Ragogna

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Ragogna
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Ragogna (Italy)
Ragogna
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 46 ° 11 ′  N , 12 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
height 235  m slm
surface 22.42 km²
Residents 2,834 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 126 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 33030
prefix 0432
ISTAT number 030087
Website http://www.comune.ragogna.ud.it

Ragogna ( Furlanic Ruvigne ) is a municipality with 2834 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Friuli , Italy .

geography

Geographical location

River bed of the Tagliamento in the northeast of San Pietro

The region represents the most western part of the moraines - the amphitheater of Tagliamento , which forms the municipal boundary in the West: the river bank bordering the municipalities of Pinzano al Tagliamento and Forgaria nel Friuli , while in the south and east, the municipality of San Daniele del Friuli stretches.

Between the plain and the hills, the height of the sea fluctuates between 170 meters and 210 meters in order to climb the ridge of the Ragogna mountain up to 512 meters, an independent topographical elevation that leaves its mark on the whole area.

The river bed of the Tagliamento runs further down to 120 meters above sea level, creating an unmistakable landscape of high banks, meadows, slopes, forests and towering rocks.

climatology

From a climatological point of view, the situation can be described as an area at the foot of a mountain range, with year-round, abundant rainfall (two maximum values ​​in spring and autumn) and relatively mild winters (average temperature 2 ° C), summer with average daily temperatures above 25 ° C and low thermal nocturnal fluctuations.

Community structure

Church in San Giacomo

The municipality comprises five localities:

  • San Giacomo ( Vile ), seat of the Municipal Office
  • Pignano ( Pignan )
  • San Pietro ( Borc )
  • Muris ( Mures )
  • Villuzza ( Viluce )

Neighboring communities

Forgaria nel Friuli
Pinzano al Tagliamento Neighboring communities San Daniele del Friuli
San Daniele del Friuli

topography

The area of ​​Ragogna comprises the north-western tip of the Tagliamento moraine amphitheater , which created it due to the enormous debris deposits as a result of the last Ice Age ( Würme Ice Age 115,000 to 10,000 years ago). The slow glacier -Rückzug and geo and hydro-morphology of the area favored the formation of numerous lakes - called moraine - of which to this day the Ragogna Lake and the Lago di Cavazzo (three municipalities Lake) are remained.

The whole area is characterized from the point of view of the surroundings: on a small patch you can get from the river to the plain, the lake, the hill and the mountain.

  • Mount of Ragogna

The northern side of the mountain is designed as a steep slope , once used as pasture areas , orchards and vineyards . Nowadays there are forests there - chestnuts , hornbeams , maples , pedunculate oaks , ash trees , pines , yew trees and beeches - with many paths, ideal for mountain bikers and hikers . The southern slope is relatively gentle, with meadows and afforestation with Scots pines and Austrian black pines . There is also a forest road that leads from Candusso to the top until it joins the main road in the district of San Giovanni in Monte and there is also an astronomical radiation observatory at a height of 512 m.

Lake of Ragogna
  • Lake of Ragogna

One of the few lakes in which the water chestnut grows - Eleocharis dulcis - is extremely interesting from the point of view of nature and the environment . The lake is surrounded by forests protected from the wind, formed by alders , poplars and willows , as well as peat soils and wet meadows . This circumstance is the zoological point of view considered highly significant because its transit center for migratory birds - mallard , coot , teal , moorhen , gray heron , little grebe , grebes , common loon , Mute Swan , bittern , Tufted Duck - is ideal for bird watching. The fish fauna is also particularly rich - chub , tench , European pike , river perch , rudd , common sunfish . A little further north is a Jewish cemetery .

history

According to some historians, the name “Reunia” , quoted for the first time by Venantius Fortunatus in the 6th century and then in the 7th century by Paulus Deacon , a term of Indo-European origin, is etymologically linked to the presence of the Tagliamento river .

The much older fact based on the latest archaeological discoveries dates back to the 5th millennium BC, documented by finds from the Mesolithic era, ascribed to an agricultural society on the hills of the lake. The area turns out to be one that was gradually inhabited in the late Bronze Age .

The Roman era is documented by the existence of numerous “rural villas” and the presence of the ford in the Tagliamento - Tabine. During this period, the “Reuniae Castle” was built in Sankt Peter von Ragogna, a fortification along the foot of the Friulian mountain range to defend the Roman road that led to Norikum.

