Bordano

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Bordano
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Bordano (Italy)
Bordano
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 46 ° 19 ′  N , 13 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
height 224  m slm
surface 15.2 km²
Residents 710 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 33010
prefix 0432
ISTAT number 030012
Popular name Bordanesi
Website Bordano

Bordano ( Furlanic Bordan ) is a municipality in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Friuli , Italy with 710 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The village is located 224 m above sea level on the right side of the Tagliamento river, between the Brancot (1,015 m) mountains in the south and San Simeone (1,505 m) in the north. In addition to the main town, the district of Interneppo (Tarnèp) also belongs to the municipality.

The neighboring municipalities are Cavazzo Carnico , Gemona del Friuli , Trasaghis and Venzone .

The battle on Monte Festa

The fortress of Monte Festa was built at the beginning of the 20th century to create a fortification belt to defend Friuli . The strategic situation during the First World War , however, saved it from the front line and was used as an artillery observation post with a little more than 100 men . With the advance of Karfreit in 1917, however, the German - Austrian troops broke through the Italian lines and began their incursion towards the Friulian plain and the Piave . At this point in time, the meager crew of Monte Festa received orders that they should definitely offer resistance. On November 5th, the fortress had become a medium-sized island surrounded by hostile forces. The Austrians attacked on the night of November 5th to 6th, but the Italians resisted with the only available machine gun , which they set up here and there, thus deceiving the attackers about the sustainability of the defenders. When the ammunition ran out, however, the Italians realized that any resistance was futile. They attempted a sortie to reunite with the Italian Army and the others after blowing up the ammunition dump. When the failure failed, they capitulated.

Attractions

  • The House of Butterflies is in the center of the village and is a real and true living museum of these insects . The house, in which over 400 of the most beautiful butterfly species are bred, is divided into three large gardens: Amazonia , tropical Africa and Indo- Australia . In the premises you can get to know all the stages in the development of butterflies, from egg to caterpillar , from pupa to butterfly. You can see the differences between day and night butterflies on some living insects with the most significant tricks that were adopted as a survival strategy and the colorations that serve for active defense as well as camouflage .
  • The mythological wall, dedicated to Italian cycling , is on the connecting road to Interneppo. She stands just a little west of the village and was rep. Due to the agreement of January 25, 2001. 2693, launched by the Province of Udine . The executing painters were Giuseppe Brombin and Floreano "Jan" Franzil. The famous Italian racing cyclists Bottecchia, Binda, Girardengo, Coppi, Adorni, Magni, Guerra, Bartali, Nencini, Gimondi, Moser and Pantani are pictorially depicted on the street wall just after a bend over the Cartine stream . Antonio Lot with his microphone in hand presents the racing drivers pedaling uphill. As they rise, they are filmed from the top of the field by Duilio Chiaradia, a well-known cameraman for RAI-TV, sitting upside down on a motorbike that is traveling with them.

photos

  • "Casa delle Farfalle" - "House of Butterflies"

  • Butterfly in the House of Butterflies

  • Mythological wall dedicated to Italian cycling.

literature

  • Fabrizio Desio, Ivo Pecile: “Butterfly Path” of the Bordano municipality; Entomological guide to the signposted path.
  • Furio Bianco, Aldino Bondesan, Paolo Paronuzzi, Michele Zanetti, Adriano Zanferrari: “Il Tagliamento” (in Italian); Copyright 2006, University of Udine; Cierre Publishing House; ISBN 88-8314-372-8

Web links

Commons : Bordano  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.