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Forgiveness
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Verzegnis (Italy)
Forgiveness
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 46 ° 23 '  N , 12 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '0 "  N , 12 ° 59' 0"  E
height 407  m slm
surface 38.80 km²
Residents 875 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 33020
prefix 0433
ISTAT number 030132
Popular name verzegnesi
Patron saint San Martino
Website http://www.comune.verzegnis.ud.it

Verzegnis ( Furlanisch Verzegnis , locally Verzegnas ) is a municipality in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Friuli , Italy with 875 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Verzegnis is one of 28 parishes in Carnia . The municipality consists of the following four main localities:

  • Chiaicis ( Cjaiças )
  • Chiaulis ( Cjaulas / Cjauias ) (sede municipale)
  • Intissans ( Dintissjans )
  • Villa ( Vila ),

also from three smaller villages:

  • Santo Stefano ( San Stepin )
  • Riviasio ( Ruviâs )
  • Marzovallis ( Marzovalas ) - this last was created in the late 1980s

Verzegnis is also the name of the mountain (1,915 m high) that towers above the four districts and also that of the lake that was artificially created by SADE in 1957. The SADE dammed the torrent on Ambiesta (Dimbiesta) to the center of the hydroelectric power plant of Somplago to provide (Somplât).

Lake of Verzegnis with Mount Amariana in the background
Municipal office in Chiaulis
Marble sculpture "Vortice" ("vortex") by Giuliano Mannucci, placed in front of the municipal office in Chiaulis

In the past there were four other village centers:

  • Assais ( Dassaias )
  • Duebis ( Dueibas )
  • Pusea ( pusjea )
  • Pozzis ( Poças ),

which were finally abandoned by the original inhabitants in the course of the 20th century (usually a migration to the larger districts). Recently some houses in Pozzis have been restored (mainly by people who do not live in Verzegnis).

From December to March, ski facilities (two downhill slopes and one cross-country ski run) are open in the village of Sella Chianzutan.

history

An interesting historical reference to the ancient role of Verzegnis in Carnia is shown by the ruined tower (on the Mazeit hill in the Villa district), which was unearthed during archaeological excavations from 1989 to 1990 and then again in 2000. The investigations carried out on the rediscovered finds rank the Ritter building between the 12th and 13th centuries AD. It is believed that the tower was part of the system of fortifications built to defend the eastern crossings of the Alps, because its strategic position enabled surveillance of the upper Tagliamento valley, from the southern entrance to the road to Julium Carnicum and Norikum .

The church of Sankt Martin in Villa is first mentioned as a castle church in 1072.

  • The obsessed with forgiveness

In the winter of 1878 a village girl, a certain Margerita Vidusson, claimed to be possessed by the devil. This spread to 24 girls and one carbineer. The possessed screamed and blasphemed in incomprehensible languages ​​and had extraordinary and animal powers. Everything was ended by the intervention of the doctor and enlightened Udine freemason Giuseppe Chiappolino. Pietro Spirito's novel The Possessed of Despair reports on these incidents .

  • Verzegnis: capital of Carnia

During the Second World War is a unique event contributed to: October 1944 to April 1945, the village was of a Cossack - Regiment occupied, so it became the "center" of Carnia. The Cossacks had been recruited by the Nazis to counteract the partisan movement, which was very active in Carnia. More than 1,500 people, soldiers and civilians , united in the event with horses and herds and established the headquarters of the Tèrek-Stravropol regiment there. In the promises made by the Germans to the Cossacks in return for their collaboration , Carnia was to become the Cossack country in northern Italy, and accordingly they settled in the southern part of Carnia, choosing the village of Villa von Verzegnis as their "main town" where the chief of the Cossacks was quartered.

Attractions

  • Art park

The so-called "Art Park" of the Villa di Verzegnis , all year round. Open-air museum of contemporary art (free to visit), planned and realized by the Berlin collector and patron Egidio Marzona . Works by Bruce Nauman , Richard Nonas , Dan Graham and Richard Long are exhibited. The exhibition is part of the museum system of Carnia.

  • The marble street

Industrial archeology. Sella Chianzutan. The initiative is aimed at the recycling of discarded systems from the “Lavoreit Ros” mine. The history route on the “marble” backside of the valley actually consists of a cable car that is no longer in use (currently transport is on wheels along a road that goes down from the pit to Chianzutan Saddle). The "road" leads from the Chianzutan saddle (in the village of "la Canaleta") and crosses the cheese dairies "Mongranda" (still grazed in summer!), "Presaldo" (now an alpine hut) and "Val" (not in use, but in the state of renovation).

  • The grotto of the "Magical Alverman" (or grotto of the "Riu Muart" - "Rio Morto" = "Totenbach")

Speleology . Monte Veregnis. After a census in 1995 it was found that the grotto of the "Magical Alverman" is the most interesting of all 42 known grottoes of Monte Verzegnis and winds over a length of 1,308 meters.