In the Lombard period it became an important center, where the population with occasional incursions of the Avars took refuge; from the castle the noble Ansfrido moves out around 695 to usurp the Duchy of Friuli to himself. No information is available from the centuries that followed, the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, but some artifacts of remarkable interest documented the importance the square is regaining in those centuries.

Around 1100 Ragogna turned out to be owned by the German Eppenstein family (dukes of Carinthia ), who in 1218 left the fiefs to the dukes of Ragogna, who were also of German origin. This is the time of greatest flowering. During the quarrels between the Patriarch of Aquilee and the Dukes of Austria , the Ragognese side took the latter's side, becoming famous for numerous acts of robbery, until the castle was conquered by the Patriarch in 1365.

From 1348 Friuli earthquake severe damage were reported.

Mount of Ragogna with a military bulwark
Castle in San Pietro
Castle church in San Pietro

In the 15th century, Ragogna became the property of the Republic of Venice ; Gradually, in 1503, the Princes of Porcia acquired the fief and the castle which, once restored, became a second home. The earthquake of 1511 and the fire of 1560 had fatal consequences: the square was finally abandoned at the end of the 18th century and given to the community.

With the unification of Italy in 1866, the mountain of Ragogna suddenly acquired strategic importance because of its location against the Friulian plain. Around 1880 the main Italian state set up defensive positions on the mountain, while other castles - still existing - date from the occupation of Austria-Hungary . Because of its strategic importance, the area was reoccupied during the Second World War and became the scene of battles in the context of the War of Liberation.

Attractions

  • Castle of San Pietro in Ragogna

The old castle ruin rises on a rock spur above the Tagliamento , in one of the most enchanting and clear places in Ragogna. The construction dates from the 11th century. After many years of deterioration, careful reconstruction, which is in the process of being completed, has begun. The best view is from the road leading to the mountain: you can see the remains of the main tower and the surrounding walls, the inner courtyard and the north gate.

  • Castle Church of San Pietro

Seat of the former parish church, inside you can see the archaeological exposures of the apse and the baptismal font (11th century), as well as frescoes with motifs from Genesis (13th century).

  • Parish Church of San Pietro

In the neo-gothic built style in 1920, it preserves the works of art from the ancient castle church: a baptismal font - with cherubs bearing the pool - from the school of Giovanni Antonio Pilacorte , the high altar of the 17th century, behind the altar of the Holy Crown of thorns - 16th century - and some 16th century paintings .

  • Parish Church of Pignano

You enter the building from the 18th century via a staircase of 90 steps. In the apse it contains a cycle of frescoes by Gianfrancesco from Tolmezzo from 1502 : Virgin among the Apostles , Saint Sebastian and Saint Anthony of Padua and paintings by Domenico Fabris (1893) on the walls of the choir - Nativity and Resurrection of Christ - and on the nave ceiling - the ascension .

  • Church in San Lorenzo di Villuzza

The church, rebuilt after the 1976 earthquake, preserves a cycle of frescoes from the 11th century - Escape to Egypt - of significant interest and high rarity. In a short distance from it you can find the remains with the excavations of the old church from the 10th / 11th. Century.

  • Church in San Giovanni on the Mountain (San Giovanni in Monte)

The building, which was rebuilt after the earthquake, dates back to the 12th century and has a fresco from the first half of the 14th century with Gospel depictions of episodes from the story of Saint John and in the center the coronation of the Virgin with some saints. A little further, the remains of the old hermitage - 18th century - that belonged to some hermits .

  • Original architecture

In the village of Muris, on Nievo Street, there is an interesting hamlet with examples of natural architecture . In the locality of San Pietro, Via Castello, the characteristic architecture of the old village has been preserved, built to protect the castle . In the locality of Pignano, in Via Locatelli, there is an example of a Friulian “noble house” from the 17th century with a horseshoe plan .

Cultural

  • Biofest

The Ragogna Biofest is a wine-gastronomic event under the banner of biology with shows, exhibitions and excursions to get to know the region. It takes place in the first week of August.

Partner municipality

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ http://emidius.mi.ingv.it/RHISE/ii_20ham/ii_20ham.html#4