Ligosullo
| Ligosullo | |||
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| Valdajer Castle (formerly owned by the Craigher family) | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Friuli Venezia Giulia | ||
| local community | Treppo Ligosullo | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 32 ' N , 13 ° 4' E | ||
| height | 948 m slm | ||
| surface | 16.85 km² | ||
| Residents | 113 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Demonym | Ligosullani | ||
| patron | Nicholas of Myra | ||
| Church day | 6th of December | ||
| Telephone code | 0433 | CAP | 33020 |
| Website | Official website | ||
Ligosullo is a village in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and is located about 50 kilometers north of the city of Udine (and 7 kilometers south of the border with Austria, about in the middle of the triangle Lienz - Villach -Udine). It is the last village in the Pontaiba Valley before descending into the Incarojo Canal . Before February 1, 2018, it was an independent municipality, since then it has been part of the newly founded municipality of Treppo Ligosullo . The municipality of Ligosullo last had 113 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016).
Geological features
Ligosullo is located in a special area from a geological point of view: it is one of the few areas of Friuli that is made of volcanic rocks. If you follow the old military road, these rocks are easy to spot: they differ from the others by their dark green color and by the small white crystals they contain.
History and sights
The origin of the name Ligosullo is uncertain and seems to go back to the Celtic or a Proto-Slavic language. Ancient origins are likely, but not verifiable, most of it is lost in legend.
The first preserved historical documents date back to the Middle Ages. Given its strategic location, the place was settled a long time ago. Ligosullo was a kind of sentinel in the Pontaiba and Incarojo valleys. A kind of network of castles and fortresses should rise up in its vicinity. Evidence of all of this can be found in Valdajer Castle (now an inn and hotel), which towers over the village, along the road that leads to Lake Dimon. Outside the village, which is 949 m above sea level, the road descends again in an easterly direction to Paularo, which is about 7 kilometers away.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Jacob Nicolaus Craigher de Jachelutta (1797–1855), Austrian poet and translator and Belgian diplomat in Trieste
