Tarcento
Also known as Tarcint
Tarcento (; ) is a small city and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. The town officially became a city when the local church was given back its rank of .
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Tarcento
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di TarcentoCitât di Tarcint
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Tarcento Hauptplatz 01.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- tarcento-Stemma.gif
- Italian comune.region
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Italian comune.province
- Udine (UD)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Bulfons, Ciseriis, Coia, Collalto, Collerumiz, Loneriacco, Molinis, Sammardenchia, Sedilis, Segnacco, Stella, Zomeais
- Italian comune.mayor
- Mauro Steccati
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 35
- Italian comune.population_total
- 9112
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- March 2009
- Italian comune.population_demonym
Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Main sights
- People
- References
Tarcento (; ) is a small city and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. The town officially became a city when the local church was given back its rank of .
==History== thumb|left|Villa Moretti Tarcento occupies a strategic location at a bridging point on the River Torre. Archaeological finds indicate a very early date for its first human settlement. Tarcento first appears in the historical record around the year 1126 CE, when an Austrian nobleman, Machland, from Perg, was feudal overlord of the castle around which the town had developed. Subsequently, a second castle was built on the hill of Coia.
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On the map
2 mapped locations