in the heart of the Venetian territory, causing a situation of strong instability and ambiguity towards the historical enemy of the Serenissima. The Republic of San Marco was particularly vulnerable along its delicate eastern border, and similar arrangements could only increase tension and territorial claims, in a geopolitical climate made very difficult by the Ottoman raids (1477, 1478) who came to plunder and set fire San Vendemiano near Treviso in 1499. In this climate of uncertainty and concern for the Venetian territorial integrity, the Senate of the Republic decided to build a fortress in a point very close to the border with the Habsburgs in a language of the territory between Udine is Marano Lagunare wedged in Austrian territory. A team of engineers, treatise writers and expert military architects headed by the Fortifications Office of Venice took part in the project, including the general superintendent Giulio Savorgnan, main designer of the fortress. On 7 October 1593 the first stone was laid for the construction of the new fortress and Marc'Antonio Barbaro was appointed first general administrator of Palma. During the Venetian period the fortress was equipped with two circles of fortifications with curtains, bulwarks, falsebraghe, moat and ravines to protect the three entrance gates to the city. Palmanova was conceived above all as a war machine: the number of bastions and the length of the sides were established on the basis of the range of the guns of the time.
How to orient yourself
Palmanova: full screen map.How to get
By plane
Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (35 km).
By car
A4 motorway, Palmanova exit.
On the train
Palmanova station.
By bus
Service performed by SAF.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Piazza Grande.
- 2 Duomo (Church of the Most Holy Redeemer).
- civic Museum.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
- Cervignano del Friuli
- Aquileia
- Udine
- Cividale del Friuli
- Codroipo
- Marano Lagunare
- Latisana
- Lignano Sabbiadoro
