Porcia | ||
State | Italy | |
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Region | Friuli Venezia Giulia | |
Territory | Friuli plain | |
Altitude | 29 m a.s.l. | |
Surface | 29.53 km² | |
Inhabitants | 15.051 (2020 estimate) | |
Name inhabitants | purliliesi | |
POSTAL CODE | 33080 | |
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Porcia (pronunciation Porcìa) is a city of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
To know
It is a town close to the provincial capital, Pordenone, of which conurbation is part.
Geographical notes
The northern part of the municipal territory, north of the railway line, is characterized by a gravelly and permeable soil, which leads to several "underground rivers", which meet in the south, at the height of the main inhabited center, impermeable layers, going up towards the surface and giving rise to the phenomenon of resurgences.
Background
Porcia is a town that developed from the 10th-11th century around its castle, which at the time was part of the territory of the nearby center of Prata di Pordenone. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, following a division of the assets of the family of the lords of Prata, its autonomy began with the birth of the fief. From the fifteenth century it was subjected to the Republic of Venice and its fate followed.
How to orient yourself
How to get
- 1 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Airport, via Aquileia 60 (in Ronchi dei Legionari), ☎ 39 0481 773224.
- 2 Marco Polo Airport in Venice, viale Galilei (to Tessera), ☎ 39 041 2609260.
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- 3 Treviso Airport (Canova), via Noalese 63 / E (in Treviso), ☎ 39 0422 315111.
By car
Porcia can be reached via the A28 motorway, Porcia exit.
On the train
The nearest railway station (about 5km away) is that of Pordenone.
How to get around
By public transport
The bus service for urban transport in Pordenone, managed by ATAP, connects the city with the capital.
What see
- 1 Castle, Via Marconi. It is a complex made up of buildings of different styles (a Renaissance palace and a Venetian style building flanked by what is left of the imposing central tower of the medieval period.
- 2 Duomo (Church of San Giorgio Martire).
- 3 Clock tower, Via Marconi. Ancient gate tower that was used to defend access to the town.
- 4 Villa Correr Dolfin, Via Correr. Venetian villa built at the end of the seventeenth century in the hamlet of Rorai Piccolo.
Events and parties
- Historical re-enactment of the battle of the Camolli, Villa Correr Dolfin. In the first days of May the historical re-enactment of the battle of the Camolli of 1809 takes place, with the reconstruction of a military camp of the Napoleonic era.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 B&B Ca 'del Cuore, Via Muzzile, 68, ☎ 39 3473737207, @[email protected].
- 2 B&B Il Tubia, Via Piave, 2 - 33080 Porcia, ☎ 39 0434 082243, @[email protected].
Average prices
- 3 Purlilium Hotel (Lily), Via Bagnador, 5 - 33080 Porcia, ☎ 39 0434 923248, @[email protected].