Porcia

Porcia
Country	Italy
region	Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates	45 ° 58 ' N , 12 ° 37' E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '0 " N , 12 ° 37' 0" E
height	29 m slm
surface	29.5 km²
Residents	15,171 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	514 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	33080
prefix	0434
ISTAT number	093032
Popular name	Purliliesi
Patron saint	San Giorgio
Website	Porcia

Porcia ( Furlanisch Purcie ) is an Italian commune with 15,171 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region southwest of Pordenone .

Worth seeing

The clock tower

The castle of the Counts of Porcia , built before 1178, still characterizes the city center, which was once surrounded by a wall. Interesting is the clock tower from the 13th century, the town hall loggia from 1555, the church of S. Maria (14th and 16th centuries), the lordship building in the Renaissance style, the church of San Giorgio (beautiful inlaid choir stalls from the 17th century ) and the Campanile (1488–1555), the only double-walled church tower in all of Friuli. Its belfry is not accessible via a staircase, but via a sloping, 46-story ramp (on which the victorious animal of the donkey race traditionally held on Assumption of Mary climbs).

Partnerships

Austria Spittal an der Drau (Austria)
Hungary Berettyóújfalu (Hungary)

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Community website

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