Some houses of the 16./17. Century (notable two buildings in Chiaulis and Chiaicis) and also the church of Saint Martin in Villa, built between 1730 and 1775 on the remains of a former Gothic structure, survived the earthquakes of 1928 and 1976.

  • The "water of paradise" (La âga dal Paradîsj / L'acqua del paradiso)

On the road that connects Villa Santina with Chiaicis, above Rivasio, there is a source of water, generally known as wholesome and healing, to such an extent that it has earned the appeal of “water of paradise”. Although it has always been known to the population of Verzegnis, in the post-war period it quickly became increasingly neglected due to a lack of care. Fortunately, thanks to the initiative of some volunteers , the spring has recently been restored and provides its “miracle water” all year round. If you drive past this very easily accessible place, you will quite often come across residents of Verzegnis and the neighboring communities, who keep going there to fill the water in bottles.

Culture

language

The modification of the languages spoken in Verzegnis furlanischen language falls into the class that will be characterized, "altered" by the words which have the ending -a to the effect that they, rather than end up like the female plural in -e, to the –A another –s is added: The Italian singular word “casa” becomes “case” in the plural form, whereas in Furlanic “cjasa” (singular) becomes “cjasas” (plural). As it happens with the other carnic variants of Furlanischen, that language rich of Verzegnis of sounds in terms of furlanischen standards, in which many is vocal - diphthongs in use (for example, are used to Verzegnesisch the word "Neif" instead of "neve" ( "Snow"), whereas in Furlan the word "nêf" is common) and the typical hissing sounds are common in the Carnic dialects. The hissed voiceless palate “s” (which is emphasized like in the German sound “Sch” for example in the word “sheep”) and the hissed voiced palate “s” (which is emphasized like the French “j”).

In the Furlanic language, the inhabitants of Verzegnis are called "gnaus" (plural of "gnau" = "rapa", in Carnic). Translated into German, the word means something like "turnip" or "stupid".

Chiaicis village fountain with a lion's head
  • The Leons , the Rocs , the Cinisjârs and the Vilots

The Verzegneser, who among themselves (but this tradition is slowly disappearing) use general nicknames that refer to the inhabitants of the four main districts. The inhabitants of Chiaicis are called "Leons" (= lions); those of Intissan's “Rocs” (= ram); those of Chiaulis "Cinisjârs" (= ash pits); that of Villa “Vilots” (untranslatable). Curiously, there are two fountains with sculptures on the main square of Chiaicis and Intissans, which represent a lion and a ram as a reference.

Events

  • Giso Fior Poetry Prize

International poetry competition, named after the poet Giso Fior (Gjiso Fiôr) (1916–1978) from Verzegnis. Takes place annually. Initially, the competition was aimed at authors in the Furlan language (the poet's mother tongue), but is currently also awarding a prize to works in Ladin and the other Alpine minority languages.

Chianzutan saddle with Monte Piombada
  • The sculpture in red

International sculpture symposium on the red marble of Verzegnis, on the Chianzutan saddle, which is held every two years in August. The marble of Verzegnis (called "red marble of Verzegnis" because of its typical red color) is quarried from an open-air pit that extends over the northeast slope of Monte Lovinzola at an altitude of 1,690 m. The pit is called "Lavoreit Ros". The demolition activity, beginning in 1922, when the raw material was discovered, has already experienced alternating phases. It was resumed in 2001 as a result of fundamental re-planning work for the various infrastructures of the mine, the activity of which again became economically profitable. This particular year saw the first edition of “The Sculpture in Red”. The participating artists with their own sculptural inspiration give life to the dismantled marble blocks from the pit of Verzegnis. In 2006 the event saw its fourth edition.

  • Walk to the Lavoreit Ros

Non-competitive mountain competition starting on the Chianzutan saddle in August. Starting from the Chianzutan saddle at an altitude of 955 meters, the participants can walk to “Lavoreit Ros”, the marble quarry of Verzegnis (1,690 meters above sea level).

Automobile races up the Chianzutan saddle. Annual event; in 2007 there was the 38th edition.

  • Perdon dal Rosari

In the district of Villa von Verzegnis. First weekend in October. Religious festival with Holy Mass and procession through the village streets. Sales market and tasting of typical products from the municipality and Carnia. Organized by the parish committee of Sankt Martin.

  • Saint Nicholas (from Bari)

Evening of December 5th in Chiaicis. On the eve of the commemoration day of the real feast, Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of the Chiaicis district, announced in the streets by the sound of bells and supported by young women, dressed in their Carnic costumes, personally visits the houses, bringing presents to the children of Chiaicis.

Local government

Mayor has been Luciano Sulli since June 14, 2004 (Pal Doman list).

Web links

Commons : Directory  - collection of images, 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.
  2. ^ Art Park by Egidio Marzona in Verzegnis , on ORF (Carinthia) , accessed on April 7, 2016
  3. ↑ Agnes Kohlmeyer: The learned lover , in Die Zeit , July 21, 1995, accessed on April 7, 2016